There’s almost always a certain splashy excitement attendant on a new production’s opening night,...
Review: At Metropolitan Opera, Sondra Radvanovksy is the “most complete…Tosca of the past two or three decades”
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Reviews
Review: Wexford 2018 “yielded many an unexpected pleasure” while some elements “felt out of place”
I’m an unabashed admirer of verismo opera, but I freely admit having qualms when Wexford announced...
Review: English National Opera’s Lucia di Lammermoor is “powerful, memorable and effective”
While David Alden’s production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor contains a few puzzling or...
Canadian Opera Company’s Hadrian: commanding vocals and powerful symbolism
“The Empire holds its breath, awaiting orders.” These lines, sung early in the Canadian Opera...
Canadian Opera Company’s Eugene Onegin: “dynamic as it is sparse”
Canadian Opera Company’s season-opening, Eugene Onegin (seen Sept. 30th), was thrilling in its...
Review: Pacific Opera Victoria’s Fidelio: superb cast—heavy-handed production
Pacific Opera Victoria’s season-opening production of Beethoven’s Fidelio is musically...
Review: Canadian Opera Company’s Hadrian offers “operatic alchemy” despite “unimaginative production”
At Canadian Opera Company on Oct. 13th, Daniel MacIvor and Rufus Wainwrights’ first collaboration,...
Review: Canadian Opera Company opens its season with an “intelligently and unfussily staged” Eugene Onegin
Less is not always more, especially in opera staging and design, but director Robert Carsen and...
Review: Opéra de Montréal’s “ultra-conventional” approach to Rigoletto feels out of place in #MeToo era
Is there a more problematic opera for the #MeToo era than Rigoletto? As yet another wealthy,...
Review: “Thought-provoking and very funny” new play-opera I Call myself Princess tackles cultural appropriation at premiere in Toronto
Jani Lauzon’s I Call myself Princess (seen Sept. 13th) skilfully weaves together two stories. The...
CANADIANS NEXT ON STAGE
Nov 17 2024
Pinocchio John Davies
St. Pete Opera
Opera Central
Nov 17 2024
L’elisir d’amore Donizetti
Toronto City Opera
Al Green Theater
Nov 17 2024
Eurydice Fragments Roark
re:Naissance
Signals Studio
Nov 19 2024
Hamlet Thomas
Opéra de Montréal
QC
Salle Wilfried-Pelletier
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CANADIANS NEXT ON STAGE
Nov 17 2024
Pinocchio John Davies
St. Pete Opera
Opera Central
Nov 17 2024
L’elisir d’amore Donizetti
Toronto City Opera
Al Green Theater
Nov 17 2024
Eurydice Fragments Roark
re:Naissance
Signals Studio
Nov 19 2024
Hamlet Thomas
Opéra de Montréal
QC
Salle Wilfried-Pelletier
No event found!
