“The Empire holds its breath, awaiting orders.” These lines, sung early in the Canadian Opera...
Canadian Opera Company’s Hadrian: commanding vocals and powerful symbolism
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Reviews
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...
Review: English National Opera’s high-energy production of Paul Bunyan an “immersive theatrical event”
The trouble with Paul Bunyan is that the music is too good. If Benjamin Britten hadn’t been...
Review: Manitoba Underground Opera wraps up another season of re-imagined classics
Manitoba Underground Opera surfaced once again on the cusp of Winnipeg's regular arts season with...
Review: Highlands Opera Studio 1940s La Bohème much more than an operatic warhorse
It was with a certain degree of ambivalence that I attended the summer 2018 production of La...
CANADIANS NEXT ON STAGE
Feb 22 2025
Jacqueline Luna Pearl Woolf
Tapestry Opera
Betty Oliphant Theatre
Feb 22 2025
Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart
Burnaby Lyric Opera
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Feb 22 2025
Macina Competition Various
Toronto City Opera
Church of the Redeemer
Feb 23 2025
The Little PrincePortman
Pacific Opera Victoria
Royal Theatre (Victoria)
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CANADIANS NEXT ON STAGE
Feb 22 2025
Jacqueline Luna Pearl Woolf
Tapestry Opera
Betty Oliphant Theatre
Feb 22 2025
Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart
Burnaby Lyric Opera
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Feb 22 2025
Macina Competition Various
Toronto City Opera
Church of the Redeemer
Feb 23 2025
The Little PrincePortman
Pacific Opera Victoria
Royal Theatre (Victoria)
No event found!
