When he began working on The Bassarids in 1963, the 37-year-old Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012) had...
Review: Russell Braun demonstrates “astonishing expressive power” in The Bassarids at Salzburg Festival
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Reviews
Review: Joyce El-Khoury brings a ‘meaty dramatic approach’ to long-lost Liszt opera Sardanapalo
Can something be called ‘new’ 170 years after it was written? In the case of Franz Liszt’s...
Review: Santa Fe Opera returns to its Straussian roots with a new, “not to be missed” Ariadne auf Naxos
When the late John Crosby created an opera house in the middle of the New Mexican desert, just...
Review: Robert Lepage’s techno-heavy The Magic Flute at Festival d’Opéra de Québec
The blockbuster show at this summer’s Festival d’Opéra de Québec is Robert Lepage’s new production...
Review: Karina Gauvin’s “consistently beautiful singing” is the highlight of Glyndebourne’s Saul
Back in the days before we expected Handel’s oratorios to be staged as operas, the smart comment...
Review: BrottOpera’s production brings “artistic strength” to Mozart’s The Magic Flute
After a seven-year absence, fully staged opera returned to FirstOntario Concert Hall for one night...
Review: Royal Opera House’s midsummer Falstaff is “truly a dream”
It’s no secret that Robert Carsen’s production of Falstaff (seen July 13), which premiered at...
Review: Wallis Giunta brings “real passion” and “undeniably glamorous charisma” to Music and Beyond Festival’s Dido and Aeneas
Now in its 9th summer, Ottawa’s Music and Beyond festival was launched by Ottawa cellist Julian...
Review: The Llandovery Castle brings “real emotional power” to premier performance in Toronto
On 27th June 1918, the Canadian hospital ship, HMHS Llandovery Castle, laden with doctors, nurses...
Review: Opera 5’s “simple and successful adaptation” brings new life to Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia
Opera 5’s new production of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia (seen Jun. 13) proves that a small,...
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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)
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