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Reviews
Review: Canadian Opera Company’s Centre Stage Gala featuring the Ensemble Studio Competition, Nov. 1, 2017
On Nov. 1, 2017, the Canadian Opera Company presented its annual Centre Stage Gala featuring the...
Rodelinda review – top-notch cast embrace dark vision of Handel
By: George Hall for the Guardian (UK) Coliseum, London In its original 1724 form, Handel’s opera...
Sondra Radvanovsky gives a flawless recital
Reviewing a concert given by an artist with a voice like the stentorian soprano Sondra...
The Genius of Purcell: Carolyn Sampson and The King’s Consort at the Wigmore Hall
Framed at the centre of the platform by bass violist Reiko Ichise and theorbo player Lynda Sayce,...
Review: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas; Rolfe’s Aeneas and Dido, Oct. 21, 2017
To open its 17/18 farewell season on October 21, Toronto Masque Theatre presented a double bill of...
Hamlet review – careers are made in a ferociously powerful trip to Elsinore
By: Tim Ashley for the Guardian (UK) Glyndebourne, Sussex Given its world premiere at Glyndebourne...
Written on Skin review – spare staging highlights richness of Benjamin’s opera
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge The Melos Sinfonia’s thrilling concert performance of George...
La Traviata review – McVicar’s Verdi is a gorgeous but stilted visual treat
By: Rowena Smith for the Guardian (UK) Theatre Royal, Glasgow David McVicar’s staging of La...
Lucy Worsley’s Nights at the Opera review – dressing up, singing and sex
This brilliant show flitted from Covent Garden to Venice to Vienna and Milan in pursuit of the...