Writing of McDermott’s Satyagraha in 2010, one of my colleagues wrote, ‘There are so many amazing...
Reviews
Aida review – power and passion marred by a few duff notes
Coliseum, London Phelim McDermott’s new production for ENO features some virtuoso turns and...
La Traviata in San Francisco
Romanian soprano Aurelia Florian sings Violetta in all ten performances (through October 17). She...
Review: Meet the Young Artists, COC Ensemble Studio, Four Season’s Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Sept. 26, 2017
For the past 12 years, the annual ‘Meet the Young Artists’ recital that kicks off the Canadian...
Review: Operettts, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Toronto, Sept. 23, 2017
Did you ever wonder what happens when three tenors share the concert stage? Operettts—the three...
Review: Star Singers Lift a Muddled ‘Norma’ at the Metropolitan Opera
Bellini’s 1831 opera “Norma,” which opened the Metropolitan Opera’s season on Monday, is rich in...
Choral at Cadogan: The Tallis Scholars open a new season
This, and the striking opening of the first piece, Palestrina’s motet Laudate pueri, set me...
Stars of Lyric Opera 2017, Millennium Park, Chicago
The Lyric Opera Orchestra and the Lyric Opera Chorus, under the direction of Sir Andrew Davis and...
Review: A Verlaine Songbook
Today, singers and their pianists are often more willing also to explore repertory by composers...
Oedipe review – Jurowski makes case for Enescu’s ‘lost masterpiece’
Royal Festival Hall, London The anti-Freudian Oedipus opera may not flawless, but this performance...