In Denise Wendel-Poray’s words: “Relyea‘s final entrance as the Commendatore is electrifying…his massive stature, charismatic presence, and sonorous voice, looming through the penumbra to deliver the final and fatal blow.”
Reviews
Opéra National de Paris
Atom Egoyan
Seven Veils TIFF Avant-Première at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
For opera fans who are also movie buffs, a highly anticipated event of the 2023 TIFF (Toronto...
Manitoba Underground Opera
Castor et Pollux “an all-immersive, late summer treat”
Manitoba Underground Opera took audiences from heaven to hell this summer, with Rameau’s Castor et...
Maritime Concert Opera
La Traviata Verdi “A major triumph”
When La Traviata was first performed in Venice in 1853 it was a major disappointment. This was the...
OrpheusPDX
Il Re Pastore Mozart “Whyte created a stellar Aminta”
Operagoers may have been tempted to think that an opera from the likes of a teenage Mozart would...
Halifax Summer Opera Festival
Serse and La Jolie Parfumeuse “Brought great pleasure to the audience”
This summer, in its 17th season, Halifax Summer Opera Festival brought enthusiastic young singers...
Highlands Opera Studio
Regeneration “stunning example of what collaboration between artists of different ethnicities, ages, and styles can produce”
On August 17 and 19, at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion in Haliburton, Ontario,...
Festival D’Aix-en-Provence
Così fan tutte “Russell Braun is a consummate actor and an artist who continues to astound with his range of roles”
Mozart's Così fan tutte is emblematic of the Festival d'Aix en Provence. It's the opera that...
Brott Opera
La traviata Anne-Marie “MacIntosh is ready to unleash her Violetta on the world”
On July 13 and 14, Brott Opera presented La traviata in the 470 seat Peller Hall at Ancaster...
Boston Early Music Festival
Caccini Alcina “It could well have been written for Mireille Lebel”
Few operas can have enjoyed a splashier premiere than Francesca Caccini’s Alcina. In the Florence...