Canadians triumph in the UK
It was a banner month of June for Canadian singers in the UK. First, mezzo Simone McIntosh proudly...
San Francisco OperaDie Frau Ohne Schatten “Productions like this, rare though they be, are why we live in hope every time we go to the opera”
The glorious history of Richard Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten at the San Francisco...
Manitoba Underground Opera The Mansplaining Division “Alissa Watson’s spot-on stage direction allows each character to shine”
Manitoba Underground Opera surfaced this spring with its ambitious new 2023 festival titled...
Metropolitan Opera Die Zauberflöte “Musically, this Flute was top-flight”
How often does an opera audience seem united by one big, heady communal high? That was the feeling...
Opéra de Québec Madama Butterfly “La révélation de la soirée fut assurément l’inspirante et dynamique Clelia Cafiero”
Pour sa première production, en 1985, L’Opéra de Québec avait choisi Madama Butterfly. Repris en...
Canadian Opera Company Pomegranate The World Premiere of Kye Marshall and Amanda Hale’s Opera
On paper, the Canadian Opera Company’s Pomegranate, the opera about lesbian love and loss was...
