Calgary Opera Carmen A very fine production dedicated to the late Bramwell Tovey
To open its 50th anniversary season, Calgary Opera is presenting Bizet’s Carmen. The idea to do...
Manitoba Opera La Cenerentola “Haute couture frocks…brilliant set…well lit…crisply led…worth the wait”
Manitoba Opera trumpeted goodness as it opened its auspicious 50th anniversary season with...
Teatro Nuovo Maometto Secondo “Vancouver native Simone McIntosh, lithe and lovely, whose crystalline high mezzo fully commanded Anna’s wide range”
Patience can be amply rewarded: Teatro Nuovo’s Maometto Secondo, thrice deferred, at last hit the...
Edmonton Opera Tosca Slack, Pomeroy, and Barrett “were uniformly strong, both musically and dramatically”
Edmonton Opera opened its three-show season on October 22 with a compelling production of...
Metropolitan Opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson “masterfully captured not just the score’s cornucopia of arresting sonorities but its vibrant pulse”
Some operas have grown on me over the years; some productions have, too. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk...
Opera Atelier Dido and Aeneas “well sung and satisfying”
Opera Atelier’s production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas which opened last night at the Elgin...
