AMPLIFY 1.0: Amplified Opera raises difficult questions about opera itself
AMPLIFY 1.0 from Toronto-based Amplified Opera was a series of three shows on aspects of...
UBC Opera’s Shadow Catch conjures Oppenheimer Park in the Old Auditorium
Shadow Catch premiered in December 2011, at Vancouver’s Firehall Arts Centre as part of the...
Canadian Opera Company’s Fantasma: a haunting return to live performance
The Canadian Opera Company returned to live performance Mar. 9 with the world premiere of Fantasma...
Tapestry Opera makes a welcome return to live performance with Songbook XI
Songbook XI on the evening of Mar. 11 marked Toronto-based Tapestry Opera’s first performance in...
Pacific Opera’s The Garden of Alice: formidable cast in a brave new genre
Pacific Opera Victoria’s film version of Canadian composer/librettist Elizabeth Raum’s The Garden...
UBC Opera gets to the heart of Le nozze di Figaro
If the Monty Python crew described Le nozze di Figaro as “silly—very silly,” I could hardly...
