Aida: Against the odds at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
Probably nothing could have nudged me out of my semi-confinement in Normandy and reluctantly onto...
Tapestry Opera’s Songbook X goes virtual
These are troubling times and Tapestry Opera’s decision to go ahead with a live stream version of...
POV’s Flight: retro take on deeply human tales
POV's Flight, English composer Jonathan Dove’s 1998 collaboration with librettist April De...
Hansel & Gretel at the COC: Making magic of the mundane
Far too many recent adaptations of Brothers Grimm fairy tales adhere to the belief that the ideal...
COC’s Hansel and Gretel takes up tenancy
The COC's Hansel & Gretel (seen Feb. 6th) gives Englebert Humperdinck’s classic 1893 opera a...
Barber of Seville at the COC: Take Two!
Romeo and Juliet should have had Figaro the Barber helping them to escape and run away together...
