Another Brick in the Wall is all bark, and no bite
The music came to a sudden stop and the curtain fell onto the stage with mechanical precision. As...
Lucia di Lammermoor loses itself to literalism at Opéra de Montréal
The soprano may be the star of Lucia di Lammermoor, but it was the gentlemen who took the night at...
Don Giovanni goes buffa at Opera Atelier
Productions of Don Giovanni and its troublesome topic of seduction seem to elicit a variety of...
AtG’s La bohème — Homecoming for Toronto’s bohemians
Against the Grain Theatre’s La bohème feels like a cult movie that everyone’s heard of but no one...
Rusalka at the COC — Darkness in Still Waters
Canadian Opera Company premiered a sensuous and sumptuous, new-to-Toronto production of Rusalka on...
Manon at the Met—a marvelous revival keeps Massenet fresh
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Laurent Pelly’s drab production of Massenet’s Manon will never...