Review: Joyce El-Khoury in Welsh National Opera’s Roberto Devereux
Of course it is a gross simplification to say that Donizetti is all about the singing; but the...
Review: Christopher Dunham embodies Don Giovanni for SOLO
On Mar. 2, Southern Ontario Lyric Opera produced a fully staged production of Don Giovanni. Under...
Review: Edmonton’s Mercury Opera La Bohème offers “emotional penetration”
Edmonton’s Mercury Opera prides itself on being a maverick enterprise, taking grand opera into...
Review: Robert Gleadow in “thrilling voice” in Paris Opera’s Il primo omicidio
Alessandro Scarlatti’s Il primo omicidio (1707), recounts the first murder in the history of...
Review: Vancouver Opera creates a “visually and vocally memorable” La Bohème
Every opera I have ever seen staged by the director/designer team of Renaud Doucet and André Barbe...
Review: Pacific Opera Victoria’s roaring 20s La traviata
It’s Valentine’s Day and what better thing to do than watch poor, consumptive Violetta Valéry take...