Commentary: Opera Atelier’s Idomeneo: Mozart’s neo-classical grand opera
There has been little if no question over the years that Mozart's opera seria, Idomeneo (1781), is...
Review: Against the Grain Theatre & Vivier’s Kopernikus: technology takes on ritual
Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) opened Claude Vivier’s Kopernikus: A Ritual Opera for the Dead on...
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...
