Review: Die Fledermaus a 2018 antidote from Toronto Operetta Theatre
Tired out from the Holiday Season festivities? How about something frivolous, frothy and fun to...
Review: Festival d’Automne à Paris’ Kopernikus: a “brilliant performance” of Claude Vivier’s “other-worldly, ethereal work”
Kopernikus (Rituel de la mort, 1978-79) was Claude Vivier’s only opera. Seen Dec. 4th at Espace...
Review: San Francisco Opera’s It’s a Wonderful Life “Everyone loved it. There were tears.”
San Francisco Opera’s It’s a Wonderful Life (seen Nov. 20th), Jake Heggie’s latest work for the...
Review: Bavarian State Opera’s Otello: Gerald Finley’s Iago shines in misguided staging
Bavarian State Opera’s new production of Otello (seen Nov. 28th) would seem to have all the...
Review: Manitoba Opera’s Don Giovanni captivated “21st century savvy listeners”
It’s no mere tilting at windmills that Mozart’s Don Giovanni, rising from its own grave 231 years...
Review: UofT Opera’s Street Scene “gripping” despite unfocused story
Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, presented by UofT Opera and directed by Michael Patrick Albano takes...