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...
Review: Calgary Opera’s “excellent” Roméo et Juliette plus announcement of new management
Calgary Opera opened its new season in daring fashion on Nov. 17th with a bold and expensive...
Review: Against the Grain Theatre’s Bound v. 2: “no less powerful or radical for its simplicity”
Against the Grain Theatre’s Bound v.2 (seen Nov. 19th) is opera for our times. Handel arias and...
Review: ICOT’s The Journey: Notes of Hope is a moving story about migration, re-discovery and self-acceptance
There have been many stories told in every art form of late about immigration, migration and...
Review: L’Opéra de Montréal’s Das Rheingold offers a Steampunk Gothic aesthetic and a “formidable” Alberich in Nathan Berg
As the most compact of the Ring operas —clocking in at a trifling two-and-a-half hours— Das...
