Review: Against the Grain Theatre’s BOUND, Toronto, Dec. 15, 2017
BOUND is Against the Grain Theatre at its best, blending old and new in an immersive operatic...
Review: Hänsel und Gretel reopens Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Children, hardly a revelation, are not easy to please at the opera. A small boy spotted at Covent...
Review: Premiere of Richardson-Schulte & Chattertons’ Shot, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Dec. 7, 2017
It was a tale of two D’Arcy McGees as the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra presented a double bill...
Review: John Adams & Peter Sellars’ Girls of the Golden West, San Francisco Opera, Nov. 24, 2017
During recent decades, John Adams has composed a range of highly successful operas, including the...
Review: Handel’s Rodelinda, VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert, Nov. 26, 2017
Opera in concert or a minimalist staging? Despite the company’s title, Voicebox: Opera in...
Semiramide review – Rossini sounds sublime in Alden’s eccentric staging
Rossini’s great 1823 tragedy Semiramide, his last work composed for Italy before he based himself...
