Toronto City Opera
SusannahDylan Wright, a “tour de force”
Carlisle Floyd’s 1955 opera Susannah is performed less often than it deserves. It’s dramatically...
Canadian Opera Company
Don Giovanni Visually monumental, darkly provoking
Paolo Bordogna as Leporello (below) and Gordon Bintner as Don Giovanni (above) in the Canadian...
Edmonton Opera
Don Giovanni “Judging from the audience’s approval of the comic tone, Ivany got his Don Giovanni right”
When Edmonton Opera’s Artistic Director, Joel Ivany, remodels an operatic classic, its...
Canadian Opera Company
The Cunning Little Vixen Charmingly absurd
Leoš Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen (Jan 26, 28; Feb 3, 8, 10, *13, 14, 16, 2024), returning...
Opéra de Montréal
La Reine-Garçon “More of this, please.”
Finally, a new opera that doesn’t get in its own way! The premiere of La Reine-Garçon on February...
Toronto Operetta Theatre
The Merry Widow “Everything I needed from Léhar’s beloved creation was right here in Toronto”
When I was a young child, I was fascinated with my parents' 1960 Reader’s Digest Treasury of Great...