Review | Radical Trad Werther at the COC
It’s been 34 years since the Canadian Opera Company last presented Massenet’s Werther. While perhaps not in the top 10 of most–produced operas, it isn’t…
Browsing: Alain Coulombe
Russell Thomas: Taking the Werther Challenge
Russell Thomas is many singers at once—and he aims to excel at them all. The Miami-born tenor, celebrated for his interpretations of Italian repertoire and,…
COC’s 2025/2026 Season Blends Iconic Operas With Bold New Visions
Toronto – The Canadian Opera Company has announced its 2025/2026 season today featuring bold new productions, blockbuster audience favourites, and landmark works from two of Canada’s leading creative visionaries.…
Review | Outsider as symbol in under-characterized COC La Reine-garçon
Composer Julien Bilodeau and librettist Michel Marc Bouchard’s La Reine-garçon represents a milestone as the first co-production of a new “mainstage” opera between two of…
Review | Strong Cast Makes OdM’s Reine-garçon Worth Hearing
Opéra de Montréal’s production of La Reine-garçon showed how important a strong cast can be to carry a contemporary opera, especially when its story of…
Review | Canadian Opera Company’s Carmen a magnificent spectacle
Easily the most popular and often-performed opera of all times, Carmen is a hit-parade of recognizable tunes, with vibrant characters and a titillating story of…
Tenor Ismael Jordi Highlights OdM’s Romeo et Juliette
Last night, Opéra de Montréal presented Charles Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, the last opera of their 2017-18 season to a full house. A production with…
Vancouver Opera presents Puccini’s Turandot
Life, Death & Love: Puccini’s final opera Vancouver, BC – Colossal and colourful, spectacular and intimate—that’s a night at the opera as Vancouver Opera presents Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot,…
Opéra de Montréal’s Don Giovanni a Showcase for Canadian Talent
With an all-Canadian cast, Opéra de Montréal’s Don Giovanni opened Saturday night to an enthusiastic crowd at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. Full disclosure: I don’t really…
Opéra de Montréal coutures a mid-20th century Don Giovanni with éclat
Why do women respond to rascals, seducers, and merely self-assured men? Don Giovanni cannot match the sexual prodigality of Gene Simmons of hard rock band…
