Festival d’Aix-en-Provence could hardly have chosen two more fascinating companion pieces than Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Richard Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten. Fairy tales, philosophical…
In 2007, internationally-acclaimed operatic tenor Richard Margison and celebrated violist and stage director Valerie Kuinka started Highlands Opera Theatre. At the time, according to Kuinka,…
Like its material, Komische Oper Berlin’s new production of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by director Barrie Kosky is unrelentingly grim. The action takes place…
Yves Abel, conductor The Franco-Canadian, Toronto-born conductor has been principal conductor at San Diego Opera since 2020 where this season he will lead Leoncovallo’s Pagliacci…
It has been a bit of a wait, but South African artist William Kentridge’s production of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck has finally had its Canadian Opera…
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is excited to announce its 2025/26 concert season—an array of extraordinary musical experiences featuring works and artists from across the globe. For…
Based on Die Letzte am Schafott (“The Song at the Scaffold”), a novella about the execution by guillotine of sixteen Carmelite nuns from Compiègne in…
Gerald Finley, bass-baritone One of Canada’s busiest international opera stars, Montreal-born/Ottawa-raised Gerald Finley’s 24-25 season finds the bass-baritone singing at the world’s most prestigious houses.…
Richard Strauss’ Salome is a story of lust, obsession and unrequited love. Salome, step-daughter of King Herod, is the object of desire of both Herod…
Commissioned by the COC in 2013, Hadrian is composed by acclaimed Canadian-American singer, songwriter and composer Rufus Wainwright, with a libretto by award-winning Canadian actor,…
