COC’s Otello Visually Stunning but a bit Wanting
The Canadian Opera Company closes its 2018-19 season with Verdi’s Otello. A former slave, Otello is now captain of the Venetian fleet and the new…
Browsing: Andrew Haji
This Week in Toronto (Oct. 12 – 18)
COC La traviata (Photo: Michael Cooper) Monday being Canadian Thanksgiving, there’re very few major concert events, with everything starting the next day (Oct. 13), including…
2015-16 COC Ensemble Artists Start Season on a High Note (Review)
2015-16 COC Ensemble Artists Start Season on a High Note (Review) Meet the Young Artists Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre / 12 pm September 22nd 2015 Dies…
Triumphant Ensemble Studio Barber Augurs Well for the Future (Review)
Special Ensemble Studio Performance of The Barber of Seville (Review)Clarence Frazer (Figaro)Charlotte Burrage (Rosina)Andrew Haji (Almaviva – act one)Jean-Philippe Fortier-Lazure (Almaviva – act two)Iain MacNeil (Bartolo)Gordon…
COC Ensemble Cast Gives a Terrific Barber Preview
The Futile Precaution: Highlights from The Barber of Seville (Review)~ Joseph SoArtists of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble StudioCharlotte Burrage (Rosina)Karine Boucher (Bertha)Andrew Haji (Almaviva)Jean-Philippe…
Poetic Love: Andrew Haji and Gordon Bintner in Lieder Recital (Review)
Haji and Bintner offer Marvelous Lieder Recital (Review)Poetic LoveSchubert: Schwanengesang D. 957Das FischermadchenAm MeerDie StadtDer DoppelgangerIrh BildDer AtlasGordon Bintner, bass-baritoneJennifer Szeto, pianoSchumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48Im…
This Week in Toronto (April 6 – 12) UPDATED April 7th 11:10 PM
My Toronto Concert Picks for the Week of April 6 to 12 (Updated April 7th 11:10 pm)~ Joseph SoFinnish conductor Jukka Pekka Saraste (Photo:www.tso.ca)A highlight…
Don Quichotte a brilliant end to a satisfying COC season (Review)
Don Quichotte a brilliant end to a satisfying COC season (Review)by Joseph SoWith Massenet’s Don Quichotte, the final production of the Canadian Opera Company 2013-14…
This Week in Toronto (May 5 – 11)
This Week in Toronto (May 5 – 11)- Joseph SoBass Ferruccio Furlanetto (Photo copyright: Igor Saharov)The big news this week is the opening of Massenet’s…
A Grand Night of Singing: Report from the 2nd COC Ensemble Studio Competition
Winners Circle: (l. to r.) Gordon Bintner, Charlotte Burrage, Andrew Haji (Photo: Chris Hutcheson)COC General Director Alexander Neef congratulating winners of the Second Annual COC…
