CMIM Launches Vocal Arts Week October 25 to November 1 as Part of World Opera Day
Dear friends, As the maples shed their coloured coats, just as we begin to turn up our collars and reach for all things woollen, I…
Browsing: Andrew Haji
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…
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…
