The Canadian Opera Company opened its 2018-19 season with a new production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, originally premiered by the Metropolitan Opera. It…
Over the years, the Festival d’opéra de Québec has gained an enviable reputation earned several honours, including the 2012 Opus Awards in three categories. This…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…