Canadian Opera Company’s Eugene Onegin Showcases Canadian Talent
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…
Browsing: Gordon Bintner
Eighth Festival d’Opéra de Québec: Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Revisited by Robert Lepage
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…
Opera McGill at 60
If you peel back the layers of any opera company in Canada, you are likely to find Opera McGill graduates at every level: on the…
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…
Daily News Roundup: 14 November 2016
Opéra de Montréal presented Don Giovanni on November 12, 2016, which satisfied most audiences. The opera is playing again on the 15, 17 and 19…
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…
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…
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…
