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…
