Arts
Rhiannon Giddens at Koerner Hall (Review): Old-Time Revue
Rhiannon Giddens is not quite a household name, though it’s likely you’ve encountered her before. Opera fans know her as […]
opera
Arts
COC Spring Features An Expressionist Showcase, a Tchaikovsky Masterpiece, and a One-Act Marvel
The Canadian Opera Company’s (COC) spring season is upon us, ushering in some brighter, better weather and an impressively diverse […]
Arts
Acis and Galatea (Opera Atelier) Review: A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Opera Atelier – which will be celebrating forty years of performance next year – has quietly earned itself a place […]
Arts
“A Day in the Life” with Toronto Opera Singer Charlotte Siegel
It’s deeply challenging for me to capture Charlotte Siegel in a short profile. I suppose a good start would be […]
Classical
COC’s “Don Pasquale” is a Good-Natured Romp (Opera Review)
Gaetano Donizetti’s comic masterpiece Don Pasquale has been delighting audiences since its premiere at the Théâtre-Italien Paris in 1843, its […]
Arts
Cunning Little Vixen and Don Giovanni bring callous men and strange animals to the COC
The Canadian Opera Company’s February offerings could not be more different. Leoš Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen is a proto-modernist rumination […]
Music
Treemonisha: Operatic Black Excellence
Treemonisha is a timeless classical Black opera being re-imagined for this year’s Luminato Festival Toronto. This performance sees Canadian soprano […]
Arts
Tosca (COC Opera Review): And the Stars Shone…
The greatest Italian composer since Verdi, Giacomo Puccini was one of the first operatic superstars of the twentieth century, producing […]
Music
COC Ensemble Competition (2022) Gives Young Canadian Talent a Shot at Opera Stardom
Reconvening after a quieter, virtual audition process in the past couple years, the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Competition 2022 served […]
Arts
The Flying Dutchman (COC Opera Review): Black Beard, Pale Ghost
It may not entirely look the part, but Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman (1843) is very much a ghost story. […]