Music

Opera Review – Canadian Opera Company Fall Season 2024 / Faust by Charles Gounod

A well-sung opera with a rather bizarre set and staging that is sometimes at odds with Gounod’s melancholy score.

Opera Review – Canadian Opera Company Fall Season 2024 / Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi

The splendid production of Verdi’s Nabucco is a giant hit for the COC.

Opera Review – Canadian Opera Company Spring Season/Don Pasquale

Review of the COC’s delightful and witty production of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale.

Opera Review – Toronto Operetta Theatre/El Huésped del Sevillano

Toronto Operetta Theatre mounts the Canadian Premiere of a zarzuela (Spanish operetta).

Opera Review – Canadian Opera Company Spring Season/Medea, closes May 17.

Review of the COC’s impressive production of Cherubini’s Medea.

Opera Review – Canadian Opera Company Winter Season/The Cunning Little Vixen (Jan. 26 to Feb. 16), and Don Giovanni (Feb. 2 to Feb. 24), Four Seasons Centre.

Posted on February 11, 2024, updated on February 27, 2024 by pcitron

Reviews of the COC Winter Season. Strong musically, but questionable staging.

Theatre/Opera Review – VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert/La Voix Humaine

Posted on February 21, 2021, updated on February 21, 2021 by pcitron

Clever programming combines Jean Cocteau’s play with Francis Poulenc’s opera for two different portraits of the same woman. Review is posted on Ludwig van Toronto. ludwig-van.com.

Tapestry Opera/Jacqueline

Posted on February 21, 2020, updated on March 27, 2020 by pcitron

A stunning contemporary take on the life of cellist Jacqueline du Pré. Not to be missed.

Canadian Opera Company/Hansel and Gretel

Posted on February 16, 2020, updated on February 16, 2020 by pcitron

A contemporary setting for a 19th century fairytale.

Opera Review – Opera Atelier/Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Posted on November 1, 2019, updated on November 1, 2019 by pcitron

A baroque feast for the eyes and the ears. Another gorgeous production from Opera Atelier.