Music

Opera Review – Canadian Opera Company Winter 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.

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

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

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.

Opera Review – Canadian Opera Company/Rusalka by Antonin Dvorak

Posted on October 17, 2019, updated on October 27, 2019 by pcitron

This COC production of Dvorak’s dark fairytale is perfection. Everything comes together to evoke magic.

Opera Review – Canadian Opera Company/Turandot by Giacomo Puccini

Posted on October 10, 2019, updated on October 16, 2019 by pcitron

A production by the legendary stage director Robert Wilson that is magnificent, bewildering and aggravating, all at the same time.