Theatre

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.

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.

Theatre Review: Tarragon Theatre/Orestes by Rick Roberts

Posted on February 6, 2021, updated on February 21, 2021 by pcitron

Review is posted on Ludwig van Toronto. https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/.

Theatre Review – Acts of Faith

Posted on December 2, 2020, updated on December 2, 2020 by pcitron

The review of David Yee’s acts of faith starring Natasha Mumba can be found on ludwig-van.com.

2020 TORONTO THEATRE CRITICS’ AWARD WINNERS

Posted on June 3, 2020, updated on June 20, 2021 by pcitron

TORONTO, ON – Undaunted by the COVID-19 pandemic and a shortened season, the Toronto Theatre Critics’ Awards have returned to honour excellence—and this year, resourcefulness as well—in the city’s professional theatre. The 10th annual TTCAs boast 30 winners in 14 categories spanning the 2019-2020 season, including a special citation for creativity in the face of […]

Theatre Review – Lady Sunrise

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

An incisive portrayal of six diaspora Asian women coping with living in the 21st century.