Russell Thomas

Opera Review – Werther (Canadian Opera Company)

A pristine production musically and visually, but one that is missing the necissary sweeping romantic emotional core.

Opera Review – Canadian Opera Company’s The Tales of Hoffmann

The first act of the COC’s production of The Tales of Hoffmann is worth the price of admission. English director Lee Blakeley has done such a brilliant job with Olympia (Andriana Chuchman), that we can forgive the messy Guilietta (Keri Alkema) act, and puzzling Prologue and Epilogue. His Antonia (Erin Wall) act falls somewhere in between […]