Bluebeard’s Castle and Erwartung at Canadian Opera Company deliver on fine performances even if Robert Lepage‘s production skimps on horror.
Soprano Erin Wall died in early October, a month shy of her 45th birthday; Trove Thursday remembers her with a 2012 broadcast of Kaija Saariaho’s shimmering L’Amour de Loin.
David Alden’s acclaimed production of Leos Janácek’s Jenufa was mounted for its final performance of the season during the evening that I experienced my first opera at Santa Fe.
The Canadian Opera Company’s new production of Otello is a collection of welcome returns.
Rufus Wainwright is determined to offer a spectacle and that intention overrides all other considerations.
Last night was my fourth or fifth wade into the slough of Bartlett Sher’s production of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Met since its premiere in 2009.
No amount of scholarly diligence has kept Les contes d’Hoffmann from being the messiest of all standard-repertory messes.
By virtue of its subject matter and the auspicious occasion of its commissioning, Louis Riel was destined to be iconic.
The Canadian Opera Company scored a coup when they secured Christine Goerke for the revival of their Ring productions over the last three seasons
I can think of no other role that provides the most unique promise of humiliation, and consequently the most opportunity for glory.
First seen in 2005, Siegfried makes a welcome return as a stand-alone production this season.
“CanCon”, or Canadian Content, is always a concern in Canadian cultural discourse.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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