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Category Archives: Opera
Opera York’s Magic Flute
It was worth the drive to Richmond Hill yesterday to see Opera York’s production of The Magic Flute, their first in-person return to the stage since the pandemic. While Friday night’s snow-storm likely reduced attendance, Sunday’s matinee was sold out. … Continue reading
Excited by Canadian Opera Company 2023-24 season announcement
When I saw the email on Thursday from the Canadian Opera Company announcing their 2023-2024 season it moved me to say this on Facebook: That’s more like it! COC’s 2023-24 season: Fidelio, La Boheme, Cunning Little Vixen, Don Pasquale, Don … Continue reading
Posted in Opera, Press Releases and Announcements
Tagged Alexander Neef, Canadian Opera Company, Perryn Leech
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Questions for Norman E Brown — OperOttawa’s Alcina
I wanted to shine a spotlight on OperOttawa, a relatively new company, by talking to their founder and Artistic Director, Canadian baritone Norman E. Brown. OperOttawa present Handel’s Alcina on March 5th in Ottawa, so I wanted to ask Norman … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Opera, Press Releases and Announcements
Tagged Alcina, Carole Portelance, Domenico Cimarosa, Erinne-Colleen Laurin, Frederic Lacroix, George Frideric Handel, Il Matrimonio Segreto, Jack Hui Litster, Kathleen Radke, Morgan Strickland, Norman E Brown, Opera Lyra, OperOttawa
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Salome returns to tumultuous welcome
The Canadian Opera Company’s co-production of Richard Strauss’s Salome returned last night in the first of seven performances to huge applause. It’s a star vehicle for Ambur Braid in the title role, a wonderful first outing for Michael Schade as … Continue reading
Salome: from Matthew and Mark, through Oscar, Richard and Atom
It can be enjoyable to trace the changes in the way a story is adapted and/or interpreted. Salome begins in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark. Matthew 14:1-11 (NIV)1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus, … Continue reading
Guth Ideas to save Figaro
The Canadian Opera Company have revived Claus Guth‘s production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro that they presented to us in 2016, this time with a slightly different cast and conductor. The three and a half hours fly by on … Continue reading
Posted in Opera, Reviews
Tagged Andrea Carroll, Canadian Opera Company, Claus Guth, Doug MacNaughton, Emily Fons, Gordon Bintner, Harry Bicket, Lauren Fagan, Luca Pisaroni, Marcelo Buscaino, Mireille Asselin, Robert Pomakov, Sasha Djihanian, The Marriage of Figaro, Uli Kirsch, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Best of 2022
I enjoy recalling the best moments of the past 12 months. There’s a fork in the road, however. One pathway leads towards that which is truly “new”, while the other relies on what we’ve seen before. Need I mention, the … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, video & DVDs, Dance, theatre & musicals, Music and musicology, Opera
Tagged Against the Grain Theatre, Alexander Neef, ARC Ensemble, Arkady Spivak, Canadian Opera Company, CERB, Chris Abraham, Conan and the Stone of Kelior, Corey Arnold, Crow's Theatre, Eldritch Theatre, Elisa Citterio, Eric Woolfe, Gay for Pay, Gould's Wall, Gustavo Gimeno, Joel Ivany, Kyle McDonald, Lauren Pearl, Michael Hidetoshi Mori, Nicole Lizée, OCADU, Perryn Leech, RCM, Royal Conservatory of Music, RUR A Torrent of Light, Simon Wynberg, Sweeney Todd, Tafelmusik, Talk is Free Theatre, Tapestry Opera, The Lion Heart, TIFT, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, TSO, Wajdi Mouawad, Yuja Wang
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TOT: Revenge of the Tenors
This afternoon the Toronto Operetta Theatre’s production of Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus (or The Bat) opened to a sold-out audience at the St Lawrence Centre. It’s sometimes called “The revenge of the bat” although today I was inclined to think … Continue reading
Mother Sorrow: workshop December 9th
I was privileged to observe an open rehearsal of a new creation titled “Mother Sorrow.” The creative team is large, but I should mention director & choreographer Jennifer Nichols, Composer and music director Adam Scime and librettist (combining new words … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Architecture & Design, Books & Literature, Dance, theatre & musicals, Music and musicology, Opera, Personal ruminations & essays
Tagged Adam Scime, Benoit Bolduc, Brayden Cairns, Christian Masucci Facchini, David James Brock, Evelyn Hart, Gabor Mate, Gioachino Rossini, Jarrett Siddall, Jennifer Nichols, Lindsay McIntyre, Marshall Pynkoski, Messiah, Mozart's Requiem, Nicholas McClung, Opera Atelier, Pergolesi, Rodney Diverlus, Stabat Mater, theatre history, Tyler Gledhill
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Simon Banks’ Opera: The Autobiography of the Western World
For me Christmas came early, when I got my hands on Simon Banks’ new book Opera: The Autobiography of the Western World. I mention that because this is the ideal gift for anyone you know who loves opera or who … Continue reading
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