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John Gilks
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By , 18 September 2025
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19 Sep 2025
Toronto Symphony kicks off season with an effective double bill
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By , 28 May 2025
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29 May 2025
A satisfying melange of Classic and Caribbean with the Toronto SO
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By , 02 May 2025
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03 May 2025
Eugene Onegin revival fails to find the magic spark in Toronto
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By , 25 April 2025
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26 Apr 2025
COC triumphs with Kentridge’s brilliantly conceived Wozzeck
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By , 16 March 2025
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17 Mar 2025
A curiously low-key performance from the Vancouver Symphony on tour
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By , 31 January 2025
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01 Feb 2025
Musically and visually stunning, La Reine-garçon ticks all the boxes
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By , 06 November 2024
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07 Nov 2024
John Adams trumps Trump in Toronto
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By , 04 October 2024
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05 Oct 2024
Fine music-making redeems dull production in COC’s Nabucco
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By , 01 May 2024
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02 May 2024
Toronto Symphony Orchestra pay tribute to Sir Andrew Davis
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By , 02 February 2024
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03 Feb 2024
Kasper Holten's cinematic Don Giovanni shines at the COC
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By , 05 May 2023
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06 May 2023
Puccini's “shabby little shocker” fails to shock in Toronto
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By , 28 April 2023
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30 Apr 2023
McVicar's grim and creepy Macbeth impresses at Canadian Opera Company
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By , 06 April 2023
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07 Apr 2023
Opera Atelier's long delayed La resurrezione
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By , 11 February 2023
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12 Feb 2023
Hopkins shines in Heggie and Atwood’s Songs for Murdered Sisters
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By , 03 February 2023
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04 Feb 2023
Ambur Braid’s Salome sets the Four Seasons Centre alight
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By , 27 January 2023
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28 Jan 2023
COC's sexed up Figaro: beautifully sung, creepily funny
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By , 06 May 2022
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07 May 2022
COC’s Magic Flute returns as a well sung whimsical comedy
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By , 23 April 2022
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24 Apr 2022
COC returns to live performance with beautifully sung Traviata
By John Gilks
By , 06 February 2020
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07 Feb 2020
COC's visually arresting Hänsel und Gretel brimming with ideas
By John Gilks
By , 28 September 2019
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29 Sep 2019
Classic Robert Wilson: Turandot opens Canadian Opera Company season
By John Gilks
By , 05 May 2019
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06 May 2019
A briskly conducted Bohème revived in Toronto
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By , 04 April 2019
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05 Apr 2019
Kopernikus: immersive, disorienting, thought-provoking
By John Gilks
By , 30 September 2018
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30 Sep 2018
Robert Carsen's Eugene Onegin ages gracefully at COC
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By , 19 April 2018
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20 Apr 2018
Opera Atelier's strengths reinforced with Monteverdi
By John Gilks
By , 20 January 2018
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21 Jan 2018
Crisper, tighter, more relevant: Alden's Rigoletto at the COC
By John Gilks