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