
John Gilks
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Toronto
16 Jun 2026
10 Days in a Madhouse receives Canadian premiere

Toronto
11 Jun 2026
Gustavo Gimeno and the TSO give Beethoven’s Ninth the grand treatment

Toronto
07 May 2026
Werther oozes quiet despair in new Canadian Opera Company staging


Toronto
25 Apr 2026
Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

Toronto
05 Feb 2026
Canadian Opera Company’s Barber proves as fresh as ever


Toronto
09 Oct 2025
Canadian Opera's Orfeo returns elegant, restrained and very satisfying

Toronto
27 Sep 2025
Canadian Opera Company opens season with Roméo et Juliette

Toronto
18 Sep 2025
Toronto Symphony kicks off season with an effective double bill


Toronto
28 May 2025
A satisfying melange of Classic and Caribbean with the Toronto SO

Toronto
02 May 2025
Eugene Onegin revival fails to find the magic spark in Toronto

Toronto
25 Apr 2025
COC triumphs with Kentridge’s brilliantly conceived Wozzeck

Toronto
16 Mar 2025
A curiously low-key performance from the Vancouver Symphony on tour

Toronto
31 Jan 2025
Musically and visually stunning, La Reine-garçon ticks all the boxes

Toronto
06 Nov 2024
John Adams trumps Trump in Toronto

Toronto
04 Oct 2024
Fine music-making redeems dull production in COC’s Nabucco

Toronto
01 May 2024
Toronto Symphony Orchestra pay tribute to Sir Andrew Davis

Toronto
02 Feb 2024
Kasper Holten's cinematic Don Giovanni shines at the COC

Toronto
05 May 2023
Puccini's “shabby little shocker” fails to shock in Toronto

Toronto
28 Apr 2023
McVicar's grim and creepy Macbeth impresses at Canadian Opera Company


Toronto
06 Apr 2023
Opera Atelier's long delayed La resurrezione


Toronto
11 Feb 2023
Hopkins shines in Heggie and Atwood’s Songs for Murdered Sisters

Toronto
03 Feb 2023
Ambur Braid’s Salome sets the Four Seasons Centre alight

Toronto
27 Jan 2023
COC's sexed up Figaro: beautifully sung, creepily funny
Toronto
06 May 2022
COC’s Magic Flute returns as a well sung whimsical comedy
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
