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Sarah Dufresne dazzles as Ophélie in Opéra de Montréal's Hamlet along with mezzo Karine Deshayes and the Orchestre Métropolitain conducted by Jacques Lacombe.

Étienne Dupuis et Nicole Car ont remporté tous les suffrages dans les deux rôles principaux de l'opéra Eugène Onéguine à l'Opéra de Montréal, dans une production à peu près sans faille.

There’s a good reason Swan Lake is a box office blockbuster. Not only is it “famous” in the sense that even ballet neophytes know all about it, Swan Lake is a seriously meaty ballet with a narrative arc that offers tension-filled dynamics, a luscious score by Tchaikovsky and one of the most famous tragic love stories of all time.

Ballet companies around the world are in the thick of Nutcracker season right now, and many are grappling with some surprisingly meaty issues at the heart of this light, sugary ballet

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens has brought a brand new piece to the stage; a neo-classical adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s controversial novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover.

It’s the end of the 17/18 season for most ballet companies and for many, this means rounding off with a glitzy gala night. I feel these performances always go in one of two directions: they’re either a Greatest Hits or a bit of a patchwork quilt. 

Casse Noisette (the Nutcracker) is an annual tradition for shrieking hoardes of ballet-lovers all over the globe. If you want to keep it real, I heartily recommend a Sunday matinee.

Le Mariage de Figaro is meant to be a bit of a romp; a frothy drawing-room comedy of errors. In this respect, the National Ballet of Ukraine's production works perfectly.

L’Opéra de Montréal présentait samedi Dialogues des Carmélites, une production réunissant Serge Denoncourt et Jean-François Rivest. Pour rendre l’univers de Poulenc, ceux-ci ont respectivement fait le choix d’une mise en scène sobre et d’un orchestre expansif : un mélange qui, avec l’arsenal d’interprètes à leur disposition, a donné de brillants résultats.

As a dancer, Bryan Arias has performed for Ohad Naharin, NDT, Jiří Kylián, Complexions and Crystal Pite. Now, as a choreographer, Arias' work echoes their collective MO: airy curves, fluid releases, and tender partnering.

Québec play of illicit love transformed into a memorable Opéra de Montréal world premiere.

An impressive trio of international singers carry Opéra de Montréal's traditional new production of this Verdi tragedy.

Opéra de Montréal's belated première of Strauss' take on the Greek tragedy is worth the wait, as soprano Lise Lindstrom and wunderkind conductor Yannick Nézét-Séguin lead an exciting, music-driven production.

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens open their 2015-2016 season with Kaguyahime by Jiří Kylián, a Japanese legend told through dance and drums. 

Silent Night by Kevin Puts closes L'Opéra de Montréal's 2014-2015 season and is notable for revealing a formidable all-Canadian cast of principals.

Marie-Nicole Lemieux tackles Saint-Saëns' Dalila for the first time and exceeds all expectations. 

For the opening production in its 35th anniversary season, Opéra de Montréal pulled out all the stops in Verdi’s Nabucco, presented as a re-enactment of its première in 1842.

Opéra de Montréal’s sumptuous production of Turandot at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier is a grand spectacle in every sense, but misses on some of the finer details.

The Opéra de Montréal's production of Porgy and Bess is both an artistic success and a reaffirmation of the work's importance.

Pia Savoie reviews Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal's 50th anniversary performance of The Nutcracker by Fernand Nault.

This November, the Opéra de Montréal celebrates Verdi’s bicentennial with a laugh, presenting his comic opera Falstaff. The revival of David Gately’s production, originally produced by Glimmerglass Opera and the recently deceased New York City Opera, received no shortage of snickers during Saturday’s première performance with Opéra de Montréal.

L’Opéra de Montréal opened its 2013/14 season with a revival of Léo Delibes’ major operatic success, Lakmé. Rarely performed today, the story revolves around a romance between a colonial British officer, Gérald, and a Brahma priestess, Lakmé, in 19th-century India.

Manon was not only central to Jules Massenet’s claim to international celebrity after its creation in 1884, it remains at the heart of the operatic repertoire and Massenet’s popularity today. Manon returned to the stage of L’Opéra de Montréal on 18 May after a lengthy absence to close the company’s 2012/13 season.