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Canadian Opera’s Così fan tutte revival doesn’t disappoint
The COC’s revival of Cosi fan tutte is still a visual feast and a few deft updates and some terrific singing make it well worth seeing, even for the third time!
Ambur Braid’s Salome sets the Four Seasons Centre alight
Ambur Braid excels in the title role in the Canadian Opera Company’s starrily cast revival of Atom Egoyan's production.
Outstanding singing in COC’s Così fan tutte
Despite an abundance of incongruous symbols, this Toronto performance was remarkable for its outstanding singing.
Canadian Opera Company: Così fan tutte
Canadian Opera Company Toronto première of Così hit the trifecta, with strong performances from cast, conductor Johannes Debus, and director Atom Egoyan.
Hybrid Chinese chamber opera Feng Yi Ting a learning experience at Luminato in Toronto
The chamber-opera Feng Yi Ting is a high-grade hybrid. The composer/librettist is Chinese, the director is Armenian-Canadian, and both are outstanding in their fields. Guo Wenjing belongs to the elite 200 students admitted to Beijing’s Central Conservatory in 1978 when it reopened after the Cultural Revolution.
Atom Egoyan's strong, intoxicating Salome at the Canadian Opera Company
Atom Egoyan’s production of Richard Strauss’ Salome is styled for extreme contrasts. You could think of it as Springtime for Herod in Judea. While patrons spilling out of limos, taxis and Wheel-Trans were gathering on this magnolia blossom-filled May Day evening in the plaza outside the opera house’s glass façade, a parade hedged by bicycle cops was filing by.