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TorontoLa traviata

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Verdi: La traviata
Paolo Carignani; Arin Arbus; Canadian Opera Company; Riccardo Hernandez; Cait O'Connor; Marcus Doshi; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra

TorontoCosì fan tutte

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Mozart: Così fan tutte
Johannes Debus; Atom Egoyan; Canadian Opera Company; Debra Hanson; Michael Walton; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra

TorontoThe Turn of the ScrewNeuinszenierung

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Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Patrick Summers; Louisa Muller; Canadian Opera Company; Christopher Oram; Malcolm Rippeth; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra

TorontoAriadne auf NaxosNeuinszenierung

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Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Johannes Debus; Paul Curran; Canadian Opera Company; Gary McCann; Howard Hudson; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra

TorontoEmpire of WildUraufführung

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Cusson: Empire of Wild
Johannes Debus; Yvette Nolan; Canadian Opera Company; Gillian Gallow; Jeff Chief; Michelle Ramsay; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra

TorontoL'elisir d'amore

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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Lorenzo Passerini; James Robinson; Canadian Opera Company; Allen Moyer; Martin Pakledinaz; Paul Palazzo; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
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Werther oozes quiet despair in new Canadian Opera Company staging

Victoria Karkacheva (Charlotte) © Michael Cooper
Excellent performances cannot turn a conventional production of Massenet’s Werther into a dramatic experience for the 21st century. 
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Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

Karen Cargill (Judith) and Christian Van Horn (Bluebeard) © Michael Cooper
Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.
*****
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Canadian Opera Company’s Barber proves as fresh as ever

The cast of The Barber of Seville © Michael Cooper
The Barber is back in Toronto with an excellent cast, young and old, and it’s as lively, colourful and energetic as ever. 
****1
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Christopher Alden’s Rigoletto returns to Canadian Opera Company

Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto) and Gregory Dahl (Monterone) © Michael Cooper
Christopher Alden’s Victorian-era Rigoletto still divides opinions, despite top-notch performances all around in this Toronto revival. 
***11
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Canadian Opera's Orfeo returns elegant, restrained and very satisfying

Iestyn Davies (Orfeo) © Michael Cooper
The restrained beauty of Robert Carsen’s production of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice is matched by musical elegance in its revival current revival at the Four Seasons Centre. 
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Canadian Opera Company opens season with Roméo et Juliette

Stephen Costello (Roméo) and Kseniia Proshina (Juliette) © Michael Cooper
Amy Lane’s production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the COC is eye-catching and enjoyable but doesn’t offer the same level of insight as her Faust last season. 
***11
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