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

Roland Wood (Scarpia) and Sinead Campbell-Wallace (Tosca)

Roland Wood (Scarpia)

Stefano La Colla (Cavaradossi) and Sinéad Campbell-Wallace (Tosca)

Von John Gilks, 06 Mai 2023

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“there wasn’t a drop of blood on stage, on Scarpia, on Tosca or even on the knife”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, am 5 Mai 2023

Puccini, Tosca

Canadian Opera Company

Giuliano Carella, Musikalische Leitung

Paul Curran, Regie

Kevin Knight, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

David Martin Jacques, Licht

Canadian Opera Company Orchestra

Canadian Opera Company Chorus

Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Floria Tosca

Stefano La Colla, Mario Cavaradossi

Roland Wood, Baron Scarpia

Joel Sorensen, Spoletta

Donato di Stefano, Mesner

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John Gilks, 7th May

Excellent performances cannot turn a conventional production of Massenet’s Werther into a dramatic experience for the 21st century.

***11

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John Gilks, 25th April

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.

*****

Canadian Opera Company’s Barber proves as fresh as ever

John Gilks, 5th February

The Barber is back in Toronto with an excellent cast, young and old, and it’s as lively, colourful and energetic as ever.

****1

Christopher Alden’s Rigoletto returns to Canadian Opera Company

Michelle Assay, 28th January

Christopher Alden’s Victorian-era Rigoletto still divides opinions, despite top-notch performances all around in this Toronto revival.

***11

Canadian Opera's Orfeo returns elegant, restrained and very satisfying

John Gilks, 9th October

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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John Gilks, 27th September

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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John Gilks

John trained as a mathematician before working all over the world in management consulting. He’s now settled in downtown Toronto as an e-health strategy consultant. His operatric interests are eclectic but lean to the very early and very modern. He is also passionate about art song. His writings can be found in Opera Canada magazine and in his blog. He is owned by a small, grey cat called Jane.

Puccini's “shabby little shocker” fails to shock at COC in Toronto