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Toronto

Canadian Opera Company’s Magic Flute returns as a well sung whimsical comedy

By John Gilks, 06 May 2022

The COC’s revival of The Magic Flute is mostly played for laughs and makes an enjoyable, if undemanding, evening.

***11

***11

Toronto

07 May 2022

COC’s Magic Flute returns as a well sung whimsical comedy

By John Gilks

Seattle

A Eugene Onegin that's less than the sum of its parts in Seattle

By Thomas May, 11 January 2020

Tomer Zvulun's mostly traditional account of the Tchaikovsky masterpiece arrives at Seattle Opera in an attractively staged but underwhelming package.

***11

***11

Seattle

13 Jan 2020

A Eugene Onegin that's less than the sum of its parts in Seattle

By Thomas May

Toronto

Classic Robert Wilson: Turandot opens Canadian Opera Company season

By John Gilks, 28 September 2019

Director Robert Wilson and conductor Carlo Rizzi combine effectively to create a visually striking and musically memorable Turandot that emphasizes the hieratic and the mythical with a notable absence of unnecessary histrionics.

****1

****1

Toronto

29 Sep 2019

Classic Robert Wilson: Turandot opens Canadian Opera Company season

By John Gilks

Aix-en-Provence

A rake's progress: Mozart's Don Giovanni let loose in Aix

By Mark Pullinger, 06 July 2017

Jean-François Sivadier's pulsating new production propels The Don through his lusty adventures at a whirlwind pace.

*****

*****

Aix-en-Provence

07 Jul 2017

A rake's progress: Don Giovanni let loose in Aix

By Mark Pullinger