Bachtrack logo

Artiste: Johannes Debus

Live EventsEn voir plus...

TorontoCosì fan tutte

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

TorontoAriadne auf NaxosNouvelle production

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

TorontoEmpire of WildCréation mondiale

Listing filler
Cusson: Empire of Wild
Johannes Debus; Yvette Nolan; Canadian Opera Company; Gillian Gallow; Jeff Chief; Michelle Ramsay; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Critiques récentesEn voir plus...

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. 

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.

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. 

COC triumphs with Kentridge’s brilliantly conceived Wozzeck

Ambur Braid (Marie) © Michael Cooper
William Kentridge's production of Berg’s Wozzeck has it all: wonderfully imaginative and disturbing designs, terrific acting and singing plus fabulous orchestral playing. 

Musically and visually stunning, La Reine-garçon ticks all the boxes

Kirsten MacKinnon (Christine) © Michael Cooper
Bilodeau and Bouchard’s La Reine-garçon is contemporary opera at its best, telling a great story with outstanding music and stunning visuals.

Scattered borrowings fail to cohere in COC's new Faust

Kyle Ketelsen (Méphistophélès) and Long Long (Faust) © Michael Cooper
Amy Lane's scattered borrowings from Tim Burton to Stanley Kubrick fail to cohere in the Canadian Opera Company's new Faust.