Eugene Onegin revival fails to find the magic spark in Toronto

Andrii Kymach (Onegin) and Lauren Fagan (Tatyana)

Canadian Opera Chorus

Lauren Fagan (Tatyana)

Lauren Fagan (Tatyana) and Andrii Kymach (Onegin)

Par John Gilks, 03 mai 2025

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“Lauren Fagan... sang a most beautiful Letter Scene”

Critique faite à Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, le 2 mai 2025

Tchaïkovski, Eugène Onéguine

Canadian Opera Company

Speranza Scappucci, Direction

Robert Carsen, Mise en scène

Michael Levine, Décors

Jean Kalman, Costumes

Canadian Opera Company Orchestra

Canadian Opera Company Chorus

Peter McClintock, Revival Director

Andrii Kymach, Eugène Onéguine

Lauren Fagan, Tatiana

Megan Marino, Olga

Evan LeRoy Johnson, Lenski

Dimitry Ivashchenko, Prince Grémine

Krisztina Szabó, Madame Larina

Emily Treigle, Filipievna

Michael Colvin, Monsieur Triquet

Duncan Stenhouse, Zaretski

Gene Wu, Capitaine

Serge Bennathan, Chorégraphie

Werther oozes quiet despair in new Canadian Opera Company staging

John Gilks, 7th May

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

***11

Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

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.

*****

Canadian Opera Company opens season with Roméo et Juliette

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.