Performer: Dave Monaco

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

Despite an early misadventure, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma launches Maurizio Scaparro's staging of Rossini's comic opera with panache. 

14th-century Venice, a city of intrigue, criminal activity and mysterious masks, is the setting for Donizetti's opera about the Doge Marino Faliero, whose life is torn between public and private issues.

Le metteur en scène propose une vision forte de l'opéra de Rossini mais qui manque de clarté. Si la direction musicale est au rendez-vous, le plateau vocal laisse une impression mitigée.