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Ancient magic updated: Peter Sellars' Tristan with the Canadian Opera Company

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Reviewed at Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto on 8 February 2013
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde
Canadian Opera Company
Peter Sellars, Director
Daveda Karanas, Brangäne
Alan Held, Kurwenal
Franz-Josef Selig, King Marke
Ryan McKinny, Melot
Robert Gleadow, Young seaman
Johannes Debus, Conductor
Bill Viola, Video
Michael Baba, Tristan
Margaret Jane Wray, Isolde
Canadian Opera Company’s Barber proves as fresh as ever
****1
Christopher Alden’s Rigoletto returns to Canadian Opera Company
***11
Canadian Opera's Orfeo returns elegant, restrained and very satisfying
*****
Canadian Opera Company opens season with Roméo et Juliette
***11
Eugene Onegin revival fails to find the magic spark in Toronto
***11
COC triumphs with Kentridge’s brilliantly conceived Wozzeck
*****
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