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Canadian Opera Company opens season with a Fidelio for our time

Miina-Liisa Värelä (Leonore)
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Clay Hilley (Florestan)
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Anna-Sophie Neher (Marzelline) and Dimitry Ivashchenko (Rocco)
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Johannes Martin Kränzle (Pizarro)
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Canadian Opera Company Chorus
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“the search for freedom from the shackles of oppression always carries contemporary resonance”
Reviewed at Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto on 29 September 2023
Beethoven, Fidelio
Canadian Opera Company
Johannes Debus, Conductor
Matthew Ozawa, Director
Alexander V. Nichols, Set Designer
Jessica Jahn, Costume Designer
Justin A. Partier, Lighting Designer
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Canadian Opera Company Chorus
Clay Hilley, Florestan
Sava Vemić, Don Fernando
Johannes Martin Kränzle, Don Pizarro
Dimitry Ivashchenko, Rocco
Miina-Liisa Värelä, Leonore
Josh Lovell, Jaquino
Anna-Sophie Neher, Marzelline
Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre
*****
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
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