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Atom Egoyan hits trifecta with Così fan tutte in Toronto

By Stanley Fefferman, 21 January 2014
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Reviewed at Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto on 18 January 2014
Programme
Mozart, Così fan tutte
Performers
Canadian Opera Company
Johannes Debus, Conductor
Atom Egoyan, Director
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Stanley Fefferman
Stanley Fefferman
Stanley Fefferman is Professor Emeritus at York University, Toronto. He is active in classical, new music, and jazz circles as a writer and accredited performance photographer. His work is archived on Canadian sites The Live Music Report.com, Showtimemagazine.ca, and OpusOneReview.com. His website is here.