Hybrid Chinese chamber opera Feng Yi Ting a learning experience at Luminato in Toronto

Ambur Braid excels in the title role in the Canadian Opera Company’s starrily cast revival of Atom Egoyan's production.

Despite an abundance of incongruous symbols, this Toronto performance was remarkable for its outstanding singing.

Canadian Opera Company Toronto première of Così hit the trifecta, with strong performances from cast, conductor Johannes Debus, and director Atom Egoyan.

Atom Egoyan’s production of Richard Strauss’ Salome is styled for extreme contrasts. You could think of it as Springtime for Herod in Judea. While patrons spilling out of limos, taxis and Wheel-Trans were gathering on this magnolia blossom-filled May Day evening in the plaza outside the opera house’s glass façade, a parade hedged by bicycle cops was filing by.

Netia Jones’ modern reimagining intrigues more than it convinces, but still makes a strong case for Dvořák’s dark fairy tale. 

The Opéra de Lyon presents Britten’s masterpiece for the first time: a triumph, both visually and musically, which is received with great enthusiasm by the audience.