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PRIMER | Why Against the Grain's Orphée+ Might Be The Most “Authentic” Opera You'll See All Year
By Matthew Timmermans on April 23, 2018
An interview with AtG’s Joel Ivany, and a look at some reasons why his approach to Orphée et Eurydice continues a lineage of adaptation over 200 years old.
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PRIMER | A Guide To Getting Ready For Donizetti’s Anna Bolena
By Matthew Timmermans on April 18, 2018
Ahead of the Canadian Opera Company's all-new production of Donizetti’s opera Anna Bolena with Sondra Radvanovsky, we give you a quick and handy guide to everything you need to know.
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PRIMER | The Overcoat Aims To Be Musical Tailoring At Its Finest
By Matthew Timmermans on March 26, 2018
Part theatre, part opera, Tapestry's new adaptation of The Overcoat aims to become a hit all over again.
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PRIMER | FAWN’s Belladonna – A Queer Techno Opera Is “Opera Spelt Backwards”
By Matthew Timmermans on March 21, 2018
“Opera spelt backwards” is how tenor Jonathan MacArthur describes Belladonna - a queer techno opera, the latest experiment by Toronto indie opera company FAWN Chamber Creative.
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SCRUTINY | U of T Opera's Gershwin May Not Be The Best Fit, But Still Has A Blast
By Matthew Timmermans on March 17, 2018
Questionable repertoire aside, University of Toronto Opera's George Gershwin 'Of Thee I Sing' showcases great singing, and even makes a nod to Trump.
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EDITORIAL | Is Opera A Misogynistic Art Form, Or A Chance At Redemption?
By Matthew Timmermans on March 8, 2018
Stabbed, yelled at, beaten, treated like children, and made to go mad. Are female characters getting a fair shake against our "woke" contemporary standards?
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SCRUTINY | Super Choir Goes Big Or Goes Home With Mozart's Requiem At The University of Toronto
By Matthew Timmermans on March 6, 2018
Singers from the Ottawa Bach Choir and the York University Chamber Choir join students from the Schola Cantorum with Baroque Orchestra for a Mozart Requiem we won't soon forget.
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SCRUTINY | MYOpera Showcase A Stage For Local Talent
By Matthew Timmermans on February 20, 2018
Ludwig Van takes in our first MYOpera Performance Intensive Showcase with six up and coming local opera singers performing an eclectic program of operatic gems.
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SCRUTINY | Another Sunrise and Farewell Auschwitz Offers Dark Holocaust Humour That Makes An Impact
By Matthew Timmermans on February 15, 2018
The Electric Bond Ensemble and soprano Sara Schabas make a powerful first impression with the premiere of two original mini-operas on Holocaust.
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SCRUTINY | Tapestry Opera's "Forbidden" Raises More Questions Than It Answers
By Matthew Timmermans on February 13, 2018
Tapestry Opera’s "Forbidden" bravely asks what an opera can be, but leaves this reviewer with mixed feelings.
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