ISSUES | Who Gets To Try
By Lev Bratishenko on October 18, 2018
As the first COC commission to get a mainstage premiere since 1999, Hadrian has the impossible task of justifying all the other operas that did not get made.
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By Lev Bratishenko on October 18, 2018
As the first COC commission to get a mainstage premiere since 1999, Hadrian has the impossible task of justifying all the other operas that did not get made.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on October 15, 2018
Hadrian is appealing and accessible, but lacks the dramatic twists and turns needed to make this an enduring production.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on October 10, 2018
We chat with the Canadian tenor Isaiah Bell about working with Rufus Wainwright, being open to vulnerability, and his experience preparing for his leading role in the COC's upcoming production of Hadrian.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on October 6, 2018
Canadian Bass-Baritone Gordon Bintner chats about his return to Toronto to sing the title role in The Canadian Opera Company's production of Eugene Onegin, and the process which informs his artistic practice.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on October 1, 2018
COC’s Eugene Onegin may be sparse, but its minimalism only serves to clear the way for a powerful wallop.
(Continue reading)By Paula Citron on September 20, 2018
"I Call myself Princess" brings back the memory of Indigenous opera singer Tsianina Redfeather by embracing the present time in all its complexities.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on September 16, 2018
A first listen of COC production of Rufus Wainwright's Hadrian offers a taste of what we can only describe as "accessible and lyrical".
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on September 15, 2018
Ahead of her performance in Rufus Wainright’s opera Hadrian in just a few weeks, Soprano Ambur Braid sat down for a few important questions, including that time she fired a gun, character flaws, and the thing that makes her the happiest.
(Continue reading)By Paul E. Robinson on September 6, 2018
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Rolando Villazón, and Joyce DiDonato do their best to convince us that La Clemenza di Tito is a masterpiece.
(Continue reading)By Joseph So on September 3, 2018
In the beautiful Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos in Lisbon, Portugal last evening, two Canadian mezzo-sopranos were among the big winners of Operalia 2018, live streamed on the internet worldwide, on Medici TV and Facebook.
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