Otello Aparna Halpé 01/05/2019I will readily admit that Otello is my personal favorite of all Verdi operas. The magnificent choruses, searing ensembles, and...
La Bohème Aparna Halpé 19/04/2019La Bohème Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica Canadian Opera Company Directed by John Caird Cast (in...
Reviewer's Rating Roberto Devereux Owen Davies 17/04/2019The works of Donizetti are loved by some for the opportunities they provide for great singers to display their wares....
Reviewer's Rating Faust Owen Davies 12/04/2019To lose one soprano may be regarded as a misfortune – to lose two turns out to be a piece...
Reviewer's rating Diary of One Who Disappeared Becca Kaplan 11/04/2019Can it ever truly be love if it is spawned from an obsession? We see scattered throughout history, literature, and...
Reviewer's Rating Tosca Shmuel Ben-Tovim 03/04/2019119 years after the great success of the opening night of Tosca in Rome, the audience in Tel Aviv was...
Reviewer's Rating Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel Owen Davies 02/04/2019What a pity that ENO did not decide to call this opera simply The Women of Whitechapel and leave the...
reviewer's rating La forza del destino (The Power of Fate) Rivka Jacobson 01/04/2019This production has attracted much attention: not only has the entire run nearly sold out at the box office, but...
Reviewer's Rating The Magic Flute Austin Fimmano 16/03/2019The Magic Flute returns to the English National Opera this week to much applause. The revival of the dircetor Simon...
reviewer's rating The Merry Widow Owen Davies 03/03/2019The Merry Widow is a charming bit of Viennese nonsense with some good tunes and a bit of a Beatrice...
