Reviewer's Rating Rigoletto Aparna Halpé 30/01/2018Alexander Neef, General Director of the COC, describes Verdi’s Rigoletto as “incendiary”. He situates this production within a historical moment...
Reviewer's Rating Arabella Aparna Halpé 16/10/2017The COC begins its 2017 season with a magnificent premier of Richard Strauss’s well beloved Arabella.
Reviewer's Rating For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow is Enuf Aparna Halpé 15/05/2017Somebody asked me today what to see in Toronto, and my answer was immediate: “ You have to see Djanet Sears new production of Colored Girls!”
Reviewer's Rating Louis Riel Aparna Halpé 30/04/2017Canada is 150 years old, and we celebrate this nation’s many evolutions...
Reviewer's Rating Split Screen Stereophonic Aparna Halpé 24/02/2017Peggy Baker Dance Projects’ Split Screen Stereophonic reprises four masterworks from the company’s recent repertoire. While each piece has its...
Reviewer's Rating Ariodante Aparna Halpé 24/10/2016here really is only one word that can describe the Canadian Opera Company’s new production of Handel’s Ariodante: Wow. We’re...
Reviewer's rating Macbeth Aparna Halpé 30/08/2016s the lights went down in the Festival Theater, expectations were high. The venue was packed to capacity as this...
Reviewer's rating The Merry Wives of Windsor Rebecca Coates 27/07/2016here is a reason why The Merry Wives of Windsor is not one of Shakespeare’s most-loved plays, nor one of...
Reviewer's Rating The Dybbuk Aparna Halpé 24/05/2015t the end of Soulpepper’s world premier of The Dybbuk, or Between Two Worlds, the audience leapt to its feet,...
Reviewer's Rating Mahmoud Alia Somani 19/05/2015f there is a play in Toronto that must be seen right now, I would say without any hesitation that...
