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