Tuesday, October 21, 2025 from operaramblings
Some time ago I reviewed Leslie Ting’s CD set What Brings You In; noting that it was music “that was composed for performance as part of an art installation or a site specific performance or as therapy rather than a …...Monday, October 20, 2025 from operaramblings
It’s always interesting when a top notch baritone (especially a native German speaker) and a first rate concert pianist get together to do Schubert’s Winterreise, which is, I suppose, the pinnacle of the Lieder repertory. ...Sunday, October 19, 2025 from operaramblings
Regular readers will know that I’ve seen my fair share of shows by Opera Revue but pretty much always in a bar or pub and as the band always says “The more you drink, the better we sound”. Thus it … Continue...Saturday, October 18, 2025 from operaramblings
So LIBLAB is back and the pick of the fruits of the latest version form Tapestry Briefs: Under Where? currently playing at the Nancy and Ed Jackman Performance Centre. There are eleven sketches involving four composers, three...Friday, October 17, 2025 from operaramblings
Opera Atelier opened a run of Mozart’s The Magic Flute (in English) at the Elgin on Wednesday evening. It’s basically the 1991 production (tweaked in 2013) and features a rather spectacular Queen of the Night. Full review...Thursday, October 16, 2025 from operaramblings
I don’t think I’ve been as frustrated by a video recording of an opera since I watched the 2007 recording of Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland. This time the culprit is a recording of the 2024 production of...Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from operaramblings
The latest short animation from the Canadian Art Song Project is extremely quirky and about as steeped in a certain kind of Canadian nostalgia as one could possibly get. It’s called The Piece Atop His Pate and appears to be...Tuesday, October 14, 2025 from operaramblings
Mariane Clément’s production of Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann recorded at the 2024 Salzburg Festival is not the sort of production that one dismisses as pointless and/or ill conceived but it is complex and difficult...Monday, October 13, 2025 from operaramblings
There’s a lot to like in the COC’s revival of Robert Carsen’s production of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice that opened at the Four Seasons Centre on Thursday evening. I don’t think Gluck gets much better. Full...Sunday, October 12, 2025 from Boulezian
Sunday, October 12, 2025 from operaramblings
Duo Concertante play Alice Ho’s Dark Tales; pieces for violin and piano inspired by Newfoundland ghost stories. Full review at La Scena Musicale.Tuesday, October 7, 2025 from Boulezian
Sunday, October 5, 2025 from operatraveller
Suor AngelicaSuor Angelica – Silvia SequeiraLa zia principessa – Cátia MoresoLa badessa – Nélia GonçalvesLa suora zelatrice – Paula Morna DóriaLa maestra delle novizie – Carolina FigueiredoLa suora infermiera – Rita CoelhoSuor Genovieffa...Sunday, October 5, 2025 from Boulezian
Saturday, October 4, 2025 from operatraveller
Gounod – Faust Faust – Iván Ayón-RivasMéphistophélès – Alex EspositoValentin – Florian SempeyWagner – Bryan SalaMarguerite – Ruth IniestaSiébel – Ekaterine BuachidzeDame Marthe – Gemma Coma-Alabert Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana,...