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Friday, December 15, 2017

COC director Alexander Neef on the modern Canadian opera audience by Lydia Perovic

In Toronto, the head of the country’s largest opera company faces one of his greatest challenges: With less than a fifth of funding coming from the government, Alexander Neef must persiste…

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:00AM
Friday, October 27, 2017

Review: Opera Atelier’s The Marriage of Figaro a pleasant surprise by Lydia Perovic

One goes to an Opera Atelier production knowing what to expect, this Figaro, however, is different

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:27PM
Friday, October 13, 2017

Review: COC’s Elixir of Love lacks the right formula by Lydia Perovic

The bel canto ‘comedies’ require a lot of elements to come together, and this surprisingly unambitious production doesn’t quite have them

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:22PM
Friday, September 29, 2017

Toronto opera audience about to get first look at Arabella – and the Austrian idea by Lydia Perovic

Director of Toronto’s first performance of the opera sees the story as an expression of its librettist’s political ideals

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:17PM

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