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Verdi's Falstaff - about to open at the COC directed by Robert Carsen and starring the magnificent Gerald Finley - finishes with a flourish. You can find dozens of versions of the great aria…
(photo by Michelle Doherty)Re-imagining a masterpiecedirecting Puccini's Suor Angelica for the audiences of todayby Sergio Augusto FloresMexican-born actor, singer and director Sergio August…
(photo by Maarten Vanden Abeele)When it Comes Togetherby Kallee Lins, Editor - DanceKiss & Cry, created by Belgium's Charleois Danse and opening the Canadian Stage season, is a dance pie…
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Photo by Alejandro De LeonThe Freedom of Expressionby Chad Dembski, Editor - Dance@surpriseperformThere was a moment in last night's performance of The Muted Note that I felt transported bac…
(photo by Jeremy Mimnagh)Going Elsewhere togetherby Sarah DeshaiesThe first performer takes staccato steps in chunky heels, puncturing her jagged movements with electric spasms. The dancer w…
For its fifth season, Against the Grain Theatre brings #UncleJohn to Toronto and gets A Little Too Cozy in BanffAgainst the Grain Theatre (AtG), is entering its fift…
A DYNAMIC DUO TO LEAD DANCEMAKERSEmi Forster and Benjamin Kamino Named Co-CuratorsThe Board of Directors of Dancemakers is pleased to announce Emi Forster and Benjamin Kamino as the company'…
The Fine Art of Approaching Dance, Part IIIby Kallee Lins (Charlebois Post Dance Editor)[Introduction: Writing and talking about dance is something that intimidates a lot of people. As…
(photo by Tim Matheson)Inspired (and Flawed)by Jay CattersonAfter a long and languid summer break, the 2014-2015 Vancouver Opera season opened on Saturday night with the sure-fire opera hit,…
We are very glad to welcoming our newest occasional contributor, Bathtub Bran. We'd tell you what he does, but that would ruin the fun.
Survival of the FittestWhat Indie Opera is Doing Rightby Sable Chan (photos by Sable Chan)@MissSableSable Chan is a Speech Therapist-Chorister-Choir Girl Blogger. Sable blogs about her Edmon…
The Tin CelebrationIt has to do with that transitional phase in your life where the balance is so precarious that you can go in a million directions - the good ones, the bad ones.by Ramya Je…
The Fine Art of Approaching Danceby Kallee Lins (Charlebois Post Dance Editor)Introduction: Writing and talking about dance is something that intimidates a lot of people. As a performance sc…
The opera within an opera at the opera houseby Aleksandra KoplikGiuseppe Verdi's Nabucco, is about a Babylonian King seeking revenge on the Jews for stealing his daughter, a vicious love tri…
Michel St. Aubin's costume designConquering Carmen (x 2)by Joel IvanyCarmen is a stage director's dream. This piece has it all. Rich characters, a juicy story and tunes that seep into o…
In Mixed Company (photo by Frédéric Chais)The Density of Momentsby Chad Dembski, Editor - Dance Densité d'un moment The first piece presented in a double bill of works that opens Tangente…
The Fine Art of Approaching Danceby Kallee Lins (Charlebois Post Dance Editor)Introduction: Writing and talking about dance is something that intimidates a lot of people. As a performa…
The Italian StallionThe foremost Verdi baritone of his generation Paolo Gavanelli makes his grand Opera de Montreal debut in the title role of Nabuccoby Richard Burnett @bugsburnettThe …
The process...Tangente has created a fascinating interview/extracts video of Emily Gualtieri and David-Albert Toth's In Mixed Company, and, as the co-creators say of their process "the polit…
How an ancient Egyptian myth is being reincarnated into a new Canadian operaIsis and Osiris by Sharon Singer and Peter-Anthony Togni is in development by Sharon Singer (Librettist)Toron…
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (photo by Denis Rouvre)Opera NationCanadian opera companies stick to crowd-pleasing Italian masterpieces to anchor their 2014- 2015 seasonsby Richard Burnett @bugsb…
Stéphanie Morin-Robert (photo by: Stéphanie Morin-Robert)Body and Light on The Fringe of Existenceby Stéphanie Morin-RobertMultidisciplinary artist Stéphanie Morin-Robert graduated first…
A brilliant short film from David Cooper and Linda Arkelian, featuring Darren Devaney and Thibaut Eiferman from Ballet BC
Michele Capalbo (photo by Andrew Alexander)Tosca : Love and Jealousyby Jim MurchisonDue to an unpredictable circumstance I ended up seeing the second night of Tosca rather than opening …
