Tag Archives: COC

Siegfried a Hit and a Miss at the COC

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Edward Brain

On Sunday February 14th, 2016, I caught the last performance of Wagner’s Siegfried at the Canadian Opera Company (COC). It was both breathtaking and disheartening. The production is by Canadian director François Girard with sets by Michael Levine. David Finn … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Alan Held, Canadian Opera Company, Christine Goerke, Christopher Purves, COC, David Finn, Donna Feore, Four Seasons Centre, François Girard, Jacqueline Woodley, Johannes Debus, Meredith Arwady, Michael Levine, Phillip Ens, Review, Richard Wagner, Siegfried, Stefan Vinke, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke | Leave a comment

Singers Save Die Walküre

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Edward Brain

I attended the February 13th, 2015 performance of Richard Wagner‘s Die Walküre currently being performed by the Canadian Opera Company at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The performance starred Christine Goerke as Brünnhilde, in her first staged … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Atom Egoyan, Canadian Opera Company, Christine Goerke, Clifton Forbis, COC, Die Walküre, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Four Seasons Centre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Heidi Melton, Issachah Savage, Janina Baechle, Johan Reuter, Review, Richard Wagner | Leave a comment

Canadian Opera Company Announces 2015-2016 Season

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Edward Brain

The Canadian Opera Company (COC) has announced its 2015-2016 season. All performances will take place at their opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The season is a mix of familiar works, along with some less familiar … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Reviews | Tagged Alan Held, Andrew Haji, Anita Rachvelishvili, Arin Arbus, Barbara Monk Feldman, Bruce Sledge, Canadian Opera Company, Carmen, Charles Castronovo, Christian Schmidt, Christian Van Horn, Christine Goerke, Christopher Alden, Christopher Purves, Claudio Monteverdi, Claus Guth, Clémentine Margaine, COC, David Alden, Doug MacNaughton, Ekaterina Siurina, Elizabeth DeShong, Emily Fons, Erin Wall, Four Seasons Centre, François Girard, George Bizet, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Harry Bicket, Helene Schneiderman, Il combattimento di Tancredi eClorinda, James Westman, Jane Archibald, Joel Ivany, Johannes Debus, Jon Morrell, Jordan de Souza, Josef Wagner, Joyce El-Khoury, Karine Boucher, Krisztina Szabó, La Traviata, Lamento D’Arianna, Leah Crocetto, Luca Pisaroni, Maometto II, Marco Guidarini, Maria Radner, Michael Colvin, Michael Levine, Michael Yeargan, Owen McCausland, Paolo Carignani, Paul Steinberg, Phillip Addis, Phillip Ens, Pyramus and Thisbe, Quinn Kelsey, Review, Riccardo Hernandez, Richard Wagner, Robert Pomakov, Russell Braun, Russell Thomas, Siegfried, Simone Osborne, Stefan Vinke, The Canadian Opera Company, The Marriage of Figaro, Toronto, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zachary Nelson | Leave a comment

Spectacular Madama Butterfly

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Edward Brain

The Canadian Opera Company (COC) has opened a spectacular production of Giacomo Puccini‘s Madama Butterfly Friday night at the Four Seasons Centre. The production starred Patricia Racette (Cio-Cio San), Stefano Secco (Pinkerton), Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki), Dwayne Croft (Sharpless), and Julius … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Brian Macdonald, Canadian Opera Company, COC, Dwayne Croft, Elizabeth DeShong, Four Seasons Centre, Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Maestro Patrick Lange, Patricia Racette, Patrick Lange, Pinkerton, Review, Stefano Secco, Suzuki, The Canadian Opera Company | Leave a comment

Hercules at the Canadian Opera

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Edward Brain

Director Peter Sellars, whose Tristan und Isolde for the COC last season was a huge success, has returned to Toronto for a production of Handel’s Hercules. The production stars Eric Owens as Hercules, Alice Coote as Dejanira (Hercules’ wife), Richard … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Alice Coote, Canadian Opera Company, COC, David Daniels, Eric Owens, George Frideric Handel, George Handel, Handel, Harry Bicket, Hercules, Iole, Kaleb Alexander, Lucy Crowe, Peter Sellars, Review, Richard Croft | Leave a comment

Canadian Opera Company’s Un Ballo in Maschera

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Edward Brain

Four Seasons Centre (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Last night I attended a performance of the Canadian Opera Company‘s (COC) production of Un Ballo in Mashera (A Masked Ball) by Guiseppe Verdi. It starred Adrianne Pieczonka (Amelia), Dimitri Pittas (Riccardo), Elena Manistina … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged A Masked Ball, Adrianne Pieczonka, Barbara Ehnes, Canadian Opera Company, COC, Dimitri Pittas, Elena Manistina, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Giuseppe Verdi, Guiseppe Verdi, Jossi Wieler, Review, Roland Wood, Samantha Seymour, Sergio Morabito, Simone Osborne, Stephen Lord, Un Ballo in Maschera | Leave a comment

Canadian Opera Company Announces New Season

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Edward Brain

The Canadian Opera Company (COC) has announced its 2014-15 season. The new season sees a reduction in the number of productions from seven operas to six. three performances are new, while the other three are revivals. Some are the COC’s … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged 2014, 2014-2015 Season, 2015, Alek Shrader, Amanda Echalaz, Andrea Carè, Arnold Schoenberg, Atom Egoyan, Béla Bartók, Bluebeard's Castle, Brian McDonald, Canadian Opera Season, Cecilia Hall, Christine Goerke, Clifton Forbis, COC, Die Walküre, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Don Giovanni, Dwayne Croft, Ekaterina Gubanova, Elizabeth DeShong, Els Comediants, Erwartung, Falstaff, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Frédéric Antoun, Gerald Finley, Giacomo Puccini, Gioacchino Rossini, Gregory Dahl, Guiseppe Verdi, Heidi Melton, Jane Archibald, Jennifer Holloway, Johan Reuter, Johannes Debus, John Relyea, Joshua Hopkins, Kelly Kaduce, Krisztina Szabó, Kyle Ketelsen, Lauren Segal, Madama Butterfly, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Michael Hofstetter, Michael Schade, Patricia Racette, Patrick Lange, Renato Girolami, Richard Wagner, Ring Cycle, Robert Carson, Robert Gleadow, Robert Lepage, Rory MacDonald, Russell Braun, Serena Malfi, Simone Osborne, Stefano Secco, The Barber of Seville | Leave a comment

Parsifal Live in HD

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Edward Brain

The Metropolitan Opera (‘the Met’) has offered the world a new Parsifal in 2013 directed by Françios Girard. This producion, in partnership with the Canadian Opera Company (COC) and Opéra National de Lyon, premièred in Lyon last year. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged COC, Daniele Gatti, Evgeny Nikitin, Jonas Kaufmann, Katarina Dalayman, Live in HD, Metropolitan Opera, Opéra National de Lyon, Parsifal, Peter Matti, Rene Papé, Review, The Met | Leave a comment

Tristan Und Isolde at the C.O.C.

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Edward Brain

The Canadian Opera Company (C.O.C.) production of the Wagner’s Tristan Und Isolde is indeed splendid. While I normally concerned about ‘new’ productions nowadays, this Tristan rises to the occasion, espcecially thanks to its cast which included Ben Heppner (Tristan), Melanie … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Ben Heppner, Canadian Opera Company, COC, Johannes Debus, Peter Sellars, Review, Richard Wagner, Tristan Und Isolde | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: COC

Siegfried a Hit and a Miss at the COC

Singers Save Die Walküre

Canadian Opera Company Announces 2015-2016 Season

Spectacular Madama Butterfly

Hercules at the Canadian Opera

Canadian Opera Company’s Un Ballo in Maschera

Canadian Opera Company Announces New Season

Parsifal Live in HD

Tristan Und Isolde at the C.O.C.

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