Themes of class and patriarchy in the classic opera ’La Traviata’ still resonate today
One fancifully sinister scene in the Canadian Opera Company’s 2021-22 performance of ’La Traviata’ encapsulates why we return to the opera time and time again
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Opera
The real challenges of reviving a Louis Riel opera
The Canadian Opera Company has reworked a problematic opera about the story of Louis Riel. Does it succeed, all the same?
Mozart meets ’Married At First Sight’: a fix for opera?
If we can have opera as funny and contemporary as ’A Little Too Cozy’—’Cosi fan tutti,’ get it?—who needs Mozart at all?
Opera comes down from the mountain
Uncle John, an outdoorsy reinterpretation of ’Don Giovanni’ in Banff, shows there’s hope yet for opera
The ‘fat shaming’ of Tara Erraught forces an issue in opera
The talented mezzo soprano received criticism for her body type, not her performance
From street singer to star soprano
A turn at the Met has made an opera superstar out of B.C.-born Simone Osborne
An opera nerd finds the dance floor
After a crackling European tour, Katie Stelmanis and her band—Austra—liven things up
‘The stupidest operas ever’
His music is among classical’s best known, and best loved. Still, Verdi can’t seem to get our respect.
Fifty Shades of Grey gets in on with classical music
10 did it for Boléro, now Fifty Shades is giving a 16th-century composition a bounce
Wagner’s epic ’Ring’ has defeated many directors, including Robert Lepage
Critics have been harsh over the Quebec director’s crack at the fantasy opera.