Thursday, May 7, 2026

EUGENE ONEGIN – REVIEW OF 2026 LIVE IN HD FROM THE MET PRODUCTION

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Reviewed by James Karas The bad news is that New York’s Metropolitan Opera has a deficit of $30 million for the 2025 -2026 season that nea...
Sunday, May 3, 2026

BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE AND ERWARTUNG – REVIEW OF 2026 REVIVAL OF LEPAGE PRODUCTIONS

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Reviewed by James Karas The Canadian Opera Company in 1993 produced two infrequently staged operas, namely Bela Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle ...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE – REVIEW OF 2026 OPERA ATELIER PRODUCTION

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  Reviewed by James Karas   I consider Opera Atelier a beacon of civilization on Toronto’s horizon. It has produced baroque operas since 198...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE – REVIEW OF 2026 LIVE FROM THE MET PRODUCTION

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  Reviewed by James Karas New York’s Met Opera has a new production of Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde and it transmitted it to hoi pol...
Sunday, April 5, 2026

RIGOLETTO – REVIEW OF 2026 ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN, PRODUCTION

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Reviewed by James Karas The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden has revived the 2021 production by Oliver Mears of Verdi’s Rigoletto, a favo...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

CINDERELLA – TRANSMISSION OF 2022 MET PRODUCTION IN 2026

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  Reviewed by James Karas On January 1, 2022, New York’s Metropolitan Opera did something unusual. It transmitted Jules Massenet’s opera  Ce...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE – REVIEW OF 2026 COC PRODUCTION

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  Reviewed by James Karas             The Barber of Seville , the Canadian Opera Company’s companion to  Rigoletto  for its winter season, i...