Opera Suggestions, II

[eusebius]

I was happy to see that the Canadian Opera Company, in Toronto, is premiering a new work by Ian Cusson (a First Nations composer) and also programming Ariadne auf Naxos and The Turn of the Screw. For a while there I thought they were retreating into just Boheme and Traviata and the like forever, but I'm very happy they are taking at least a few risks.

 

[kwanfan1818]

I saw that I don't know all of the singers in Empire of Wild, but Gordon Bintner was an excellent Onegin out here in Seattle. I also saw that the last opera, for the Company in Residence, Come Closer, has a librettist, Rachel Krehm, who is also singing one of the two roles! Way to go to write yourself a part .

One of my favorite opera performances ever was Seattle Opera's Turn of the Screw. You're in for a treat. La Traviata is the closest to a warhorse. L'elisir d'amore is light, but the season is really impressive and has a great mix of operas.