Canadian Opera Company’s 2015-2016 Season to Feature Pyramus and Thisbe

Posted on January 15, 2015May 9, 2015 by Cynthia Cheng Mintz

As a member of the Canadian Opera Company‘s (COC) Ensemble Circle, I had the opportunity to attend last night’s announcement of the COC’s upcoming season. I have to admit that I am very excited. Many old favourites are back, as are new productions, including Pyramus and Thisbe, an opera by Canadian composer Barbara Monk Feldman […]

Carmen is all about Lust, Betrayal and Murder

Posted on June 7, 2013June 7, 2013 by T. U. Dawood

National Ballet of Canada just commenced Italian choreographer Davide Bombana’s Carmen at the Four Seasons Centre, billing it a tale of lust, betrayal and murder and based on French writer Prosper Merimée’s scandalous 1845 novella Carmen. The ballet’s Opening Night starred Heather Ogden as the promiscuous title character and her real-life husband Guillaume Côté debuting […]