La Bohème at the Four Seasons Centre

Posted on October 8, 2013May 9, 2015 by Cynthia Cheng Mintz

I first saw La Bohème in the form of a musical called Rent, back in 1997. I had taken OAC music the year before, where we studied the Giacomo Puccini opera, which was the musical’s source. One of the differences between the musical and the opera, was, of course, the setting (1980s New York versus […]

Operanation 9: Soap Opera Plotlines, Costumes and Designer Inspirations

Posted on October 2, 2012October 1, 2012 by Cynthia Cheng Mintz

The masquerade ball from this year’s production of Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus is the inspiration behind Opernation 9: Sweet Revenge, the annual fundraiser for the Canadian Opera Company (COC) to be held on Thursday, October 18 at the Four Seasons Centre for Performing Arts. The plot, which was based on sources both sources from […]