Barber of Seville
Aaron Montier Aaron Montier

Barber of Seville

Review of the Canadian Opera Company’s 2026 winter production of Rossini’s Barber of Seville. Fully of laughs, colour, and campy comedy!

Image: Stock Photo: H&CO via Unsplash

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Rigoletto
Aaron Montier Aaron Montier

Rigoletto

Review of the Canadian Opera Company’s winter production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Rigoletto”.

Image: “Stańczyk”, Jan Matejko (1862)

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Orfeo ed Euridice
Aaron Montier Aaron Montier

Orfeo ed Euridice

AbsracTO Montier’s review of the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Orfeo ed Euridice, 2025.

Image: Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld, Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, (1796–1875)

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Eugene Onegin
Aaron Montier Aaron Montier

Eugene Onegin

A trip to Imperial Russia in the Canadian Opera Company’s production of “Eugene Onegin”.

Stock image: Mary Ray

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Wozzeck
Aaron Montier Aaron Montier

Wozzeck

A brief review of the 2025 Canadian Opera Company’s production of Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck”.

Image: The Orchestra at the Opera, Edgar Degas, 1870

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David and Jonathan
Aaron Montier Aaron Montier

David and Jonathan

17th century Versailles in Toronto

Image: Gottfried Bernhard Göz: Jonathan greeting David after David killed Goliath (Göz 1708-1774)

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Madame Butterfly
Aaron Montier Aaron Montier

Madame Butterfly

The Canadian Opera Company’s 2025 production of Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Madame Butterfly’

Image: Claude Monet - Nymphéas, 1897

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