opera

The Gilded Stage: David Leventi’s photos of the world’s most opulent opera houses

See a strange, secretive, practically silent opera

See the COC perform opera whiz Robert Carsen’s fancy Falstaff

The Wizards of Opera: how two dapper Germans made Toronto fall in love with opera

The Canadian Opera Company’s 2014 season is heavy on international talent, and Atom Egoyan

Must-See: Aria Tesolin, the opera prodigy who gives the Callas treatment to Nirvana hits

Spotlight: an adventurous opera company brings a Mozart classic to Queen West

The Argument: why the stakes are so high for Ben Heppner’s return to the Canadian Opera Company

Current Obsession: The Metropolis Case, the best way to get pumped for the COC’s latest opera Tristan und Isolde

The COC’s 2013–2014 season features Ben Heppner as Peter Grimes and a new Atom Egoyan production

Best of Fall 2012: opera-star-in-waiting Ambur Braid keeps audiences on their toes in Die Fledermaus

The Weekender: Michael Jackson, Eat The City and five other items on our to-do list