| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 12-May-2013 New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall | A truly great Gatsby: John Harbison's opera gets a thrilling performance in Boston |
 Between Baz Luhrmann’s recent film The Great Gatsby, Northern Ballet’s The Great Gatsby currently at Sadler’s Wells, and Elevator Repair Service’s circulation-testing, eight-hour Gatz at the Noël Coward Theatre last year, Londoners such as myself could be forgiven for feeling all Gatsbied out (in truth, Gatz could probably have achieved that by itself).Read full review... | |
| 20-Oct-2012 The Dofasco Centre for the Arts | Rigoletto as a modern office drama from Opera Hamilton |
 Can you set Verdi’s Rigoletto in a high-rise apartment building, in modern dress, without popping any of your credulity strings? Probably not, but that is what Opera Hamilton has done in its latest production, directed by Michael Cavanagh.
During the overture, Rigoletto, a court jester, walks on stage dragging a large duffel bag from which he pulls out a puppet that he will use to mock the courtiers. We will see the duffel bag again!
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