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In his list of “The Best Opera and Vocal Performances of 2017”, New York Times music critic Zachary Woolfe listed the COC’s production of “Arabella” conducted by Patrick Lange and directed by Tim Albery.
Of the production, Woolfe wrote:
‘ARABELLA’ This Strauss opera has never been among my favorites. Yet when I saw it in October at the excellent Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, with a committed cast led by Erin Wall, Tomasz Konieczny and Jane Archibald, I found it newly powerful. There’s such realism, clarity and compassion (to say nothing of beauty) in how the creators show Arabella’s maturation happening before your very eyes and ears; and vanishingly rare in opera is the formation of real, adult love.
Woolfe included Arabella alongside works from New York, London and Salzburg.
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Photo: Erin Wall as Arabella and Tomasz Konieczny as Mandryka. ©2017 Michael Cooper.
2017-12-06
New York: The New York Times lists the COC's "Arabella" in Best Classical Music Performances of 2017