
Cover story for Opera Canada magazine’s Autumn 2020 edition.
The Globe and Mail:
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Mozart Requiem proves it doesn’t need the hype (January 2020)
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to Beethoven’s 250th birthday (January 2020)
- Barbara Hannigan returns to Roy Thomson Hall as soprano and conductor (September 2019)
- Jan Lisiecki / Beethoven Concertos album review (September 2019)
- “At the Wexford opera festival on the Irish seaside, unpretentious and eccentric are part of the charm” (November 2018)
- “Insta-divas: How social media has become the next stage for opera stars” (October 2018)
- “Why Quebec composer Claude Vivier was ahead of his time” — Interview with Conductor Vladimir Jurowski (April 2018)
- “How Jordan De Souza went from suburban Toronto to the Komische Oper Berlin” (April 2018)
Maryland Lyric Opera:
- Program notes: The Women of Le nozze di Figaro, Thais, and Il tabarro (January 2020)
Ballet + / National Ballet Of Canada:
- Traditions of ‘The Nutcracker’ (December 2019)
- ‘The Merry Widow’: All the Grandeur of the Belle Epoque (May 2019)

Opera News magazine story about COC General Director Alexander Neef.
Opera News Magazine:
- Alexander Neef (feature interview, 2018)
- “Arabella” (review; Canadian Opera Company, 2017)
- “L’elisir d’amore” (review; Canadian Opera Company, 2017)
- “Le nozze di Figaro” (review; Canadian Opera Company, 2016)
- “Carmen” (review; Canadian Opera Company, 2016)
- “La Traviata” (review; Canadian Opera Company, 2015)
- “Falstaff” (review; Canadian Opera Company, 2014)

Feature story on Indigenous opera creation in Canada for Opera Canada magazine’s Spring 2018 edition.
Opera Canada Magazine (Features):
- Barbara Hannigan (November 2020)
- Opera’s Digital Shift (Cover Story; Autumn 2020 print edition)
- Orchestre Métropolitain performs Mahler Amidst COVID19 Restrictions (September 2020)
- Favorites Of The Decade (December 2019)
- Alexander Neef (interview about Opéra nationale de Paris appointment; 2019)
- Carlo Rizzi (interview, 2019)
- The 2019 Vancouver Bach Festival: Vocal Richness
- A new vision for Festival de Lanaudière: Renaud Loranger (interview, 2019)
- The Magic Flute in Glyndebourne: Barbe & Doucet (interview, 2019)
- Joseph Rouleau tribute (2019)
- Russell Thomas / Otello interview (2019)
- A Tribute to Opera Philanthropist Roger D. Moore (feature; 2019)
- Claude Vivier: Cosmic Seeker (feature; 2019)
- Alexander Neef / Canadian Opera Company 2019-2020 season announcement (interview; 2019)
- Wilhelm Schwinghammer / Elektra interview (2019)
- Indigenous Opera in Canada (Cover Story; Spring 2018 print edition)
- Gerald Finley / King Lear interview (Cover Story; Winter 2017 print edition; online preview)
- Musikfest Berlin (2017)
- In the land of Verdi (excerpt; 2017)
- Colin Ainsworth / Medée interview; 2017)
- Gerard Gauci / profile interview (2017)
- Charles Benaroya / COC Orchestra, trombone (interview; 2017)
- Stephen Hegedus / profile interview; 2016)
- Andrea Hill (interview; 2015)
- Carrol Anne Curry / Ruby Award interview; 2015)
Opera Canada (Reviews):
- “Die Walküre” — concert presentations by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (February 2019)
- World Premiere of Liszt’s “Sardanapalo” in Weimar (August 2018)
- Berlin Philharmonic, Mikko Franck, conductor; Noah Bendix-Balgley, director/soloist (2018)
- “Don Giovanni” Glyndebourne, 1954; Sir Georg Solti, conductor (Nimbus Records; 2017)

Interview with soprano Jane Archibald for the COC 2018 Winter magazine.
Canadian Opera Company – Winter 2018 Magazine:
- Jane Archibald interview (2018)
CBC Music:
- 10 opera singers making Canada proud in 2017-2018 (2017)
- “What’s the future of opera in Canada?” (2015)
- “The problem with Carmen: Why nobody understands opera’s most famous character” (2015)
- Barbara Hannigan interview (2015)

At the Teatro Regio di Parma. (Photo: mine. Please do not reproduce without permission.)
Toronto Star — Reviews:
- “Hamlet” (Glyndebourne, 2017)
- “Swan Lake” (National Ballet of Canada, 2017)
- “Oksana G.” (Tapestry Opera, 2017)
- “The Magic Flute” (Canadian Opera Company, 2017)
- “Medea” (Opera Atelier, 2017)
- Trio Magnifico (Anna Netrebko/ Canadian debut, 2017)
- “Maometto II” (Canadian Opera Company, 2016)
- “Naomi’s Road” (Tapestry Opera, 2016)
- “Lucio Silla” (Opera Atelier, 2016)
- “Dido and Aeneas” (Opera Atelier, 2016)
- “Norma” (Canadian Opera Company, 2017)
- “Counting Sheep” (Independent / Lemon Bucket Orkestra, 2016)
- “Siegfried” (Canadian Opera Company, 2016)
Toronto Star — Features:
- Maureen Forrester tribute by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (2017)
- Canadian Opera Company General Director Alexander Neef interview (2017)
- Anna Netrebko and Yusif Ayvazov interview (2017)
- “L’elisir d’amore” preview (2017)
- Luca Pisaroni interview (2016)
- Peking Opera preview (2016)
- Opera 5 (2016)
National Post — Features:
- Against The Grain Theatre Company (profile, 2016)
- “How the modern opera star went from bari-chunk to bari-hunk” (2016)
- “The ‘dumb tenor’ strikes again?” (2016)
- “Executives take their passion for music beyond the opera house” (2016)
- “Ronan McGrath takes his passion for Porsche to the track and beyond” (2016)
Video Interview:
- Pre-screening Q&A to the Met Live In HD re-broadcast of “L’elisir d’amore” (Cineplex; March 2018)
Teaching engagements:
- Radio documentary creation, Seneca College (Faculty of Communications), Winter Term 2015/2016/2017/2018/2019/2020
- Emerging Arts Critics panel – mentor/editor, Canadian Opera Company in partnership with Opera Canada magazine,
January 2020 – April 2020
Speaking engagements:
- Humber College, Journalism Program (School of Media Studies), November 2017 + March 2018.
Audio Interviews:
- Richard Crouse Show / Newstalk1010 (Toronto); member of culture panel (March 2018)
- Soundcloud (2010 – current)
Pacific Standard:
The Daily Dot:
Torontoist:
- “Bringing ‘Don Giovanni’ into the social media age” (2014)
- “Aspiring opera singers ready to raise their voices at Centre Stage” (2014)
- George Michael concert review (2008)
- More work (12 items; 2008 – 2014)
Intermission:
Hyperallergic:
- “The penetrating portraits of an overlooked photographer” (2016)
- “With work by living composer, Canadian Opera Company embraces the edges of its art” (2015)
- “Douglas Coupland wants to give you brain orgasms” (2015)
- “A roving international art fest kicks off with Ragnar Kjartansson in Toronto” (2015)
- “Getting to know the new Terence Koh” (2014)
- More work (6 items; 2014 – 2016)
Metro:
- Racial diversity in Canadian art (2016)
- Instagram and art (2015)
- Wavelengths series at the Toronto International Film Festival (2015)
- Native art at the McMichael (2015)
Mic:
- “Feminism, bondage, matriarchy, and lassoes: The secret history of Wonder Woman” (2015)
- Interview with Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi (2015)
- “How the rise of the ‘creative class’ is actually screwing creative Americans” (2015)
- “What every internet movie critic owes to Roger Ebert” (2014)
- “The television industry has no idea how to handle great sci-fi” (2014)
Broadway World:
XOJane:
- I Ended Up Teaching in The Same Classroom Where I’d Been A Student (2015)
- I Fulfilled My Lifelong Dream Of Moving To NYC (And I Totally Hated It) (2014)
Digital Journal:
- Christine Goerke (interview, 2015)
- “Nijinsky” (National Ballet of Canada, review; 2014)
- The Barr Brothers (interview; 2014)
- Sharon van Etten (interview, 2014)
- Hal Willner (interview, 2014)
- The Bad Plus (interview; 2014)
- Ferruccio Furlanetto (interview; 2014)
- Balthus show (Metropolitan Museum of Art, review; 2013)
- More work (122 items; 2009-2015)