Canadian Opera Company general director Alexander Neef will leave the organization at the end of next season with his biggest dream realized: a production of Richard Wagner’s final opera. Neef will leave the COC at the end of next season to run the Paris Opera, where he worked before he came to Toronto. The rest of Neef’s farewell season is a mix of guaranteed box-office favourites paired with more esoteric offerings. As has been the case in recent seasons, the COC is presenting its productions in three pairs. This is also a COC remount, directed by Torontonian Joel Ivany, whose “Hansel and Gretel” is onstage right now.

Source: thestar February 11, 2020 00:56 UTC