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SCRUTINY | Canadian Opera’s La Boheme Makes A Welcome Return

Ludwig Van Toronto By: Joseph So Sitting in the opera house last Friday on the opening night of La Boheme, hearing the lovely sounds coming from the stage and the
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Globe and Mail: La Bohème offers reminder of opera’s deep connection with messy, real human life

CATHERINE KUSTANCZY: La Bohème is a story of love, loss and the hard-won wisdom that comes through the experience of both. Based on the semi-autobiographical Scènes de la vie de bohème (Scenes of
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Meet the maestro from Mississauga, Jordan de Souza, returning home to conduct ‘La Bohème’ at the COC

By Joshua Chong Staff Reporter Toronto Star One night, some two decades ago, made a lasting impression on maestro Jordan de Souza and fundamentally changed his relationship with music. It was a performance
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Jordan de Souza joins The Oasis to discuss La Bohème

CLASSICAL 96.3 Hard to believe, but the 2023/24 classical music and opera seasons are about to begin. Puccini’s La Bohème will be staged with the Canadian Opera Company in the coming weeks, so
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Slipped Disc: GERMANY’S NEXT MUSIC DIRECTOR IS CANADIAN

Norman Lebrecht: Dortumund’s new General Music Director, in charge of both the opera house and philharmonic orchestra, is to be Jordan de Souza. A Canadian of Asian origin, de Souza,
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Opera Today: Tristan and Isolde

. . . . Conductor Jordan de Souza is a 35-year-old Canadian prodigy. He has already moved through career phases as a virtuoso organist and a Baroque choral conductor, and
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