VIDEO: Trailer for BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE & ERWARTUNG at the Canadian Opera Company
Robert Lepage’s double bill of Bartók and Schoenberg returns to the Four Seasons Centre in spring 2026.
The Canadian Opera Company has released a first look trailer for its upcoming double bill of Bluebeard's Castle and Erwartung, directed by acclaimed Canadian stage director Robert Lepage.
The production runs April 25, 29; May 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16, 2026 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
In Bluebeard's Castle, a new bride uncovers the secrets hidden behind seven locked doors in her husband’s mysterious home. Bass-baritone Christian Van Horn stars in the title role opposite mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill as Judith. The opera is sung in Hungarian with English SURTITLES™.
The evening continues with Erwartung, Arnold Schoenberg’s psychological monodrama, in which a woman’s search for her missing lover spirals into a harrowing descent into madness. Soprano Anna Gabler makes her COC debut in the demanding solo role. The opera is sung in German with English SURTITLES™.
COC Music Director Johannes Debus conducts the COC Orchestra in both works, which stand as landmark examples of early modernism.
The double bill is part of the company’s 2025/2026 season.
|
THE NUTCRACKER by The United European Ballet Brockville Arts Centre (11/27-11/27) |
|
Sisters of '78 Theatre Aquarius (9/30-10/17) |
|
DANCER (A MUSICAL IN TEN FURLONGS) Terminal Theatre (10/06-11/01) VIDEOS |
|
SWAN LAKE by The United European Ballet Company Shenkman Arts Centre (11/22-11/22) |
|
A Very Merry Magic Show Wychwood Theatre (12/19-12/23) |
|
Alice in Wonderland by International Ballet Stars in Brockville, ON Brockville Arts Centre (3/22-3/22) |
|
Ed Sheeran, Myles Smith & Lukas Graham at Rogers Centre Rogers Centre (9/20-8/22) |
|
SpongeBob the Musical Randolph Theatre (8/22-9/20) |
|
AC/DC Rogers Stadium (9/16-9/16) |
|
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Theatre Aquarius (11/18-12/20) |