With her Rachel Maddow styling (minus the glasses), her champion’s confidence, and her incisive musicianship, the Canadian-Italian mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo can’t help blowing the cobwebs away—just the ticket for rejuvenating an heirloom sparkler like Rossini’s Barber of Seville. —M.G.
The Barber of Seville, by Gioachino Rossini
Canadian Opera Company
145 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5H 4G1, Canada
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