Opera Canada

Ezra Schabas

APRIL 24, 1924 OCTOBER 12, 2020

As a four-year-old, I’d watch La bohème on VHS, reporting that “Miti lost her keys.” At six, I dictated inquiring emails to CBC’s Saturday Afternoon at the Opera. When I grew older, I imitated the Queen of the Night until my fatigued parents finally enrolled me in a children’s choir.

But as

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