On Wednesday I sat down with Daniela Candillari at the COC’s office for a chat about her approach to opera, conducting and so on.  Daniela is in Toronto to conduct the upcoming revival of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville at the COC.  It’s her first Barber and something of a change of pace for someone who has conducted mainly contemporary opera including world premieres at Opera Philadelphia (for example, Jeanine Tessori’s Grounded and Rene Orth’s 10 Days in a Madhouse) and Opera Theatre of St. Louis where she is Music Director (Ricky Ian Gordon’s This House, among others). Continue reading →