COC's orchestra, led by Johannes Debus, excelled in the violent, propulsive parts of the score (one felt the whip cracks), and the singers were a sturdy group.
WSJ: Two 20th-Century Works That Still Shock and Awe | By Heidi Waleson | Salome | Dialogues des Carm??lites | Canadian Opera Company | Metropolitan Opera | Francis Poulenc | Richard Strauss | Atom Egoyan