Review: THE TEMPEST Opens Stratford Festival’s 74th Season with Compassion

The Stratford Festival's 74th season officially opened last night and it is fitting that the play on stage for Antoni Cimolino’s final Opening n=Night as Artistic Director is THE TEMPEST. It was famously the final play that Shakespeare wrote solo, and it follows the protagonist Prospero as he lets go of one way of life and moves on to the next. Cimolino directed this stunning production which possesses beauty and magic in its design and effects as well as in the message it delivers.

_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/toronto/article/Review-Compassion-is-the-Magic-in-THE-TEMPEST-at-the-Stratford-Festival-20260526)._