There aren’t many among us today in Canada who can thank U.S. President Donald Trump for an improvement in their station in life but new Liberal Leader and prime minister-designate Mark Carney is one.

Elijah Moshinsky’s 2002 Lyric Opera productions of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” open Nov. 1 and feature Yulia Matochkina and SeokJong Baek in their company debuts.

But the soprano’s fans will also have something new to savor while she’s on maternity leave. Decca is releasing a recording ...