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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Chopin at the Opera
There’s nothing quite like cinema to change your viewpoint. Film has changed my perspective on Frederic Chopin more than once. I’d grown up with his music around me, aware of him almost from the beginning. Anyone learning how to play … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, Chopin at the Opera, Delacroix, George Sand, Liszt, Schmidt-Garre
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Positive about “negative”
When i was in highschool, one of my teachers explained the conventional wisdom of advertising for my impressionable ears. I still remember my surprise, listening to Mr Kearn tell me that Ford or GM or Chrysler would not ever say … Continue reading
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The Nerds Shall Inherit the Earth
My friend Joseph So recently shared a link on Facebook that started a conversation about conductors. “Carlos Kleiber has been named the greatest conductor of all time in the April issue of BBC Music Magazine… In a poll, 100 conductors including Sir Colin … Continue reading
Honeymoon Song
Today I visited my Mother’s house after church. I had stayed late for a rehearsal of the big piece we’re performing in April, namely Ernest Bloch’s Sacred Service. It’s funny how things sometimes seem to follow patterns, whether in reality … Continue reading
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Let us now praise famous women
Serendipity is such a wonderful word. I love that it’s a big long word, implying something complex, when in fact it sounds like a series of vocal accidents. Accidents are not to be confused with serendipity, for the word always … Continue reading
Crimp’s Treatment
Who is Martin Crimp and where has he been hiding all these years? Maybe as you read this, you’re thinking “he’s not new to ME”. Congratulations if you’re able to say that I just saw my first Crimp play tonight, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aleksandar Lukac, Atom Egoyan, Canadian Stage, Cruel & Tender, Martin Crimp, The Treatment, Theatre Glendon
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Opera York’s Cosi fan tutte in Richmond Hill
I just saw Opera York‘s Cosi fan tutte in their wonderful new home the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, a wonderful home for opera. The theatre has been open for over a year, but this was my first … Continue reading
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COC take Nightingale to BAM
Gosh darn…(!) I am not going to Brooklyn to see the remount of a Canadian Opera Company production that I saw in November 2009; but i figured i would repost excerpts from a review posted to drama.ca, as a kind … Continue reading
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