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Monthly Archives: September 2011
A Man’s World
I saw the new Canadian Opera Company production of Rigoletto directed by Christopher Alden tonight. It makes a nice companion to the Robert Carsen Iphigenia in Tauris that premiered last week to such acclaim. Both productions are like close analyses … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Opera Company, Christopher Alden, Philip Ens, Quinn Kelsey, Rigoletto
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Reinhardt’s first and last film
The 1935 Warner Brothers A Midsummernight’s Dream (AMSD) directed by Max Reinhardt, is one of my favourite films. This week I will once again get the pleasure of including it in my film music course. If wishes were horses beggars … Continue reading
Carsen’s Iphigenia
Robert Carsen has once again held up a mirror to an opera by Gluck with the help of the Canadian Opera Company. Last season it was an award winning production of Orfeo ed Euridice. Tonight I saw Iphigenie en Tauride, … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Opera Company, Gluck, Iphigenie en Tauride, Robert Carsen, Russell Braun, Susan Graham
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Glass’ Film Music
I heard “The Film Music of Philip Glass,“ a concert last night by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra at the intimate Glenn Gould Studio conducted by Anne Manson with Michael Riesman, piano soloist. The concert was recorded for a CD that … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Manson, Dracula, IMDB, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Michael Riesman, Philip Glass, The Hours
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This is how the world ends
I saw The Turin Horse directed by Béla Tarr at the Toronto International Film Festival. Tarr says it’s his last film. This is no warm farewell like Fanny & Alexander(Ingmar Bergman’s last film) or The Tempest (Shakespeare’s last play). It’s … Continue reading
Louÿs the poet
I am following up yesterday’s post on Aphrodite and Mary Garden because of something I found via Google books. I made an assertion yesterday off the top of my head; upon further reflection i realized i had no idea, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Aphrodite, Camille Erlanger, Chansons de Bilitis, Claude Debussy, Mary Garden, Pierre Louÿs
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The roots of sustainability
This is a continuation of my previous post, inspired by Hurricane Irene and Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony. I’d lamented the loss of innocence that’s implied by the notion of global warming: that we can’t very well think of Nature as our … Continue reading
