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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Don Giovanni 2.0
Tonight I attended the opening night of Opera Atelier’s new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. This is their second production of the opera in roughly a decade, one I am inclined to call Don Giovanni 2.0 because this feels like … Continue reading
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Tagged Don Giovanni, Marshall Pynkoski, Opera Atelier, Peggy Kriha Dye, Phillip Addis, Stefano Montanari, Vasil Garvanliev
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HIP Don Giovanni
Facing the prospect of being saturated Saturday in the Dons Giovanni (what with a Met matinée and an opening night for Opera Atelier, offering the same opera twice in one day) I am surprising myself. Even though I saw the … Continue reading
10 Questions for Gerard Gauci
Gerard Gauci is the set designer for Opera Atelier’s new production of Don Giovanni that opens October 29th in Toronto. I ask him ten questions: five about himself and five about his work. 1) Which of your parents do you … Continue reading
Posted in Ten Questions
Tagged Amadeus, Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Elgin Theatre, Gerard Gauci, Marshall Pynkoski, Opera Atelier
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Another Don Giovanni
Opera Atelier are about to open a new production of Don Giovanni. And why not? When last seen in these parts, The Don was ambushed by a feminist reading from the Canadian Opera Company almost exactly three years ago, a … Continue reading
The Tree of Life
At one point during class this week,we started to discuss The Tree of Life. I asked if anyone else had seen it. Yes, one person said, and they were not impressed. I recall last week reading a comment online from … Continue reading
Rigoletto, second cast
I had another look/listen to the Canadian Opera Company’s Rigoletto Oct 17th in a performance that was substantially different from the cast that opened earlier this autumn: a different tenor a different soprano a different baritone a different conductor Christopher … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Opera Company, Christopher Alden, David Lomeli, Rigoletto, Simone Osborne
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10 Questions for Robert Pomakov
Robert Pomakov is singing the role of Monterone in the Canadian Opera Company’s new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto. I ask him ten questions: five about himself and five about the role. 1) Which of your parents do you resemble … Continue reading
Inside Job
I may sound a bit like Noam Chomsky with this one. Here it is in the simplest terms from Democrat Alan Grayson. WHY is this not being reported in the media? i suppose the same reasons Grayson speaks of, such … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged Alan Grayson, Charles H Ferguson, Inside Job, Noam Chomsky, Wall St
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Another Africa
The new Canadian Stage season begins with Another Africa, a program of two contrasting plays presented by Volcano Theatre that were part of The Africa Trilogy at Luminato Festival in 2010. This is the first time I’ve seen them. While … Continue reading
