Monthly Archives: March 2013

Philip Glass’s The Perfect American

Posted on March 31, 2013 by barczablog

Philip Glass’s new opera The Perfect American is still available for viewing, free on medici.tv.  The world premiere production was presented by Teatro Real in Madrid. As always I am willing to go the extra mile as a viewer and advocate … Continue reading →

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10 Questions for Guillermo Silva-Marin

Posted on March 29, 2013 by barczablog

The most influential man on the Toronto opera scene?  That would be Guillermo Silva-Marin.  His biographer and collaborator Henry Ingram put it this way: Singer, teacher, director, producer, impresario, musician…each of these words describes Guillermo Silva-Marin and sometimes he is … Continue reading →

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Matched set

Posted on March 28, 2013 by barczablog

It’s the most curious symmetry. Soup Can Theatre have paired Samuel Barber’s brief opera A Hand Of Bridge with Jean Paul Sartre’s play No Exit.  The opera is ten minutes, while the play is roughly one hundred minutes. Symmetry? But … Continue reading →

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Whose skin?

Posted on March 27, 2013 by barczablog

I just watched Written on Skin via youtube.  I won’t include the url, as this likely will only lead to its being taken down due to the traffic.  Anyone serious about seeing it, can go to youtube and search for … Continue reading →

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Esprit’s McPhee

Posted on March 26, 2013 by barczablog

I picked up Esprit Orchestra’s CBC recording of Colin McPhee in the lobby at one of their concerts earlier this year.  I’d reviewed their live performance in October of Tabuh-tabuhan (1936) a reading of such playful energy that there was no mistaking … Continue reading →

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Wallis Giunta Sins

Posted on March 24, 2013 by barczablog

When is a recital not a recital?  Perhaps when its materials and its assembly begin to outgrow that narrow definition, to resemble something bigger and more exciting; so it would seem on the basis of Wallis Giunta’s program Sunday March … Continue reading →

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Serendipitous Poulenc

Posted on March 23, 2013 by barczablog

The mind sometimes makes patterns out of the chaos of the programming around us.  Lately it’s been Francis Poulenc: March 1st Isabel Bayrakdarian programmed the boisterous Le bal masqué, a work I’d studied a very long time ago  …look at Poulenc’s … Continue reading →

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2013 CanAsian International Dance Festival

Posted on March 21, 2013 by barczablog

“Press releases and announcements” are presented verbatim without comment. 2013 CanAsian International Dance Festival “Lights Up the Stage” presented in association with Harbourfront Centre April 28 – May 12  Toronto, ON (March 21, 2013) – The CanAsian International Dance Festival … Continue reading →

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Talk Is Free Theatre: 12th Season

Posted on March 21, 2013 by barczablog

“Press releases and announcements” are presented verbatim without comment. An European transfer, a national co-production and a re-imagined classic are on tap for TIFT’s 12th Season. March 21, 2013. Barrie, ON… A transfer of this season’s production of Possible Worlds … Continue reading →

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So far so Cracked

Posted on March 20, 2013 by barczablog

CBC has a new television series called Cracked.  “Cherry Blossoms”, the ninth episode of the new series aired last night, while “The Thump Parade”, episode #8 aired last week. Over the years, CBC have had regular TV series, some identified as … Continue reading →

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