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Author Archives: barczablog
Kent Monkman: Miss Chief Eagle Testickle’s big New York Adventure
Early in the musical documentary film The Last Waltz we see Ronnie Hawkins coming out onto the stage of the Winterland Ballroom. The music begins to play. Hawkins may be a musical legend but he is nervous, about to sing … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Architecture & Design, Personal ruminations & essays, Politics
Tagged Caravaggio, Emanuel Leutze, Hiawatha, Indigenous Genocide, Kent Monkman, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, mistikôkosiwak, Resurgence of the People, Robert Harris, Ronnie Hawkins, The Fathers of Confederation, The Last Waltz, Welcoming the Newcomers
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To New York with Gershwin
Sometimes I have a fear of flying. I usually love the takeoff & normally sit by the window but when there’s turbulence I like to distract myself. On a trip to New York what better subject could one find than … Continue reading
Nukeface or “what are you looking at”?
I’m in New York to see Nukeface, at the Bodega Gallery in New York. More accurately I’m in New York because it’s a chance to see Zoe Barcza, my daughter. It’s exciting to get to see her and to see … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Architecture & Design, Politics, Reviews
Tagged Bodega Gallery, New York, Uncut Gems, Wozzeck
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Met HD Wozzeck
They say it’s a co-production, this new Wozzeck that was broadcast in High Definition this past weekend from the Metropolitan Opera: “A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Salzburg Festival; the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto; and Opera Australia.” The co-pro of … Continue reading
Framing the Pollyanna proposition
January is named for that two-headed god who is able to look ahead and back. As I ponder the wreckage of 2019 I wonder if Janus was too busy looking down at his phone and not watching where he was … Continue reading
Posted in Music and musicology, Personal ruminations & essays, Theatre & musicals
Tagged 887, Against the Grain Theatre, Alaina Viau, Amplified Opera, Aria Umezawa, Book of my shames, crystal pite, Dawn Jani Birley, Elisa Citterio, Gustavo Gimeno, Isaiah Bell, Joel Ivany, Johannes Debus, Jonathan Crow, Jonathan Young, Kiviuq Returns, Kopernikus, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Masaaki Suzuki, Musique 3 Femmes, Revisor, Robert Lepage, Rusalka, Sondra Radvanovsky, Tamara Wilson, Teiya Kasahara, The St Matthew Passion, Toronto City Opera, Wajdi Mouawad
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Lisztomania CD
Lisztomania? It was a Ken Russell film. And the name described an actual phenomenon, crazed admirers of the great pianist Franz Liszt aka Liszt Ferenc back in the 19th Century. And there’s a CD from Mikolaj Warszynski, capturing a live … Continue reading
