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Author Archives: barczablog
Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm actually warmed my heart
Book titles can be funny. I didn’t really understand what John Elford’s book was doing when I saw the cover. But then again I suppose that’s why we read books, to answer the questions they pose. Sometimes art functions as … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Literature, Politics, Spirituality & Religion
Tagged Annie Jacobsen, apes on a treadmill, Christianity, Ennio Morricone, faith, Fat Man and Little Boy, history, Internment camps, J Robert Oppenheimer, john-wesley, Leslie Groves, methodism, Methodist Church, Military Industrial Complex, Nuclear War: A Scenario, Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm, Paul Newman, Racing for the Bomb, Reverend John Elford, Robert S Norris, Roland Joffé, White Supremacy
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Finding out about 3 penny Messiah
Opera by Request and No Strings Theatre are collaborating on their 3 penny Messiah, a smaller scale alternative to what is offered from big groups such as Tafelmusik or the Toronto Symphony, one performance December 7th and a singalong December … Continue reading
Hilarious combat in The Bidding War
The title of The Bidding War isn’t just a metaphor. Michael Ross Albert’s new play has just opened at Crow’s Theatre with a big cast and big laughs. The premise is so simple that it can’t miss. Buyers and agents … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Reviews
Tagged Amy Matysio, Aurora Brown, Crow's Theatre, Fiona Reid, Gregory Prest, Gregory Waters, Guloien Theatre, Izad Etemadi, Michael Ross Albert, Paolo Santalucia, Peter Fernandes, Real Estate, Sergio Di Zio, Sophia Walker, Steven Sutcliffe, The Bidding War, The Master Plan, Veronica Hortiguela
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Fire & Ice: Shostakovich, Sibelius and TSO specialties
When an artist tells you their goals & objectives one should listen. Gustavo Gimeno’s “European Soundscapes” essay in the current Toronto Symphony program gives us some great clues as to what we should expect from the orchestra. No they are … Continue reading
Grounded and how we got here
I was disappointed to miss the live High Definition broadcast of Grounded October 19th, seeing the Canadian Opera Company Nabucco. I thought that the main reason I wanted to attend was to see brilliant mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo in the lead … Continue reading
Stunning serendipity as John Adams Returns
The concert is titled “John Adams Returns”. Toronto Symphony seemed prescient in welcoming the composer this week to conduct a program including some of his own works. It’s uncanny. By the serendipity of the calendar tonight’s concert had a special … Continue reading
Posted in Music and musicology, Reviews
Tagged Anna Prohaska, Claude Debussy, John Adams, Maurice Ravel, Nixon in China, Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto Symphony
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Faust Adaptations
Today I saw the closing performance of the Canadian Opera Company’s new production of Gounod’s Faust, in a week when it seemed everyone was selling their soul to the devil even without the manifest falsehoods of politicians at election time. … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, video & DVDs, Opera, Personal ruminations & essays
Tagged Ariane Cossette, Canadian Opera Company, Centre Stage, Cesare Siepi, Charles Gounod, F W Murnau, Faust, Franz Schubert, Gretchen am Spinnrade, Hector Berlioz, Jerome Hines, Jessica Harper, Johannes Debus, Kyle Ketelsen, La Damnation de Faust, Nabucco, Paul WIlliams, Phantom of the Paradise, Robert Lepage, Szymon Mechlinski, Walpurgisnacht Ballet
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2024 Centre Stage Ensemble Studio Competition
Tonight was the Center Stage competition, seven soloists singing with the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra led by Johannes Debus at the Four Seasons Centre. I wasn’t there. I watched the livestream from home, pleasantly surprised by the quality of what … Continue reading
Posted in Opera
Tagged Ariana Maubach, Centre Stage, Cnaadian Opera Company, Emma Hunter, Emma Pennell, Johannes Debus, Olivia LaPointe
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