Author Archives: barczablog

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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Two Weddings & a Funeral

Posted on March 16, 2013 by barczablog

2013 is not even one quarter gone yet already I’m sure we’ve seen the cleverest title to promote a pair of one-act operas (partly because they don’t exactly grow on trees).  Essential Opera’s  program is called Two Weddings and a Funeral. … Continue reading →

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Inside the box: fu-Gen’s Ching Chong Chinaman

Posted on March 14, 2013 by barczablog

Lauren Yee’s Ching Chong Chinaman is the latest offering from Toronto’s fu-Gen Theatre, a satirical  expose of the hypocrisy at the heart of the American Dream.  While there are some differences between the US & Canada, it’s a tale that could … Continue reading →

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Early Renaissance

Posted on March 12, 2013 by barczablog

There’s something magical about getting a glimpse of someone famous in their youth.  Seeing a great leader or film-star as a child, we recognize some of the qualities that will emerge, even as we see a version of that person … Continue reading →

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