Category Archives: Press Releases and Announcements

Mikado to be Revisited

Posted on October 18, 2025 by barczablog

Next week on October 24, 25 and 26 Toronto Operetta Theatre present their own unique version of The Mikado ….Revisited. Gilbert & Sullivan get a bit of help from TOT’s Guillermo Silva-Marin. “Gilbert and Sullivan’s world needs singer/actors of extraordinary … Continue reading →

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William Shookhoff discusses political operas: Menotti’s The Consul from Opera By Request

Posted on October 10, 2025 by barczablog

Opera by Request will be presenting Giancarlo Menotti’s The Consul, an opera premiered in 1950 during the Red Scare, a time with significant parallels to our own. I asked William (Bill) Shookhoff, the Artistic Director of OBR, about the project. … Continue reading →

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Lazzuli Baroque Presents: Music & Medicine

Posted on September 29, 2025 by barczablog

Lazzuli Baroque Presents: Music & MedicineOctober 3rd — 7:30PMSt. Thomas’s Anglican Church, 383 Huron Street, Toronto (ON) Featuring:Luce Burrell, lute & theorboKeiran Campbell, baroque celloRocky Duval, mezzo-sopranoRoseline Lambert, soprano Lazzuli Baroque is proud to present their latest show, Music & … Continue reading →

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Inside the Cabinet Full of Curiosities 2, to be randomly presented by Apocryphonia

Posted on May 29, 2025 by barczablog

June 8th Apocryphonia will present a concert at Heliconian Hall titled “A Cabinet Full of Curiosities 2”. As the program says “an eclectic mix of classical music from around the world performed entirely at random!” Alex Cappellazzo, and his Apocryphonia … Continue reading →

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Adam Sherkin investigates the queer canon in upcoming Piano Lunaire concert COMPOSERS IN PLAY XVI.

Posted on May 12, 2025 by barczablog

Thursday night at 7:30 pm May 15th, at the Arts and Letters Club, Piano Lunaire will present COMPOSERS IN PLAY XVI, a concert subtitled “Sounding the Queer Canon”. I asked Piano Lunaire founder Adam Sherkin a few questions about the … Continue reading →

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Finding out about 3 penny Messiah

Posted on November 30, 2024 by barczablog

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 →

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Everlastingness: Micah Schroeder and Stéphane Mayer in concert October 22nd– POSTPONED

Posted on October 15, 2024 by barczablog

UPDATE from Micah Schroeder (via Facebook)  “It is with a heavy heart that due to unforeseen personal circumstances of one of our performers, we are no longer able to present our recital Everlastingness on Tuesday October 22. I was so … Continue reading →

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Edwin Huizinga: Songs and Serenades at Sweetwater Music Festival

Posted on August 14, 2024 by barczablog

Edwin Huizinga is one of those people doing many things in different places. I first encountered him as part of Tafelmusik. I heard Edwin’s original composition in Opera Atelier’s The Angel Speaks in 2019, when he played his baroque violin. … Continue reading →

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Recovering Romantic by Briane Nasimok

Posted on August 5, 2024 by barczablog

The concept of Recovering Romantic is simple. Whether or not we’re drinkers, we have all seen Alcoholics Anonymous in films and tv, that organization that gives addicts a place to find support on their journey back from rock bottom. AA … Continue reading →

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Nightwood Theatre presents the15th Annual Lawyer’s Show June 13-15: The Sound of Music

Posted on May 3, 2024 by barczablog

Nightwood Theatre presents the 15th annual Lawyer Show The Sound of MusicMusic by Richard RodgersLyrics by Oscar Hammerstein IIBook by Howard Lindsay & Russel CrouseSuggested by The Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trappat the Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence … Continue reading →

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