Category Archives: Press Releases and Announcements

Opera Atelier’s 2017-2018 Season

Posted on January 26, 2017 by barczablog

Announcing Opera Atelier’s 2017-2018 Season: Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaroand Monteverdi’s The Return of Ulysses FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (January 25, 2017): Toronto, ON – Opera Atelier’s founding co-artistic directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg today announced the company’s 2017-2018 season, … Continue reading →

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Toronto Symphony: 2017/18 and Peter Oundjian’s final season

Posted on January 26, 2017 by barczablog

TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian (Photo: Jaime Hogge) The TSO unveils 2017/18 programming and celebrates Peter Oundjian’s final season “Being Music Director of the TSO will always be the most incredible highlight and privilege of my life.” —Peter Oundjian January … Continue reading →

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Brahm Goldhamer plays Schubert Sunday January 29th

Posted on January 26, 2017 by barczablog

Last year around this time Brahm Goldhamer played a recital of Schubert at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.  At the end he promised that he would do it again. Lo and behold, he is as good as his … Continue reading →

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Canadian Panorama: World Premiere Recordings CD launch

Posted on January 22, 2017 by barczablog

I am such a lucky guy. I live in this country where we can march in protest without fear. Today and always I am so happy to be a Canadian. And while it’s rumor rather than fact at this point, … Continue reading →

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#coc1718

Posted on January 13, 2017 by barczablog

Tonight the Canadian Opera Company announced their 2017-2018 season aka #coc1718, an event hosted by Brent Bambury in conversation with Johannes Debus & Alexander Neef.  How novel to be permitted –nay encouraged– to tweet during the show about #coc1718. That’s just … Continue reading →

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A Bridge to the Future: commemorating the Hungarian Revolution

Posted on November 12, 2016 by barczablog

In Commemoration of The 60th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution & The 135th Anniversary of the Birth of Béla Bartók With the Performances of Piano Works by Bartók, as well as Works by Kodály, Liszt, Dohnányi, Lehár, and Kálmán Mary … Continue reading →

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Balancing on the Edge

Posted on November 10, 2016 by barczablog

New circus and new music collide in boundary pushing, radical circus performances featuring special guest, DJ P-Love from New York. Co-produced in association with Harbourfront Centre Theatre by Thin Edge New Music Collective and A Girl in the Sky productions. … Continue reading →

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Freedom First – Hungary 1956 Film Festival

Posted on November 10, 2016 by barczablog

FREEDOM FIRST – HUNGARY 1956 FILM FESTIVAL November 17 – 20, 2016 Hungary cinematically celebrates 60 years of freedom and honors its Canadian connection at the Freedom First – Hungary 1956 Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox Featuring a number of … Continue reading →

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Naomi’s Road: an opera about a shameful moment in Canada’s history

Posted on November 1, 2016 by barczablog

Michael Mori, Artistic director of Tapestry Opera posted the following on Facebook (the press release follows immediately below): When we started planning Naomi’s Road, a show deals with the shameful treatment of Japanese-Canadians during WWII, it was well before Trump’s … Continue reading →

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Fourth Annual Elizabeth Krehm Memorial Concert

Posted on October 23, 2016 by barczablog

Monday November 14 at 7:30pm at Metropolitan United Church Tickets & information Elizabeth Krehm passed away on November 17, 2012 in the ICU at St Michael’s Hospital. Every year since her passing, her family has held a memorial concert as … Continue reading →

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