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Category Archives: Reviews
Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian
Tonight I saw the world premiere of Hadrian, an opera commissioned by the Canadian Opera Company with libretto by Daniel MacIvor, music composed by Rufus Wainwright, directed by Peter Hinton and conducted by Johannes Debus. There are some wonderful performances, … Continue reading
Han-Na Chang and Javier Perianes: Mahler & Ravel
The Toronto Symphony played a mid-week concert tonight to a rapturous reception. The TSO are in a transition, awaiting their new music director while playing either with their interim Artistic director Andrew Davis, or with a series of guests. There … Continue reading
Homecoming for Carsen’s Eugene Onegin
Better late than never, the Canadian Opera Company have premiered Robert Carsen’s Eugene Onegin, a production originally premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 1997. It’s a triumph of Canadian talent on all sides, from the sets & costumes by Michael … Continue reading
Posted in Opera, Personal ruminations, Reviews
Tagged Berlioz, Byron, Canadian Opera Company, Childe Harold, Christine Binder, Eugene Onegin, Gordon Bintner, Jean Kalman, Johannes Debus, Joseph Kaiser, Joyce El-Khoury, Michael Levine, Pushkin, Robert Carsen, Serge Bennathan, Tchaikovsky, Varduhl Abrahamyan
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A new start with the old guy
A very long time ago I was a Toronto Symphony subscriber watching Andrew Davis conduct the TSO. We’re both much older now. Tonight’s concert at Roy Thomson Hall was the launch of a new season with a new leader stepping … Continue reading
The Producers at Lower Ossington Theatre
I just saw The Producers at the Lower Ossington Theatre. I have so many different sorts of responses, I want to keep them straight. 1. The theatre 2. The play (I know every line of the film, the play is … Continue reading
I Call myself Princess
I watched and listened to the second preview of I Call Myself Princess, Jani Lauzon’s impressive new play with opera, presented at Aki Studio in a collaboration between A Paper Canoe Projects, Cahoots Theatre and Native Earth Performing Arts. Genre … Continue reading
Posted in Opera, Personal ruminations, Politics, Reviews, Spirituality & Religion, Theatre & musicals
Tagged A Paper Canoe Projects, Aaron Wells, Cahoots Theatre, Charles Wakefield Cadman, Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster, Howard Davis, I Call Myself Princess, Jani Lauzon, Jeremy Dutcher, Marion Newman, Marjorie Chan, Native Earth Performing Arts, Peter Hinton, Richard Greenblatt
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24 ways of looking at Winterreise
Tonight’s event at Lula Lounge from Tongue in Cheek Productions was not your typical song cycle. Yes we did get the 24 songs in Schubert’s romantic Winterreise, or “winter journey”. But instead of a single singer going along that cold … Continue reading
