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Tag Archives: Handel
Alcina preview at RBA
The season of Thanksgiving continues, as I feel extraordinarily blessed for the wonderful day I am having. Not only did I have my three best nights in the theatre since the beginning of October (two performances of Falstaff and one … Continue reading
Posted in Opera, Reviews
Tagged Allyson McHardy, Bradamante, Christopher Bagan, David Fallis, Handel, Janet Baker, Meghan Lindsay, Mireille Asselin, Morgana, Olivier LaQuerre, Ruggeiro, Wallis Giunta
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AtG Messiah: without a net
We were promised something different, and they delivered. Against the Grain Theatre’s Messiah took a familiar piece and added something without disturbing the essential gold. Handel, Isaiah, Revelation (etc) are well served, in a piece entirely true to the name … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Theatre & musicals
Tagged Geoffrey Sirett, Handel, Isaiah Bell, Jacqueline Woodley, Jennifer Nichols, Joel Ivany, Krisztina Szabo, Messiah
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10 Questions for Rufus Müller
Rufus Müller was acclaimed by The New York Times following a performance in Carnegie Hall as “…easily the best tenor I have heard in a live Messiah.” The British/German tenor is celebrated as the Evangelist in Bach’s Passions, and his … Continue reading
Posted in Questions, Questions
Tagged Beethoven, Handel, Ivars Taurins, Mark Morris Dance Group, Rufus Müller, Sophie Daneman, Tafelmusik
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Body Language
I was having a crabby episode this Friday morning. I was running late. It’s ridiculous to admit. I didn’t have any appointments, but I just had hoped to be downtown already, and everything about the morning seemed to add to … Continue reading
Posted in Personal ruminations
Tagged Handel, Ivars Taurins, Messiah, Resolution and Independence, Wordsworth
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Apocalypso
What music accompanies the end of the world? I suppose it depends whether you’re cowering or celebrating, sitting, dancing or running for cover. I ask ironically, of course, because the whole Mayan thing is silly. It’s a finite calendar, limited … Continue reading
10 Questions for Allyson McHardy
Mezzo-soprano Allyson McHardy has a voice that invites sensuous adjectives. Radiant? Dusky? Sumptuous? You be the judge. In the past year I wrote about her participation in two very different productions by the same composer, namely Händel: Hercules semi-staged by … Continue reading
Semele in my nose
I had another chance to see & hear and even smell Zhang Huan’s production of Semele at the Canadian Opera Company. Yes, Semele also smells good (and I’m not just saying that to make a feeble joke). Before the curtain … Continue reading
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Tagged Allyson McHardy, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Handel, Jane Archibald, Maclean's, pina bausch, Semele, Steven Humes, William Burden, Zhang Huan
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