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Tag Archives: Rigoletto
Questions for Bruno Roy
Time flies. It seems like it was only yesterday that baritone Bruno Roy was a finalist in Centre Stage, the 2015 Ensemble Studio competition. The new voice that we had never heard before? He is now about to make his … Continue reading
Verdi’s Many Masks
The Canadian Opera Company open a production of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Un ballo in maschera next week. It’s placed in a modern setting, one that might have you wondering whether Verdi’s instructions are being flouted by a directorial intervention. But … Continue reading
Posted in Opera, Politics
Tagged Don Carlos, Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore, Melodrama, Rigoletto, Stephen Lord, Un ballo in maschera
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Wagnerian Bicentennial
We’ve come to the first of the three important opera composer birthdays in 2013. May 22: Richard Wagner’s bicentennial October 10: Giuseppe Verdi’s bicentennial November 22: Benjamin Britten’s centennial You may prefer Britten’s operas. You may point to the box … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged Benjamin Britten, Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Richard Wagner, Rigoletto
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Opera Eats
There are more talented artists graduating from the programs training them than there are possible jobs. It’s one reason we have Fringe Festivals: because we’ve trained so many good young actors, directors & playwrights, that they can create their own … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Against the Grain, Aleko, Aria Umezawa, Cookie, Erin Stone, Essential Opera, Gallery 345, Hin und Zurück, Johnathon Kirby, Joshua Whelan, Justin Stolz, Milton Granger, Natalya Matyusheva, Opera Eats, Opera Five, Paul Hindemith, Rachmaninoff, Rigoletto, Talk Opera, Toronto Opera Collaborative, Volcano Productions, Young Gypsy, Zemfira
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Quilico’s Rigoletto
Some artists have an abundant recorded legacy, while others are curiously under-represented. At times I find this irritating, because I suspect it’s more a reflection of market forces than an indication of real quality. I believe if Louis Quilico had … Continue reading
Rigoletto, second cast
I had another look/listen to the Canadian Opera Company’s Rigoletto Oct 17th in a performance that was substantially different from the cast that opened earlier this autumn: a different tenor a different soprano a different baritone a different conductor Christopher … Continue reading
Posted in Opera, Reviews
Tagged Canadian Opera Company, Christopher Alden, David Lomeli, Rigoletto, Simone Osborne
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10 Questions for Robert Pomakov
Robert Pomakov is singing the role of Monterone in the Canadian Opera Company’s new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto. I ask him ten questions: five about himself and five about the role. 1) Which of your parents do you resemble … Continue reading
