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Tag Archives: Russell Braun
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
Ten Questions for Christopher Enns
Born in Manitoba, tenor Christopher Enns is in his final season with the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio. He made his COC debut as an American/Glass Maker/Strolling Player in Death in Venice. Enns was one of the strengths of the … Continue reading
Posted in Questions, Questions
Tagged Ambur Braid, Christpher Enns, Garth Brooks, La Clemenza di Tito, Magic Flute, Mozart, Russell Braun, Tamino
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Roméo et Juliette 2008
I watched TFO’s broadcast of a live performance of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, from a 2008 Salzburg production. There was a bit of drama backstage, with Anna Netrebko’s cancellation, replaced by the unknown Georgian soprano Nino Machaidze. Machaidze was only … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Gounod, Nino Machaidze, Rollando Villazon, Roméo et Juliette, Russell Braun, Yannick Nezet-seguin
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September Buzz
In the circles I share in person or online I am thinking about the question of buzz, to which I alluded recently. I’m excited to be going to a brand-new opera tomorrow night, namely Julie Sits Waiting. It’s hard for … Continue reading
From Afar
The love one encounters in Saariaho’s opera Love from Afar is not at all like the love most people think of when they use the word in the 21st century. And while the work was composed recently employing very modern … Continue reading
L’Amour de loin DVD
As the Canada Opera Company’s February production of Kaija Saariaho’s Love From Afar gets closer my curiosity grows. I’ve seen several new operas in my time, both the ones that vanished, and the ones that have stayed in the repertoire. … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, video & DVDs, Opera, Reviews
Tagged Claude Debussy, Gerald Finley, L'Amour de loin, Love From Afar, Peter Sellars, Poulenc, Russell Braun, Saariaho
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Carsen’s Iphigenia
Robert Carsen has once again held up a mirror to an opera by Gluck with the help of the Canadian Opera Company. Last season it was an award winning production of Orfeo ed Euridice. Tonight I saw Iphigenie en Tauride, … Continue reading
Posted in Opera, Reviews
Tagged Canadian Opera Company, Gluck, Iphigenie en Tauride, Robert Carsen, Russell Braun, Susan Graham
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