Tag Archives: Toronto Operetta Theatre

Interviewing versatile tenor Scott Rumble

Posted on December 7, 2025 by barczablog

I have heard tenor Scott Rumble a few times, a young artist who impressed both vocally and dramatically in Toronto Operetta Theatre’s Die Fledermaus in 2022. Ah how I wish I could have seen him take on the heroic role … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews, Opera | Tagged Ariadne auf Naxos, books, classical-music, Die Walküre, Guillermo Silva-Marin, Gwenlynn Little, Imre Kalman, James Patrick Raftery, Jon Vickers, opera, operetta, Orchestra Toronto, Peter Hofmann, Scott Rumble, Siegmund, theatre, Torin Chiles, Toronto Operetta Theatre | Leave a comment

Mikado worthy of revisit

Posted on October 27, 2025 by barczablog

I took Erika to see the Toronto Operetta Theatre’s The Mikado Revisited at the Jane Mallett Sunday afternoon, wanting to escape from the world. Other than the usual topical jokes (and what’s Gilbert & Sullivan without references to current events) … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Gilbert and Sullivan, Gregory Finney, Guillermo Silva-Marin, Jane Mallett Theatre, Karen Bojti, Madeline Cooper, Marcus Tranquilli, Narmina Afandiyeva, Stuart Graham, Toronto Operetta Theatre | Leave a comment

Mikado to be Revisited

Posted on October 18, 2025 by barczablog

Next week on October 24, 25 and 26 Toronto Operetta Theatre present their own unique version of The Mikado ….Revisited. Gilbert & Sullivan get a bit of help from TOT’s Guillermo Silva-Marin. “Gilbert and Sullivan’s world needs singer/actors of extraordinary … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Press Releases and Announcements | Tagged Gilbert & Sullivan, Gregory Finney, Guillermo Silva-Marin, Jane Mallett Theatre, Karen Bojti, Madeline Cooper, Mikado, Toronto Operetta Theatre | Leave a comment

Toronto Operetta Theatre’s Gondoliers prescription for what ails you

Posted on March 1, 2025 by barczablog

I arrived at the Jane Mallett Theatre in a bad mood. I don’t think I’m the only one finding the news on television hard to take. Between the arguments between Zelensky and the White House, or the outcome of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Reviews | Tagged Brooke Mitchell, Gilbert & Sullivan, Gregory Finney, Guillermo Silva-Marin, Jane Mallett Theatre, Lissy Meyerowitz, Matheus Coelho do Nascimento, Sebastien Belcourt, The Gondoliers, Toronto Operetta Theatre, Yanik Gosselin | Leave a comment

TOT Pirates

Posted on October 20, 2023 by barczablog

When you’re watching your dog prowling in the back-yard and the phrase “with cat-like tread” pops into your head, you know Gilbert and Sullivan must be on your mind. Of course I knew I was going to attend the Toronto … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Alexander Cappellazzo, Ana Isabella Castro, Gilbert and Sullivan, Gregory Finney, Guillermo Silva-Marin, Jane Mallett Theatre, Jennifer Tung, Karen Bojti, Sebastien Belcourt, SOLT, Toronto Operetta Theatre | Leave a comment

TOT: Revenge of the Tenors

Posted on December 29, 2022 by barczablog

This afternoon the Toronto Operetta Theatre’s production of Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus (or The Bat) opened to a sold-out audience at the St Lawrence Centre. It’s sometimes called “The revenge of the bat” although today I was inclined to think … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Andrea Núñez, Derek Bate, Die Fledermaus, Greg Finney, Guillermo Silva-Marin, Kirsten LeBlanc, Scott Rumble, Toronto Operetta Theatre, TOT | Leave a comment

Orpheus in the Underworld

Posted on October 22, 2022 by barczablog

Toronto Operetta Theatre opened their production of Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld tonight, directed & designed by Guillermo Silva-Marin, and the familiar music conducted by Larry Beckwith. In a month when the opera stages are showing two divas murdered by … Continue reading →

Posted in Opera, Reviews | Tagged Christoph Willibald Gluck, Gregory Finney, Guillermo Silva-Marin, Jacques Offenbach, Orpheus in the Underworld, River Guard, Toronto Operetta Theatre, Vania Chan | Leave a comment

TOT: A Waltz Dream

Posted on June 20, 2022 by barczablog

Insights sometimes sneak up on you. I was blind-sided by one today watching the Toronto Operetta Theatre Canadian premiere production of Oscar Straus’ A Waltz Dream at St Lawrence Centre. TOT play an important role offering local artists a place … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, video & DVDs, Dance, theatre & musicals, Opera, Reviews | Tagged A Waltz Dream, Alexandra Weintraub, Amy Moodie, Andrea Nunez, Brittany Stewart, Derek Bate, Elizabeth Beeler, Gregory Finney, Guillermo Silva-Marin, Karina Bray, Opera in Concert, Oscar Straus, Scott Rumble, Summer Opera Lyric Theatre, The Shop Around the Corner, Toronto Operetta Theatre | Leave a comment

Karen Bojti reflects on A Northern Lights Dream

Posted on May 10, 2022 by barczablog

Greetings Barczablog reader, Leslie Barcza was unable to attend the world premiere of Michael Rose’s, A Northern Lights Dream so I asked him for special permission to be a contributor in his absence. Karen BojtiCast member, A Northern Lights Dream … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, guest blog, Opera | Tagged Amy Moodie, Christina Raphaelle Haldane, Daniela Agostino, Gregory Finney, Guillermo Silva-Marin, Ian Backstrom, Karen Bojti, Kate Carver, Lauren Pearl, Lilian Brooks, Michael Rose, SOLT, Summer Opera Lyric Theatre, Toronto Operetta Theatre, Voicebox | Leave a comment

TOT Pinafore

Posted on March 8, 2020 by barczablog

Last night’s HMS Pinafore from Toronto Operetta Theatre was a reminder of what they do best. For some works there is a kind of social contract at work, a simple plan that begins with the music and the words. If … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Derek Bate, Gilbert and Sullivan, Guillermo Silva-Marin, HMS Pinafore, Ryan Downey, Toronto Operetta Theatre | 3 Comments