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Tag Archives: Voicebox
Karen Bojti reflects on A Northern Lights Dream
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
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Voicebox Adriana Lecouvreur
What is the point posting a review when the run is over? My motto is borrowed from the Hippocratic Oath, namely “above all do no harm,” if that tells you anything. Some of the voices sounded better than others, some … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, video & DVDs, Dance, theatre & musicals, Opera, Reviews
Tagged Adriana Lecouvreur, Bajazet, Cilea, Opera in Concert, Racine, Roxanne, Ryan Harper, Voicebox
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Fierabras in concert
Voicebox /Opera in Concert offered a highlight in a splendid week of music theatre in Toronto, reminding us of why they are such a crucial part of the mix in this city with their concert performance of Schubert’s Fierabras today. Hook … Continue reading
Gloriana
It’s such a privilege to see a rare work. Whatever else I might say about the Voicebox/Opera in Concert presentation of Benjamin Britten’s Gloriana on the occasion of the composer’s centennial, I’m thankful for this encounter with the score. This … Continue reading
10 Questions for Guillermo Silva-Marin
The most influential man on the Toronto opera scene? That would be Guillermo Silva-Marin. His biographer and collaborator Henry Ingram put it this way: Singer, teacher, director, producer, impresario, musician…each of these words describes Guillermo Silva-Marin and sometimes he is … Continue reading
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