Brilliant show from Red Sky Performance and the Toronto Symphony

#indigenous #puppets #symphony

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Erin Shields’ Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary at Crow’s Theatre I saw the matinee of Erin Shields’ Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary on Saturday afternoon April 18th. Amaka Umeh, Nancy Palk, Michelle Monteith, Belinda Corpuz, and Sabryn Rock in Mary, Mary, Mary, Mar…

Review of new play by Erin Shields at Crow's Theatre

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Benevolence Opera Project & Redwood Theatre Present Don Giovanni Benefit Supporting Redwood Women’s Shelter Benevolence Opera Project & Redwood Theatre Present Don Giovanni A One-Night-Only Opera Event Supporting the Redwood Women’s Shelter, Toronto. Benevolence Opera Project and Redwood Theatre are …

Benefit performance of opera to benefit Women's Shelter

#benefit #opera #shelter

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Opera Atelier present their new Pelléas et Mélisande Wednesday night saw the premiere of Pelléas et Mélisande in a new orchestration by Christopher Bagan, conducted by David Fallis at Koerner Hall. Opera Atelier commissioned Bagan to reduce the scope…

Opera Atelier present their new Pelléas et Mélisande.

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Toronto Symphony play Béla Bartók’s Miraculous Mandarin Toronto Symphony recently released their third Harmonia Mundi live recording, captured from performances 21-23 November 2024 at Roy Thomson Hall, featuring two works by Béla Bartók (1881-1945) plus…

A new recording from the Toronto Symphony shows us they are very good playing modernist scores. They sound great.

#classical #modernist #symphony #TSO

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Tafelmusik present Influencers without shoehorns or pigeonholes Influencers is the anachronistic title for Tafelmusik’s concert program this week at Jeanne Lamon Hall. I’m reminded of the way Richard Strauss put Viennese waltzes into Der Rosenkavali…

My review of a Tafelmusik concert to be repeated Saturday night & Sunday afternoon.
#classical #baroque #Haydn #Bach #Tafelmusik

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A new play premiered in Toronto, here's my review.

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Anticipating David James Brock’s upcoming Room of Keys: an interview Room of Keys is David James Brock’s one act play, created with Adam Sherkin of Piano Lunaire, inspired by Béla Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle (1918). It’s natural that a myster…

Interview discussing a play.

#drama #music #Bartok #piano

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French Meditations take Scarborough Philharmonic to new heights When someone improves, you may wonder why. Listening to Scarborough Philharmonic’s “French Meditations” concert Saturday night I wondered: is it the leadership, is it the players,…

The Scarborough Philharmonic have never sounded better. This is my review of their latest concert.

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Cyclops on the edge I have just seen Cyclops: A Satyr Play, Produced by Panic Theatre in association with Talk is Free Theatre, Written, Directed and Performed by Griffin Hewitt, with Original Music by Juliette Jones.…

Review of a wild show. Can a dildo put out an eye?

Find out.

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JS Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and JS Vallée Wednesday March 25th I attended the concluding performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Matthew Passion at Koerner Hall by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the TMC Baroque Orchestra led by …

I am passionate about JS Bach's St Matthew Passion.

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Ugly crying at Yuval Sharon’s brilliant Tristan und Isolde from the Metropolitan Opera Saturday March 21st I was among the viewers in a Scarborough Cineplex watching and listening to the Metropolitan Opera high definition broadcast of Tristan und Isolde directed by Yuval Sharon, cond…

My review of the High Definition broadcast. It's beautiful, go see it.

#opera #Wagner #Tristanundisolde #LiseDavidsen #yannick

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Christopher Bagan, busy keyboardist & scholar talks about his new orchestration of Pelléas et Mélisande Christopher Bagan wears a lot of hats, as keyboardist, conductor, professor at University of Toronto, chamber musician, basso continuo specialist, coach & repetiteur. In the immediate future: C…

Interview with Christopher Bagan to discuss his life & work, including upcoming Opera Atelier production of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande

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A Bach Celebration with Tafelmusik Chamber Choir & Ivars Taurins Thursday night was the first performance by Tafelmusik of A Bach Celebration at Jeanne Lamon Hall. The explanation was that this is an attempt to present a curated series of works that less well-kn…

Ivars Taurins curates an exploration of the less familiar music of JS Bach from Tafelmusik Chamber Choir & baroque orchestra.

#classical #baroque #choir #JSBach #Tafelmusik

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Nathan Sawaya’s ART OF THE BRICK The Art of the Brick show has now come to Toronto as of today March 12th. Nathan Sawaya is the artist. Yes I want to call his creations “art” and yes he is an artist, working with LEGO …

Yes it is art. LEGO from Nathan Sawaya's show now in Toronto

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BELTing Over the Rainbow BELT Monday night March 9th invited us to “another unforgettable night of communal singing at Crow’s Theatre” to “learn and perform the beloved classic “Somewhere Over the Rainbow…

We were BELT-ing Over the Rainbow

#singing #choral

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Singsational Bach workshop with Jean-Sébastien Vallée I know Jean-Sébastien Vallée as the artistic director of Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, which sometimes means he’s preparing the TMC for their work with another conductor, sometimes he’s th…

Fun workshop with Jean-Sébastien Vallée exploring JS Bach's Passions according to St Matthew, St John and St Mark.

#classical #JSBach #StMatthewPassion

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