Kinder gentler Flute
I just saw the Canadian Opera Company’s new production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Considering the reputation of its director, Diane Paulus, an American known for putting Haydn’s Il Mondo della Luna...
View ArticleChe faro senza COC?
Tonight, my last opera of the Canadian Opera Company 2010-2011 season, was my second trip into the special world of Robert Carsen’s Orfeo ed Euridice. I didn’t talk about the visuals in my review...
View ArticleNumbers game
Is opera a numbers game? It depends who you ask. Statistics can describe aspects of any art form. For example: Guernica is 3.49 meters by 7.76 meters (more than 11 feet by over 25 feet) Syberberg’s...
View ArticleTen Questions for Christopher Enns
Christopher Enns (left) with baritone Russell Braun in a February 2012 concert (Photo: Karen Reeves). Notice the “infamous Enns profile”. Born in Manitoba, tenor Christopher Enns is in his final...
View ArticleLate Mozart 2: caveats
Mozart censored? Operas did sometimes have to clear hurdles in the century of their creation, but actually I was thinking about the censure of a modern audience. Opera Atelier’s production ot The Magic...
View ArticleComing of Age Stories
With the passage of time, people get older. The battles that consumed them in their youth are set aside, as they seek stability and begin to contemplate their legacy. In that gradual coming into...
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