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This week’s POTW comes from Bruce Forst, the person behind the artist Brusalan. There isn
2015-10-19 06:23:00
This Week in Toronto (Oct. 19 - 25)
My Toronto Musical Previews for the Week of October 19 to 25 ~ Joseph So Stormy Landscape, painting by Nicolas Poussin that inspired Barbara Monk Feldman's Pyramus and Thisbe Two big news on the operatic front this week. First is the opening of Pyramus and Thisbe at the Canadian Opera Company, the first mainstage Canadian opera since Randolph Peters' The Golden Ass, with libretto by Canadian literary icon Robertson Davies, way back the last Century! Yes, it was 1999 when the COC was still performing in the Hummingbird Centre, previously known as the O'Keefe. It starred the beloved Canadian mezzo Judith Forst. I recall enjoying the show. Sadly my positive reaction wasn't shared by some critics, and to my knowledge this opera has never been revived, underscoring the risk of putting on contemporary pieces. The COC is taking a considerable risk with Pyramus and Thisbe by […]
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2015-10-09 09:53:34
Troubled Carnegie Hall shares new chair with the Met
[…] 2006. She succeeds Carnegie Hall’s outgoing board chairman, Ronald O. Perelman, and she will hold this post while a search process for a Chairman is completed. Mrs. Bass was elected at the Annual Meeting of Carnegie Hall’s Board of Trustees, held on Thursday afternoon, October 8, chaired by Carnegie Hall President Sanford I. Weill. At the Annual Meeting, the trustees also elected its slate of officers to include: Kenneth J. Bialkin, Acting Secretary; Edward C. Forst, Treasurer; as well as Vice Chairs Clarissa Alcock Bronfman,Klaus Jacobs, Peter W. May, and Burton P. Resnick. Mr. May will continue to serve in his role as Chair of Carnegie Hall’s Board Development and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board approved the creation of a new Governance Committee, charged with overseeing policies and practices related to board stewardship, providing guidance and recommendations to the board at large. The new committee will be chaired by […]
2015-08-11 22:15:53
[…] inevitable Mozart arias. Mascagni? Puccini? Yes, but what about contemporary music? “I would absolutely love to,” Dornemann says. “If we had the support to find a composer.” CVAI is produced with the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation for Young Canadian Opera Singers. Dornemann says the faculty in Montreal is unique because “every one of them has had a successful career in opera internationally — and they can get to the point quickly.” Baritone Sherrill Milnes, mezzo Judith Forst Master and Dornemann gave master classes in July, but there are two more scheduled — for Monday, Aug. 17, and Tuesday, Aug. 18 — if you want to witness constructive criticism. Student casts sang Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore on Monday and will perform Mascagni’s short operas Zanetto and L’Amico Fritz on Friday, Aug. 14. But my pick is Wednesday’s (Aug. 12) gala, when almost all the students will sing something accompanied by piano and the […]
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