The Province of Ontario celebrated the Coronation of King Charles III, King of Canada, on May 6th, 2023 at Queen’s Park in downtown Toronto – the home of the Provinial Legislature.
The celebration included a flag raising – the Coronation Flag for Canada, a drum circle, and a 21 gun salute.
Band members representing regiments from 32 Brigade were on hand to provide music.
Here are some pictures from today:
And a video highlighting the ceremony:
The second round of the 2023 National Hockey League (NHL) Playoffs are set to start tonight, May 2nd, 2023.
Let’s look at the match-ups:
Continue readingiuseppe Verdi‘s Macbeth opened at the Canadian Opera Company (COC) on April 28th, 2023. The opera, based on Shakespeare‘s play, stars Quinn Kelsey (Macbeth), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Lady Macbeth), Önay Köse (Banquo), Matthew Cairns (Macduff), and Adam Luther (Malcolm.)
The opera is conducted by Speranza Scappucci, directed by Sir David McVicar, and is a co-production with the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Continue readingOn April 23rd, 2023, I went for walk around Mimico Harbour in South Etobicoke through Humber Promenade Park.
While on my walk, I managed to get some springtime pictures.
Enjoy!
Continue readingThe Toronto Blue Jays have announced their opening day roster for the 2023 MLB Season.
The roster consists of the following players:
Pitchers
Continue readingI attended The Met‘s Live in HD broadcast of Richard Wagner‘s Lohengrin on March 18th, 2023.
The cast included Piotr Beczała (Lohengrin), Tamara Wilson (Elsa), Christine Goerke (Ortrud), Evgeny Nikitin (Telramund), and Günther Groissböck (King Heinrich.) The orchestra was led by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The production is by François Girard with sets by Tim Yip.
Today (March 13th, 2023) is Commonwealth Day in the countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Commonwealth Day, celebrated on the second Monday of March throughout the Commonwealth, as its name suggests celebrates the Commonwealth.
Traditionally, in London, King Charles III will lead a celebration at Westminster Abbey on Commonwealth Day along with the Commonwealth Secretary-General, and the Commonwealth High Commissioners. Her Majesty is the Head of the Commonwealth, and normally reads a speech in honour of the occasion.
Commonwealth Day allows member nations to remember the importance of the bind that we all have in being members of the Commonwealth. This bind has, and can continue to be, an important source of trade, security, and friendship.
Continue readingI saw David Haig’s play Pressure at the Royal Alexandra Theatre on February 15th, 2023. The play stars Kevin Doyle as Dr. James Stagg, Malcolm Sinclair as General Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower, Laura Rogers as Lieutenant Kay Summersby, and Philip Cairns as Colonel Irving P. Krick.
Pressure is the story of the five days leading up to, and including the D-Day landings on June 6th, 1944. The play shows the conflicts between the American and British seniors advisors under General Eisenhower, specifically Dr. Stagg the Scottish meteorologist who argued that June 5th, the original day for the operation, known as Operation Overlord, would see bad weather despite a lengthy period of good weather and the opposite opinion of Col. Krick who doesn’t believe in the existence of jetstreams.
Continue readingToday, February 3rd, 2023 marks the 10th anniversary that my blog has been in existence.
A lot has changed since February 3rd, 2013 when I started this blog. I have posted many reviews of plays, operas, etc. I have seen since then including my first blog post, a review of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at the Canadian Opera Company, to reviews on such performances as ‘I Love Lucy’ Live on Stage Review, Monuments Men (Movie), The Last Confession, Die Meistersinger in HD, Blithe Spirit with Dame Angela Landsbury, Anna Bolena, and Sir Andrew Davis Celebrates 75th Birthday with Wagner and the TSO.
I also discussed several condominium related issues, including ‘Open Sessions’ of Board Meetings, Condominium Ombudsman, Condominium Social Committees, Unruly Directors, Questioning a Board Decision, Making Condominiums Democratic, Condominim Act Review Stage 2, Nominations do not Require Approval, Charter of Rights Apply in Condominiums, Condominiums Need Facilities Agreement, Expansion of Condominium Authority Tribunal’s Powers in Ontario, and Proxies need to be Curtailed in Condominiums.
I also wrote about the retirement of the ALRV streetcars at the beginning of September 2019 in Toronto:
Followed by the retirement of the CLRV streetcars in December 2019:
The ALRV and CLRV fleet were replaced by the Flexity Outlook streetcars that started to enter service at the end of August, 2014 but would take five years to complete delivery due to delays in construction from Bombardier.
A number of well known people have undfortunately passed away over the last 10 years, most famously Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, but also Sidney Poitier, Betty White, Martha Henry, Prince Phillip, Alex Trebek has Passed Away at 80, and Jon Vickers.
I hope you have enjoyed the many posts I have added over the last 10 years, and here’s to another 10 years (and hopefully more!)
Thanl you for joining me on this journey!!!!
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