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Tannhäuser a Success

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Edward Brain

The Metropolitan Opera broadcast a performance of their current run of Tannhäuser as part of their Live in HD series on October 31st. The performance starred Johan Botha as the knight Tannhäuser, Eva-Maria Westbroek as Elisabeth, Michelle DeYoung as Venus, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Adam Klein, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Gil Wechsler, Gunther Schneider-Siemssen, Heinrich der Schreiber, James Levine, Johan Botha, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Metropolitan Opera, Michelle DeYoung, New York City, Noah Baetge, Norbert Vesak, O du mein holder Abendstern, Otto Schenk, Patricia Zipprodt, Peter Mattei, Review, Ricardo Lugo, Richard Wagner, Ryan McKinny, Tannhäuser, Ying Fang | Leave a comment

Bridge of Spies: A Movie Worth Seeing

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Edward Brain

The movie Bridge of Spies, about lawyer turned negotiator James B. Donovan, and three prisoners during the Cold War is a movie not to miss. The movie tells of how James Donovan is hired to defend Rudolf Abel on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Alan Alda, Amy Ryan, Austin Stowell, Berlin Wall, Bridge of Spies, Cold War, Francis Gary Powers, Frederic Pryor, James B. Donovan, Mark Rylance, Movie, Review, Rudolf Abel, Soviet Union, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, United States, United States of America, USSR, Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher, Will Rogers | Leave a comment

Blithe Spirit at Princess of Wales Theatre

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Edward Brain

The Noël Coward play Blithe Spirit is currently playing at the Princess of Wales theatre in Toronto as part of the 2014-2015 Mirvish season. I attended the evening performance on March 11th. The production stars Dame Angela Lansbury as Madame … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit, Charles Edwards, Charlotte Parry, Christine Ebersole, Dame Angela Lansbury, Madame Arcati, Melissa Woodbridge, Michael Blakemore, Mirvish Productions, Noël Coward, Princess of Wales Theatre, Review, Sandra Shipley, Simon Jones, Susan Louise O'Connor, Tony Award | 3 Comments

Singers Save Die Walküre

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Edward Brain

I attended the February 13th, 2015 performance of Richard Wagner‘s Die Walküre currently being performed by the Canadian Opera Company at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The performance starred Christine Goerke as Brünnhilde, in her first staged … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Atom Egoyan, Canadian Opera Company, Christine Goerke, Clifton Forbis, COC, Die Walküre, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Four Seasons Centre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Heidi Melton, Issachah Savage, Janina Baechle, Johan Reuter, Review, Richard Wagner | Leave a comment

Canadian Opera Company Announces 2015-2016 Season

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Edward Brain

The Canadian Opera Company (COC) has announced its 2015-2016 season. All performances will take place at their opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The season is a mix of familiar works, along with some less familiar … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Reviews | Tagged Alan Held, Andrew Haji, Anita Rachvelishvili, Arin Arbus, Barbara Monk Feldman, Bruce Sledge, Canadian Opera Company, Carmen, Charles Castronovo, Christian Schmidt, Christian Van Horn, Christine Goerke, Christopher Alden, Christopher Purves, Claudio Monteverdi, Claus Guth, Clémentine Margaine, COC, David Alden, Doug MacNaughton, Ekaterina Siurina, Elizabeth DeShong, Emily Fons, Erin Wall, Four Seasons Centre, François Girard, George Bizet, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Harry Bicket, Helene Schneiderman, Il combattimento di Tancredi eClorinda, James Westman, Jane Archibald, Joel Ivany, Johannes Debus, Jon Morrell, Jordan de Souza, Josef Wagner, Joyce El-Khoury, Karine Boucher, Krisztina Szabó, La Traviata, Lamento D’Arianna, Leah Crocetto, Luca Pisaroni, Maometto II, Marco Guidarini, Maria Radner, Michael Colvin, Michael Levine, Michael Yeargan, Owen McCausland, Paolo Carignani, Paul Steinberg, Phillip Addis, Phillip Ens, Pyramus and Thisbe, Quinn Kelsey, Review, Riccardo Hernandez, Richard Wagner, Robert Pomakov, Russell Braun, Russell Thomas, Siegfried, Simone Osborne, Stefan Vinke, The Canadian Opera Company, The Marriage of Figaro, Toronto, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zachary Nelson | Leave a comment

Broadway and The Met take on The Merry Widow

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Edward Brain

The Metropolitan Opera performed Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow as part of its Live in HD broadcast series on January 17th, 2015. This performance was stunning from start to finish and saw the teaming up of the best of Broadway … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Alek Shrader, Broadway, Carson Elrod, Franz Lehár, Jeremy Sams, Julian Crouch, Kelli O'Hara, Live in HD, Metropolitan Opera, Nathan Gunn, Renée Fleming, Review, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Thomas Allen, Susan Stroman, The Merry Widow, The Met | Leave a comment

Splendid Die Meistersinger in HD

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Edward Brain

On December 13th, the Metropolitan Opera presented Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg as part of its Live in HD broadcast schedule. The production was directed by Otto Schenk with sets by Gunther Schneider-Siemssen. The performance starred Michael Volle (Hans Sachs), … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Annette Dasch, Die Meistersinger, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Gunther Schneider-Siemssen, Hans-Peter König, James Levine, James Morris, Johan Botha, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Karen Cargill, Live in HD, Metropolitan Opera, Michael Volle, New York City, Otto Schenk, Paul Appleby, Review, Richard Wagner | 2 Comments

H.M.S. Pinafore at the U of T

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Edward Brain

Last night, the University of Toronto‘s (U of T) Opera Division opened a short run of Gilbert and Sullivan‘s H.M.S. Pinafore at the Macmillan Theatre. The performance starred Ryan Downey (Captain Corcoran), Karine White (Josephine). Charles Sy (Ralph Rackstraw), Max … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Charles Sy, Daniel Denino, Daniel Robinson, Faculty of Music, Gilbert & Sullivan, Gilbert and Sullivan, H.M.S. Pinafore, Karine White, Kristina Agur, Lyndsay Promane, Max van Wyck, Michael Patrick Albano, Nicholas Bor, Review, Ryan Downey, Sandra Horst, U of T | Leave a comment

Spectacular Madama Butterfly

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Edward Brain

The Canadian Opera Company (COC) has opened a spectacular production of Giacomo Puccini‘s Madama Butterfly Friday night at the Four Seasons Centre. The production starred Patricia Racette (Cio-Cio San), Stefano Secco (Pinkerton), Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki), Dwayne Croft (Sharpless), and Julius … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Brian Macdonald, Canadian Opera Company, COC, Dwayne Croft, Elizabeth DeShong, Four Seasons Centre, Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Maestro Patrick Lange, Patricia Racette, Patrick Lange, Pinkerton, Review, Stefano Secco, Suzuki, The Canadian Opera Company | Leave a comment

The Last Confession in Review

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Edward Brain

Last night I attended a performance of Roger Crane’s The Last Confession starring David Suchet as Cardinal Benelli. The performance also starred Sam Perks (Father Lorenzi), Phillip Craig (the Confessor), David Ferry (Monsignor Magee), Richard O’Callaghan (Cardinal Albino Luciani/Pope John … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Bernard Lloyd, Bishop Marcinkus, Cardinal, Cardinal Albino Luciani, Cardinal Benelli, Cardinal Felici, Cardinal Luciani, Cardinal Villot, David Ferry, David Suchet, Donald Douglas, Father Lorenzi, Jonathan Church, Mirvish Productions, Monsignor Magee, Nigel Bennett, Peter Mumford, Phillip Craig, Pope, Pope John Paul, Pope John Paul I, Pope John Paul II, Pope Paul VI, Review, Richard O'Callaghan, Roger Crane, Royal Alex, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Sam Perks, Stuart Milligan, the Confessor, The Last Confession | 1 Comment

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Tannhäuser a Success

Bridge of Spies: A Movie Worth Seeing

Blithe Spirit at Princess of Wales Theatre

Singers Save Die Walküre

Canadian Opera Company Announces 2015-2016 Season

Broadway and The Met take on The Merry Widow

Splendid Die Meistersinger in HD

H.M.S. Pinafore at the U of T

Spectacular Madama Butterfly

The Last Confession in Review

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