Podcasts about Canadian Opera Company

Ambur Braid is a Canadian soprano who's taken on some of the most coveted roles in opera. But it wasn't until she saw Alban Berg's “Wozzeck” as an undergraduate student that she knew opera would be her life. Now, Ambur is playing Marie in a new production of “Wozzeck” coming soon to the Canadian Opera Company. She sits down with Tom Power to talk about this full circle moment and her passion for classical music. Looking for more conversations about opera? Check out Tom's interview with composer John Adams on the role of opera in tackling contemporary issues.

This week on End Credits, we're hitting the high notes! We know that this show is not necessarily high brow, but this week we're going to the opera with the new Atom Egoyan film Seven Veils. Along with that, we're going to look at the film's star, who's enjoyed a successful and varied career, and talk about all the times she's made an impression.  This Wednesday, April 2, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: Mandy! This week's movie stars Amanda Seyfried, who is an actress that's been around for nearly 20 years now after her first big screen appearance as one of the titular Mean Girls. Since then she's done drama, she's done action, she's done scary, and she even got an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, but before digging into her new role in Seven Veils, we're going to talk the best of Amanda Seyfried. Seven Veils (2025). In Atom Egoyan's latest movie, a theatre director is called back to the opera company where she go her start at the request of her former mentor and lover, it was his final wish that she stage a revival of the opera Salome. Egoyan revisits some of his old themes about unhappy families and sexual power, but it's also done through a #MeToo lens and against the background of Egoyan's own production of Salome at the Canadian Opera Company. So there's a lot going on, and we will try and sort it all out! End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

We go from one end of the spectrum to the other this week on BEHIND THE LENS as we take a look at writer/director Atom Egoyan's dramatic new thriller SEVEN VEILS and everyone's favorite (and looney) pig and duck, Porky and Daffy, in writer/director Peter Browngardt's feature animated directorial debut LOONEY TUNES: THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP. First up today is my exclusive interview with one of my longtime favorite directors – ATOM EGOYAN. Written &mps; Directed by Atom, SEVEN VEILS stars Amanda Seyfried who reunites with Atom after their 2015 film Chloe, as well as Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Mark O'Brien, Vinessa Antoine, Ambur Braid, Michael Kupfer-Radecky. Premised on the biblical tale of Salome, which has been told in countless ways over the years, most notably as a 19th-century opera by Richard Strauss and written by Oscar Wilde, Atom has taken his love for the tale which he has directed on the stage numerous times since 1996 and now explores what a production of Salome would mean in our current culture. This led him to write SEVEN VEILS about a remount of Salome that he filmed at the same time the opera was being performed on stage by the Canadian Opera Company in 2023, using the opera singers from Salome in the film. Switching gears now, we go from the seductive and sensual to sarcasm, satire, slapstick, and pure unadulterated joy with Porky Pig and Daffy Duck in LOONEY TUNES: THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP and my exclusive conversation with writer/director/animator PETER BROWNGARDT. Listen as Peter talks about animation and dialogue going hand in hand aka what came first the pig or the duck egg and working with 11 writers/animators to develop the emotion through drawing, dialogue and voicing, the classic hand-drawn visuals, paying homage to the past – including many classic films – while adding some contemporary notes, melding genres, music and score, getting a greenlight from Warners to make the film, and of course Peter's own learning curve with his first feature after hundreds of Looney Tunes shorts. http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

Ian Kowalski Ian (he/him) is a graduate of the Performing Arts program at O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute and the Media Production Program at Toronto Met University (fka Ryerson). As a lifelong performer and lover of the arts, he is passionate about creating a platform for artists to express themselves as authentically as possible in telling impactful stories that change our perception of what is possible with theatre. Select acting credits include Peter in Peter Pan the Musical (The LOT), Tobias in Sweeney Todd (Ember Island Players), Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast (O'Neill CVI) and Will Bloom in Big Fish (RMTC). Behind the scenes, he has directed Cumulus (UBC Brave New Play Rites Festival), Fun Home (Bowtie Productions), directed and produced several short films and has worked in the art department for multiple films on the Hallmark Channel. Taylor Long Hi, my name is Taylor. I'm a Toronto-based photographer, videographer, editor, and director of photography. Originally from Halifax, NS, I have a background in opera and musical theatre and performed on the east coast before discovering a passion for photography and videography. ​ Recent highlights include a three-week intensive at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, working with Academy-award nominated director Atom Egoyan on the Canadian Opera Company's digital production of Bluebeard's Castle, and working as DOP on the COC/Against the Grain Theatre co-production of Mozart's Requiem.   Randy (Lei) Chang is a Toronto based performer who's credits include: Merrily We Roll Along, Ordinary Days and A Perfect Bowl of Pho

Two-time Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano, Curtis Institute of Music graduate, and former varsity basketball captain J'Nai Bridges joins host Khadija Mbowe for a free-flowing conversation about her wide-ranging musical influences, structured systems for success, and the public humiliation that (inadvertently) led to her becoming a star. In February 2024, Bridges joined The Philadelphia Orchestra to announce the upcoming rededication of its home inside the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts as Marian Anderson Hall. It will be the first major concert venue in the world to honor the late performer and trailblazer.Music from this episode: BIZET, HABANERA,  J'Nai Bridges in the Canadian Opera Company's 2022 production of CarmenJ'Nai Bridges with Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) perform “Whole World In Your Hand” during Global Goal: Unite for Our Future on June 27. Links from this episode:READ MORE: The Philadelphia Orchestra to Rename Its Home at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts MARIAN ANDERSON HALL in Honor of the Legendary Contralto, Civil Rights Icon, and Philadelphian:  https://www.philorch.org/about-us/contact-us/press-room/news-releases/the-philadelphia-orchestra-to-rename-its-home-at-the-kimmel-center-for-the-performing-arts-marian-anderson-hall-in-honor-of-the-legendary-contralto-civil-rights-icon-and-philadelphian/Want more Marian Anderson? Listen to our season one episode with Jillian Patricia Pirtles, CEO of the National Marian Anderson Museum: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1364857/5986438 Marian Anderson Museum: http://marianandersonhistoricalsociety.weebly.com/J'Nai Bridges:https://jnaibridgesmezzo.com/https://www.instagram.com/jnaibmezzo/https://www.facebook.com/jnaibridgesmezzo/The Philadelphia Orchestra's HearTOGETHER series is generously supported by lead corporate sponsor Accordant Advisors. Additional major support has been provided by the Otto Haas Charitable Trust.

Enjoy this sample-platter of music and voices from Seattle Opera's 2024/25 season. Dramaturg Jonathan Dean and Aren Der Hacopian, Director of Artistic Administration and Planning introduce a mainstage season including Pagliacci (Aug ‘24), Jubilee (World Premiere, Oct '24), Les Troyens à Carthage in concert (Jan '25) The Magic Flute (Feb/Mar '25) and Tosca (May '25). Musical clips include tenor Diego Torre (Canio in Pagliacci at Lyric Opera Kansas City); Monica Conesa (Seattle's Nedda, here singing “Casta diva” in Jordan last year); spirituals from Jessye Norman & Kathleen Battle, Paul Robeson, and Marion Anderson; the Les Troyens Act 4 ballet played by the Strasbourg Philharmonic; J'nai Bridges (Delilah in Seattle in 2023); Russell Thomas (Otello at Canadian Opera Company in 2019); Duke Kim (La traviata's Alfredo in Seattle in 2023); Rodion Pogossov (Belcore in Elixir of Love in Seattle in 2022); Sharleen Joynt (Morgana in Alcina in Seattle in 2023); Vanessa Goikoetxea (Alcina in Seattle in 2023); and Lianna Haroutounian (Cio-Cio San in Madame Butterfly in Seattle in 2017).

In today's episode, we've got a great interview with Matt Bernstein, who is a supernumerary with the Canadian Opera Company! What's that? Think of it like being an extra, but in an opera!We talk about how Matt gets a kick out of being a part of the creative process, and get to see behind the scenes of some of his favourite art.PLUS, Pete talks about one of his more niche hobbies of phone box spotting!Written and produced by Kayla Lean and Pete FalconerMusic, audio editing and video editing by Pete FalconerArtwork by Laura Walsh - https://laurajanewalsh.co.ukAnimation by Kayla Leanhowihobby@gmail.comLinksA beginner's guide to opera: https://www.eno.org/discover-opera/the-beginners-guide-to-opera/Against The Grain Theatre: https://atgtheatre.com/Canadian Opera Company: https://www.coc.ca/Learn all about UK telephone kiosks here: http://www.the-telephone-box.co.uk/ You know you want to!And visit the National Collection of Telephone Kiosks in Bromsgrove: https://avoncroft.org.uk/avoncrofts-work/special-collectionsRemember, you can sign up to the how i hobby newsletter at https://howihobby.beehiiv.com/subscribe for updates on new episodes, you can gaze at our beautiful faces at http://www.youtube.com/@howihobbypodand, and you can say hi to us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/howihobbyToodles!K&P#Hobby #hobbies #opera #canadianoperacompany #stage #theatre #supernumerary #extra #supportingartist #telephonekiosks #phonebox #phonebooth #phonekiosk #redphonebox #doctorwho #podcast #comedy #newpodcast #interview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BONUS EPISODE!Audiences around the world know actor Rebecca Caine for originating the role of "Cosette" in Les Miserables and as one of the most iconic "Christine Daes" of Phantom of the Opera.   But what many don't know about Rebecca is that she has her own harrowing "Stage Combat" story.  Something that happened to her in the theatre industry almost thirty years ago.For the first time in a podcast interview, Rebecca is "claiming her story" and discussing with Sean Hayden what really happened to her in 1990s in this very special bonus episode.Content warning:  contains strong language.Rebecca Caine is best known for creating the role of Cosette in the original production of Les Miserables at The Royal Shakespeare Company and in London's West End where she made her debut as Laurie in Oklahoma! And subsequently played the role of Christine with the original company of the Phantom of the Opera, a role she originated at the Canadian Premiere in Toronto. She made her North American operatic debut at the Canadian Opera Company as Lulu, going on to sing a variety of roles there and winning the Dora Mavor Moore Award in the title role of The Cunning Little Vixen. She has gone on to appear in opera, musicals and plays internationally and enjoys an extensive recital and cabaret career, which has taken her to every province and territory in Canada except Quebec, The Yukon and Nunavut.Sean Hayden is the CEO of Haywood Productions, LLC.  As a professional actor, Sean has appeared in two Broadway national tours and in plays and musicals in theaters across the country.    He is a proud union member of Actors' Equity Association.  As a mental health advocate, Sean has provided thought leadership on how employers can better support the mental health of their employees.  His op-ed on “Men and Mental Health” appeared in The Economic Times.   Sean resides in New York City and upstate New York with his husband, a screenwriter.   Edited by Andrew Linn and Alex Griffith.Podcast icon designed by Fran Pinter-Parrott.Produced by Haywood Productions, LLC.

In this episode we explore the intersection of identity and opera with University of Florida musicologist Leo Walker. Opera, with its grandeur, emotion, and powerful storytelling, has been a stage for human experiences throughout history. Amidst the vast repertoire of operatic works, there are narratives that explore the diverse spectrum of queer identities. These stories, often overlooked or overshadowed, have found their place within the canon, enriching the operatic landscape. Unveiling the queer threads in the operatic fabric allows us to appreciate the richness and diversity of human experiences. Composers like Benjamin Britten, Leonard Bernstein, and many others, have contributed to this exploration, often drawing inspiration from their own lives and relationships. By examining their music, letters, and historical context, scholars like Leo Walker have shed light on the queerness within the works of these composers, deepening our understanding and appreciation of their contributions to the art form. These narratives illuminate the beauty and struggles of love, desire, and self-discovery. They transcend boundaries and foster belonging for audiences of all backgrounds and identities. Episode Credits: Host - Ashley Daniel FootGuest - Leo WalkerEditor - Mack McGillivray Music Credits: “Adziu! Adziu!” from Act I of Benjamin Britten's Death in Venice. Performed by the English National Opera with John Graham Hall as Aschenbach. Conducted by Edward Gardner. “To Know” from Laura Kaminsky's As One. Performed by Sasha Cooke, Kelly Markgraf, and The Fry Street Quartet. Produced by American Opera Projects in association with BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music). “Without You What Am I” from Act III of Rufus Wainright's Hadrian. Performed by the Canadian Opera Company with Thomas Hampson as Hadrian and Isaiah Bell as Antinous.

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers welcome lighting designer and Lighting and Projections Design Coordinator for the Canadian Opera Company, Mikael  Kangas, to the show!   Join Mikael, Steve, Stan, and David, as they pontificate about: The roles of the Lighting Coordinator at Class A opera companies; The process of remounting the lighting for large scale opera productions; Considering what equipment to use as technology changes over the years; Using the EOS spreadsheet view when considering equipment choices;  Color considerations when updating to new fixtures; What skills you need to have to land a job as a Lighting and Projections Design Coordinator;  A detailed explanation of using "Moving Light Assistant" to accurately remount moving light presets; The state of the theatrical lighting industry for young designers in Canada; Working with multiple designers with multiple personalities; Humerous moments of self-awareness at the production table; and Advice for young lighting designers.   Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.   

This is the podcast in which we ask a special guest the big, BIG question that nobody ever needed to ask. If there was a huge asteroid hurtling toward Earth threatening to destroy life as we know it and you could see one more show before you die, what would it be? It can be anything you want - a show you've seen before, one that you wish you'd seen, or something you've made up entirely. What would be YOUR Last Show on Earth?Our guest this episode is Rebecca CaineRebecca Caine was born in Toronto and studied at the Guildhall School of Music, London.Uniquely, her career has been divided between Opera and Musical Theatre, making her West End debut at 19 in the role of Laurey in Oklahoma! She then sang the role of Eliza in My Fair Lady on the National tour. While making her debut at Glyndebourne as Amor in L'incoronazione di Poppea, she was asked to join the Royal Shakespeare Company where she created the role of Cosette in Les Miserables. After a successful West End run she joined the original cast of Phantom of the Opera to play Christine opposite Michael Crawford. She then returned to Toronto to repeat the role in the Canadian premiere of Phantom of the Opera. During her run in Toronto she joined the Canadian Opera Company to make her highly praised North American debut in the title role of Lulu. She has performed in may different shows ever since, brilliantly switching between musical theatre and opera genres, thrilling people worldwide with her extraordinary voice. This episode was recorded in the winter of 2022.Links:Official Website https://www.rebeccacaine.com/index.htmAbomination tickets https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/classical-music/abomination-dup-operaConor Mitchell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor_MitchellThe Rite of Spring information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_SpringThe Rite of Spring full performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOZmlYgYzG4Rebecca performing in Phantom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkJxMly5Wm4Rebecca performing in Les Miserables ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aW1ToWOTCEArticle about Garth Drabinsky https://www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2021/10/28/the-tyrannical-and-abusive-garth-drabinsky-and-his-attempted-return-to-broadway-with-paradise-square-part-1Hosted by John Owen-Jones and Alistair BrammerMusic written by John Owen-Jones and Alistair BrammerMusic performed by John Owen-Jones, Alistair Brammer and John QuirkRecorded & edited by John Owen-Jones and Alistair BrammerA 2023 John Owen-Jones Associates Productionwww.johnowenjones.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Finding Your Bliss, Life Coach and Bliss Expert Judy Librach is joined by Chris Thornborrow, an award-winning composer for film, theatre, and the concert stage. His work has been described as

If you're in Toronto between October 14th and November 4th, head over to The Four Seasons Centre to see the Canadian Opera Company's production of Carmen by Georges Bizet! Carmen is one of the most well-known and commonly performed operas in the world. It is a tragic love story, full of earworms and a very energetic children's chorus. In this episode Rebecca goes solo to interview two members of the children's chorus Lee and Leo. These young singers are members of the Canadian Children's Opera Company and take centre stage in this new COC production. Learn more about the CCOC: https://www.canadianchildrensopera.comGet tickets to see the COC's production of Carmen: https://www.coc.ca/productions/23489

Soprano Sharon Azrieli has enjoyed international success with leading organizations such as the Canadian Opera Company, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and the New Israel Opera, among others. Sharon created the Azrieli Music Prizes for the Azrieli Foundation in 2014 and is devoted to arts education and philanthropy. She is a director on the board of the Azrieli Foundation, and concurrently sits on the boards of several other philanthropic organizations including National Arts Centre of Canada, Orchestre Classique de Montréal (where she holds the title President Emeritus), McCord Museum, the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute, The Opera Cares Foundation, the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharon Azrieli Foundation for the Arts as well as on the honorary board of Camp Tutti and Camp Kinneret Biluim. Join Sharon as she discusses the importance of arts education in her native Canada and beyond. Learn more about about the worthy causes discussed in this episodes and how you can donate and/or help: Azrieli Foundation El Sistema USA Connect with Sharon: Website: SharonAzrieli.com  Facebook: @sopranosharonazrieli Instagram: @sharonazrielisoprano YouTube: @Sharon Azrieli Connect with The Broadway Gives Back Podcast: Facebook: @broadwaygivesbackpodcast Instagram: @broadwaygivesbackpodcast Twitter: @broadwaygives Hosted & Executive Produced by Jan Svendsen and co-produced & edited by Jim Lochner. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Special thanks to Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales, and Kimberlee Garris from BPN; Julian Hills from The Bulldog Agency; and Eric Becker from Broderick Street Music. Social Media Manager for Broadway Gives Back: Olivia Cull. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/X562TchJuok Versatile singer/actor Damon Evans is a native of Baltimore, MD. He is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy and Brooklyn College where he majored in Africana Studies. He has had an active career on Broadway, Television, and Classical Music. Most American audiences are familiar with his work as an actor on the popular tv sitcom The Jeffersons. He also portrayed Alex Hailey in the mini-series Roots: The Next Generation which is still considered one of the ten most watched mini-series in television history. Prior to his television work he appeared on Broadway in such shows as The Me Nobody Knows, Via Galactica, Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope, and Lost in the Stars. On stage he has toured with Pearl Bailey in Hello Dolly and became the first African-American actor/singer to portray the role of Jesus Christ in the authorized production of Jesus Christ Superstar. He has also appeared on the London stage in Carmen Jones for which he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He was also active in the Classical Music and has appeared at the New York City Opera, the Tulsa Opera, The Cincinnati Opera, the Virginia Opera, the Canadian Opera Company, the Royal Opera in London, and the Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam. He has appeared as soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the Boston Pops and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra amongst others. He has also recorded for EMI Records, Chandos Records, and Dorian Records. He's taught Voice and Musical Theater at Marymount Manhattan College and currently resides in Queens, NY with his husband and two dogs Princeton and Seewee.

In this Inspiring Excerpts short bonus episode, you will hear violinist Aaron Schwebel's reflections on the best environments for learning and growth, on how the pandemic has affected his priorities, and some of the unique benefits and challenges of a life of a professional musician.  Aaron Currently holds the positions of Concertmaster with the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra and Associate Concertmaster with the Canadian Opera Company. He is a member of the LARK ensemble and the Rosebud String Quartet, and is the founder and artistic director of Echo Chamber Toronto, a series that merges chamber music and contemporary dance. The full episode is linked here, both podcast and video format, and the transcript can be found through the same link: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e10-s1-aaron-schwebel-violinist photo credit: Bo Huang --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

We often think opera singing is for grown-ups only. It requires advanced technical skills and a deep understanding of music and languages. But did you know there have been tons of roles written for children? Very famous examples are the Three Spirits from Mozart's The Magic Flute. The Spirits, played by children, help guide the main character, Tamino, on his quest to save the princess. Nine-year-old singer, pianist and mega opera fan Emma Moreau recently sang the First Spirit with the Canadian Opera Company. Emma shares her experience working with professional opera singers, upcoming auditions, and sings the Spirit's solo for us. Watch out for her name in lights!Learn more about the COC's production of The Magic Flute: https://www.coc.ca/productions/23090

It's Pride Month and we are kicking it with a celebration and a deep dive into loving yourself in your prideful skin as an LGBTQ person - regardless of your flaws and addictioins. During this fun and deep conversation, David Houle a multidisciplinary artist shares his coming out and addiction recovery journey with ways to celebrate you and your life this pride season. Happy PRIDE everyone! About David From rural Loretteville, Quebec, Canada, multidisciplinary artist David Houle battled addiction for a decade; he is now motivating audiences to face their struggles and inspires them towards a path of recovery and healing. In 2019, as a guest keyboard artist and dancer with Montreal's atypical metal band Deadly Apples, he performed at the 25th Vans Warped Tour, alongside Simple Plan, Good Charlotte and Blink 182. He also performed at the VIVO X El ROCK festival in Peru with Slipknot, The Strokes and Bullet for My Valentine and toured with Marylin Manson. Both of his parents served in the Canadian Armed Forced, and after his mother's death in 2003, he decided to study dance full-time, later graduating from the School of Toronto Dance Theatre. In 2015 he worked alongside Cindy Lauper in the Tony Award-Winning musical Kinky Boots in Toronto. In 2020 before the global pandemic, he was set to debut the world premiere French adaptation of it in Montreal with Serge Postigo and Just for Laughs Productions. Singer/Songwriter David Houle was also the lead character for two productions of Cirque Du Soleil and a dancer for the Canadian Opera Company. He is also the choreographer for Billboard charting artist Dion Todd. Connect With David http://www.davidhoulespeaks.com/ (Website) https://www.instagram.com/__davidhoule/?hl=en (Instagram) http://linkedin.com/in/david-houle-9143261b2 (LinkedIn) You can also listen to the podcast on… https://apple.co/2RBmUxZ ()https://bit.ly/2UxP9zN ()   https://spoti.fi/2JpvCfg ()https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/rick-clemons/the-coming-out-lounge ()   http://tun.in/pjtKR ()https://bit.ly/30kT4kL ()   https://bit.ly/2FVH55j ()  

Have you ever met an opera singing bassoonist? Rebecca and Zara have, and she's only nine years old! Olivia Pady is a quint (mini bassoon) player and member of the Canadian Children's Opera Company's principal chorus. The CCOC works in collaboration with the Canadian Opera Company, allowing its young members to perform in professional operatic productions. Olivia recently sang the role of Marcel in the Canadian Opera Company's production of Fantasma, composed by Ian Cusson. In this episode, she shares her favourite part of the rehearsal process, what it's like working with a professional opera company, and what happens when your veil doesn't fit quite right. Oh! And if you have a question about the bassoon, Olivia is the girl to ask!Learn more about the CCOC: https://www.canadianchildrensopera.comLearn more about Fantasma: https://www.coc.ca/productions/fantasma

Recognized by Opera News as “one of the finest singers of his generation,” American bass-baritone Ryan McKinny has earned his reputation as an artist with something to say. His relentless curiosity informs riveting character portrayals and beautifully crafted performances, reminding audiences of their shared humanity with characters on stage and screen. This season, McKinny brings his agile stage presence and comedic skill to performances of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro on both U.S. coasts. He first appears as the titular Figaro in a Richard Eyre production at New York City's Metropolitan Opera, with an all-star cast that includes Golda Schultz, Lucy Crowe, Isabel Leonard, and Adam Plachetka. He then makes his Seattle Opera debut reprising the role in a Peter Kazaras production, under the baton of Alevtina Ioffe. In between productions – and coasts – McKinny joins collaborative pianist Kathleen Kelly for a recital at the Lied Center of Kansas, featuring works by Schumann, Debussy, Mahler, and Kurt Weill. In summer 2022, he joins the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood as the title character in Don Giovanni, with Andris Nelsons on the podium. He concludes the season with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, appearing as soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Offstage, McKinny continues to adapt the beauty of his art form to the film screen, collaborating on a documentary with Jamie Barton and Stephanie Blythe. Through his work with Helio Arts, he commissions artists to write, direct, and film original stories, leveraging his personal power to help elevate new voices and visions in the classical performing arts world. During the pandemic, he has partnered with artists like J'Nai Bridges, Russell Thomas, John Holiday, and Julia Bullock to create stunning and innovative performances for streaming audiences at Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, On Site Opera, and the Glimmerglass Festival. McKinny's recent debut as Joseph De Rocher in Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's Dead Man Walking at Lyric Opera of Chicago was hailed by the Chicago Tribune as an “an indelible performance...an acting tour de force buttressed by a warmly inviting voice.” He has also appeared as the title character in Don Giovanni (Washington National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera), Escamillo in Carmen (Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hamburg, Houston Grand Opera), and Mozart's Figaro (Washington National Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Houston Grand Opera). McKinny made a critically acclaimed Bayreuth Festival debut as Amfortas in Parsifal, a role he has performed around the world, including appearances at Argentina's Teatro Cólon, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and Dutch National Opera. Other Wagnerian roles include Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Houston Grand Opera, Canadian Opera Company), Biterolf in Tannhäuser and Kothner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, both at the Metropolitan Opera, Wotan in Opéra de Montréal's Das Rheingold, Donner/Gunther in Wagner's Ring cycle (Washington National Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera), and the titular Dutchman in Der fliegende Holländer (Staatsoper Hamburg, Milwaukee Symphony, Glimmerglass Festival, Hawaii Opera Theater). McKinny is a frequent guest artist at Los Angeles Opera, where he has sung Count Alamaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Stanley Kowalski in Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite Renée Fleming as Blanche DuBois, and at Santa Fe Opera, where he has appeared as Jochanaan in Salome and Oppenheimer in Doctor Atomic. An alumnus of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Mr. McKinny has made a number of important role debuts on the HGO mainstage, including the iconic title roles of Don Giovanni and Rigoletto. McKinny is a long-time artistic collaborator of composer John Adams and director Peter Sellars, having appeared in Sellars productions of Adams' Girls of the Golden West (San Francisco Opera, Dutch National Opera) and Doctor Atomic (Santa Fe Opera), in addition to Adams' Nixon in China with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has also performed under Sellars' direction in Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex (Sydney Festival), Tristan und Isolde (Canadian Opera Company), and Shostakovich's Orango with the London Philharmonia and Los Angeles Philharmonic, the latter comprising Esa-Pekka Salonen's final concerts as music director. Other recent orchestral engagements include Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and a double bill of Michael Tilson Thomas' Rilke Songs and Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn with San Francisco Symphony, Mahler's Symphony No. 8 and Bernstein's Mass with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Cleveland Orchestra and National Symphony, Rossini's Stabat Mater at Grant Park Music Festival, Britten's War Requiem with Marin Alsop and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Oedipus Rex with Chicago Symphony. McKinny benefited from early educational opportunities at the Aspen Music Festival, where he sang his first performance of Winterreise accompanied on the piano by Richard Bado, and at the Wolf Trap Opera Company, where he sang Barone di Kelbar in Verdi's Un giorno di regno, Le Gouverneur in Rossini's Le comte Ory and Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro. McKinny made his Carnegie Hall debut in Handel's Messiah with the Musica Sacra Orchestra while still a student at the Juilliard School. The first recipient of Operalia's Birgit Nilsson Prize for singing Wagner, McKinny has also received the prestigious George London-Kirsten Flagstad Award, presented by the George London Foundation to a singer undertaking a significant Wagnerian career. McKinny represented the United States in the 2007 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, where he was a finalist in the Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize, and he was a Grand Finalist in the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, captured in the film The Audition.

Constantine Costi is a director, writer and the co-artistic director of Red Line Productions at the Old Fitz working across opera, film, and theatre. He was named one of the 21 hottest creatives of 2021 by The Australian.Most recently Constantine directed Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour La Traviata for Opera Australia, as well as Verdi's Requiem for Ensemble Apex and Phoenix Central Park, and is currently preparing a Kurt Weill Double Bill for The Old Fitz Theatre of Mahagonny Songspiel and The Seven Deadly Sins.In 2020 he directed the feature film A Delicate Fire for Pinchgut Opera based on the madrigals of Barbara Strozzi, wrote the libretto of a new Australian opera Cassandra for Victorian Opera by composer Simon Bruckard, directed Monochromatic; a video series of piano portraits for Phoenix Central Park, and directed an online Don Giovanni production for the Shanghai Opera with Maestro Xu Zhong.Constantine has also directed Karakorum starring David Wenham (Australian Brandenburg Orchestra); the award-winning production of Bittersweet Obsessions, and Messiah which played to standing ovations and sell-out seasons in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane; Puccini's Suor Angelica (Opera Projects Sydney); and Il Tabarro at Alfie's Sydney.Constantine has directed revivals of Harry Kupfer's Otello (OA), Il Viaggio a Reims (Dutch National Opera, OA and Royal Danish Opera), Sir David Mc Vicar's Vienna State Opera production of Falstaff(National Centre of Performing Arts, Beijing); and La Traviata (OA).He also assistant directed productions of Ring Cycle (Chen Shi-Zheng) and Wozzeck (Salzburg Festival, OA, Canadian Opera Company, Metropolitan Opera); Hunde Gottes (Schauspielhaus Vienna); and The Marriage of Figaro (OA). Constantine has also worked with director Chen Shi-Zheng as assistant director of Puccini's Turandot (OA, Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour), as well as co-directing Werther with director Elijah Moshinsky (OA).Other work includes directing and co-creating the world premiere of jazz musical The Overcoat (Belvoir's 25A); co-writing the immersive theatre experience Visiting Hours (Vivid Festival); and directing The Space Between the Fuel and the Fire (NIDA).Constantine is the recipient of The Berlin New Music Opera Award with The Opera Foundation for Young Australians where he worked with Komische Oper Berlin's directing team on the premiere of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin directed by Barrie Kosky.Other directing credits include: The Hypochondriac, The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet (NIDA); Young Artist's Program Showcase (Opera Australia); Thomas Arne's The Sailor's Return (Nagambie Lakes Opera Festival); The Master and Margarita after Bulgakov (Aboriginal Centre of the Performing Arts); Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo (Zenith Theatre); and The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer (George Georgiou Inc). Constantine has previously been a member of the Belvoir Artists' Workshop and was affiliate director with Griffin Theatre.Constantine's screen credits include: music videos, I Know What You're Hiding (Hedge Fund) and Into My Arms (Bloods) for Triple J Unearthed; and the short films Ferguson & Daisy & Ursula, andDonny.The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Whooshkaa, Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Recipient of Best New Podcast at 2019 Australian Podcast Awards. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

DescriptionAlexina Louie is one of my favourite Canadian composers of contemporary classical music. I first heard her work “Music For Heaven and Earth” in 1990, which was commissioned by the Toronto Symphony. This is one composer you should definitely get to know. Join me, as we take a minute to get the scoop!Fun FactAlexina Louie settled in Toronto in 1980, and over the subsequent four decades, she created a brilliant and ongoing career whose highlights are far too many to mention. Some of the most notable ones include her work O Magnum Mysterium: In Memoriam Glenn Gould, composed in response to the tragic and untimely death of Gould in 1982; two JUNO awards, as well as numerous JUNO nominations; her opera, The Scarlet Princess, commissioned by the Canadian Opera Company; her 2005 appointment as an Officer of the Order of Canada; and esteemed awards like the 1999 Jules Leger Prize for New Chamber Music and the 2019 Canada Council Molson Prize in the Arts.About StevenSteven is a Canadian composer living in Toronto. He creates a range of works, with an emphasis on the short-form genre—his muse being to offer the listener both the darker and more satiric shades of human existence. If you're interested, please check out his website for more.A Note To Music Students et al.All recordings and sheet music are available on my site. I encourage you to take a look and play through some. Give me a shout if you have any questions.Got a topic? Pop me off an email at: TCMMPodcast@Gmail.com Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TCMM)

Joey Lau is a multidisciplinary artist residing in Toronto, Canada and currently serving as Artistic and General Administrator at Tapestry Opera. After receiving her BFA in theatre production from Ryerson University, Joey's work varied in stage management, scenic art, performing arts education, and theatre administration. Joey was selected as the 2020-2021 Royal Bank of Canada Apprentice Stage Manager with The Musical Stage Company to elevate her stage management skills in the Canadian Musical Theatre scene; and her recent works in education and/or scenic art include Flato Markham Theatre, Living Arts Centre, Electric Moon Theatre Company, City Youth Players, Canadian Opera Company and Toronto Union.  Your Creative Journey explores the challenges creators can face as they forge their own paths. Whether you want to act, write, dance, draw, make music or make a movie, the Your Creative Journey Podcast is here for you! Twice a month, Paul and Kevin discuss their experiences as working creatives and offer any insight to help you get one step closer to making your creative dream a reality.For shows on The Vaudacity Networkhttp://vaudacitynetwork.com/Follow Kevin onhttps://kevingregg.locals.com/https://t.me/kevingreggshow#creativedesign #artcreative #creativityatitsbest #createveryday #creativeworld #creativeprocess #creativeminds #creativemind #creativityfound #creativeartist

Twenty-one years ago this week, the show Queer as Folk made its American debut, and this week we're diving into the Sewers archive to revisit one of the very first episodes of the podcast — my 2015 interview with Toronto performer Raymond Miller. If you were a teenager in Toronto in 2002, you saw him every afternoon hosting a local after-school TV show. He's also appeared on stage in Mamma Mia, blink on Queer as Folk, and with the Canadian Opera Company. Back when he was a TV show host, management told him he needed to get rid of his lisp. And if he couldn't on his own, they told him, they had a solution to straighten him out: hockey.We'll have that conversation in a minute. First a reminder to check out my YouTube channel where I post videos about queer pop culture. And head over to my Patreon to watch hours of bonus videos featuring stories of TV and film history.Check out my cute little newsletter where I share sneak peeks at what I'm working on at mattbaume.com.Big thanks to everyone who supports the Sewers of Paris at Patreon.com/mattbaume. And to everyone who's left a review on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen.

It is turning into a very nerdy November! Today I had the honor of speaking with Dr. Paula Thompson. Paula is a Professor and dance coordinator in the Department of Kinesiology, California State University, Northridge. She is also a licensed Clinical Psychologist, a certified Sport Psychologist, and works in private practice in Tarzana, California. For over thirty years Paula Thomson has been a teacher at numerous international schools, most notably Julliard School of Music, Banff School of Fine Arts, University of Cape Town - South Africa, the University of Limerick in Ireland, Opera Works, Stratford Shakespearean Festival, and the Canadian Opera Company. Paula has an impressive body of research on several mental health topics for dancers. Today we spoke about how childhood and adult trauma can affect the rate of injuries, orthopedic surgeries, and recovery outcomes. It was fascinating and really sheds some light on why managing mental health is so important! To learn more about Paula's work, click here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paula-Thomson To read her books, click here: https://g.co/kgs/6b15cu For the IADMS webinar on mental health for dancers, watch here: https://iadms.org/our-programs/webinars/ Please remember that I am not a mental health professional, and anything you hear me say on the show is based on personal experience and perspectives, and should not be considered medical advice. If you are in crisis, please call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) to reach a 24-hour crisis center, text MHA to 741741, call 911, or go to the nearest emergency room. To find a local MHA affiliate who can provide services, check out https://www.mhanational.org/ Theme music is, "A Journey" by Kevin Hartnell It has been edited and reproduced under the Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). Follow us on Instagram! Dance; Better Podcast @dancebetterpodcast Send in your questions or episode suggestions to dancebetterpodcast@gmail.com If you relate and find this episode helpful, please click follow/subscribe and leave me a review. (We might even read it on the next episode!) This helps to make our show more searchable, and will make it more accessible to more people...plus, we'd love to hear from you!

This week on Beethoven Walks into a Bar, we sit down with another friend of the Symphony, conductor Johannes Debus.  We learn all about his dual life and career as an opera and symphonic conductor, and hear about some of the innovative ways in which the Canadian Opera Company is reaching new audiences.  We also dispel the myth that Schumann was not a great orchestrator.  That and more, this week on Beethoven Walks into a Bar. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YAxR0XOhQopJlFs31GImH?si=330048557cf44e2b (Episode 405 Playlist) https://www.coc.ca/2122 (Free Canadian Opera Company Subscription)

Haui      "Haui's voice is layered: as male, as queer, as mixed-race, as black, as curious. His scope is vast: as director, as actor, as visual artist, as interpreter....His questions are endless. We need his art, his artistry and his voice." Kimberley Rampersad, Associate Artistic Director of Shaw Festival HAUI is a mixed media artist & activist who eschews categorization. His work explores themes of race, gender and orientation while blurring the lines between theatrical and cinematic mediums. He has worked in a number of roles from directing, video/projection design, visual arts and performance for some of Canada's leading arts organizations including CBC, Canadian Opera Company, National Arts Centre, Stratford Festival and the Shaw Festival. He recently released his feature-length film debut entitled Mixed↑ produced with Jack Fox and in association with OUTtv. Career highlights include: Assistant producer and stills photographer for Métis/Dene filmmaker Marie Clements' feature film Red Snow available now on CBC Gem; directing his award winning short film C'est Moi which has screened at some of the leading African diaspora film festivals worldwide. Upcoming he is writing his first full-length operatic work Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White supported by the Ontario Arts Council and the Canadian Opera Company; designing at the prestigious Luminato Festival in 2021; teaching and acting in theatre and film all while developing a new television series. He is currently an artist-in-residence with Wildseed Black Arts Fellowship (Black Lives Matter Toronto) bridging arts and activism. For more information head to haui.ca “Haui Davis – Howard, or “Haui”, as he positions himself, is a highly intelligent, witty and talented young man with a huge repertoire of skills...this is an exceptionally professional young man who will make his name, and soon, with a vengeance. His talents are wide-ranging– and unique.” Martha Henry; Order of Canada, Order of ON; Hon LLD, PhD, DHum, DFA.  ***Head on over to Creatrix Compass and explore our many offerings from free inspiration to get your creative juices flowing to creativity classes to creativity coaching and life coaching for creatives.  It can all be found at: https://www.creatrixcompass.com Your donation helps us continue to spread creativity throughout the land.  Thank you! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=2PM3V82XDS7GA  Music: Good Friends Inc by Jonathan Boyle 

From “Invasion of the Ant Colony” to writing operas for the Canadian Opera Company, Ian Cusson has been telling stories through music since he was 8 years old. Ian is a Canadian composer of opera, art song and orchestral works who is heavily influenced by his Métis roots. He shares how he tells stories through sound, the benefits of brushing your teeth and joins Zara for the inaugural game of opera or cheese!Hear the full performance of "Dodo, mon tout petit" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOcZBLMctTQLearn more about Ian:Website: www.iancusson.comSoundcloud: soundcloud.com/ian-cussonInstagram: @iancussonHead to https://upperbeachesmusic.com/podcast to ask your music questions and Rebecca and Zara just might answer them on an upcoming episode!

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Anjelica Rose Scannura was born in Toronto, Ontario and is of Maltese and Irish ancestry. The vivacious beauty with green eyes began dancing at the age of four and has studied many forms of dance such as ballet, Irish dancing, flamenco and bellydance. Her determination, talent and persistence has led her to become an award-winning choreographer and she has travelled to Spain, Malta, Ireland, Jordan, the United States, Mexico and The Caribbean performing solo as well as with her family owned dance company Ritmo Flamenco. She has also won International dance competitions such as Bellydancer of the Universe and premiered work at the Madrid Choreographic Competition and performed with the Canadian Opera Company. A graduate of the Etobicoke School of the Arts, Anjelica was thrown into stage productions and plays where she was able to gain experience in acting. Booking her first commercials at the age of 17 (Swiss Chalet & Scotiabank), she began serious studies in acting is constantly training with influential coaches such as Lewis Baumander, Bruce Clayton, Matthew Harrison, Shawn Lawrence, Catherine McNally, Al Bernstein among others. Anjelica loves the comedic and improvisational side of acting and is currently performing Stand-Up comedy in various clubs in Toronto and surrounding areas. Anjelica has appeared on film, the small screen and music videos in a diverse range of styles. In "Camp Rock" (Disney) she acted opposite Joe Jonas, appeared on "Overruled" (Family Channel) and was assistant choreographer for "How to be Indie". She enjoyed working with Canadian director Reginald Harkema in her supporting role in the TIFF film Manson, My Name is Evil alongside Sarah Gadon. She starred in the 2015 CBC movie "Flamenco" which won the So You Think You Can Pitch award at the ReelAsian Film Festival two years prior. She also recently appeared on "Satisfaction" (CTV), "Exhibitionists" (CBC), and "Rogue" (The Movie Network) alongside Cole Hauser. Friday at 420 is sponsored by Levity Comedy Club & Lounge in Hamilton, ON Website: https://www.levitycomedyclub.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/levitycomedy... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/levitycomed... Friday at 420 is a comedy podcast show that originally airs live on Fridays at 4:20 pm on fcebook https://www.facebook.com/Fridayat420 starring Manolis Zontanos, Patrick Coppolino, Mike Nabuurs and a different guest each episode. this weeks guest is Anjelica Scannura

I really enjoyed this conversation with the wonderful violinist Aaron Schwebel who spoke with a lot of insight about so many interesting and important topics (timestamps are listed below). Aaron  currently holds the positions of Concertmaster with the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra and Associate Concertmaster with the Canadian Opera Company. Schwebel is a member of the LARK ensemble and Rosebud String Quartet, and is founder/artistic director of Echo Chamber Toronto, a series that merges chamber music and contemporary dance. We talk about his many and varied experiences, in terms of his development and his career. In separate bonus episodes you can hear him play some solo Bach, and we also do a little improv back and forth across the Zoom platform. The video version is linked here, with the transcript and bonus episodes: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e10-s1-aaron-schwebel-violinist Would you consider leaving me a tip? This podcast needs help and encouragement! https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman Thanks! https://www.aaronschwebelviolin.com/ Timestamps: (00:00) Intro and some of Aaron's projects (02:53) love of string quartet playing, London Quartet Competition (10:53) effects of the pandemic shutdowns (13:59) Aaron's way of practicing (15:13) role as Concertmaster (17:55) singing lessons (18:41) Muay Thai classes (20:00) musicians' lives: balancing work, social life (21:01) pandemic experience affecting priorities (24:44) amateur and professional musicians (27:24) summer music festivals Domaine Forget, NYO (29:43) keeping performances fresh, Nutcracker ballet (31:15) McGill University music program and Indiana University Bloomington Music (33:23) teaching photo credit: Bo Huang --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

In tandem to my conversation with Aaron, Episode 10 Season 1, as  part of my "Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman" series, he agreed to play this beautiful third movement from Bach's incredible Third Solo Sonata. The complete episode is here, both video and podcast, linked to the bonus episodes: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e10-s1-aaron-schwebel-violinist Aaron Schwebel  currently holds the positions of Concertmaster with the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra and Associate Concertmaster with the Canadian Opera Company. Schwebel is a member of the LARK ensemble and Rosebud String Quartet, and is founder/artistic director of Echo Chamber Toronto, a series that merges chamber music and contemporary dance. We talk about his many and varied experiences, in terms of his development and his career. Buy me a coffee? Let's keep this series going! https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman photo credit: Bo Huang --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/leah-roseman/message

What makes us human? As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, technology is becoming even more integrated into the fabric of daily life, and better able to simulate real human interactions. But what really separates humans from machines is our ability to love, to dream, and to believe in an illusion.  In Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann, the poet Hoffmann thinks he's finally found love, and he's so head-over-heels that he doesn't realize something's off -- Olympia, the woman of his dreams, isn't a woman at all. She's a wind-up doll. But like all of us humans, he can't help but view his beloved through rose-colored glasses.  In “Les oiseaux dans la charmille,” Olympia sings one of the great arias for a coloratura soprano, and it's music that's so difficult it seems like only a machine could sing it. Host Rhiannon Giddens and her guests find the human angle to this doll's song, exploring the pitfalls and illusions of love in the time of A.I.  Soprano Erin Morley started singing “Les oiseaux dans la charmille” in her very first voice lesson at the Eastman School of Music. Since then, she's been searching for just the right balance of human and robot as she sings up into the stratosphere.  Conductor Johannes Debus is the music director for the Canadian Opera Company. He loves the kaleidoscopic range of styles in The Tales of Hoffmann, and how Offenbach seems to explore all aspects of humanity with great sympathy. Machine-learning research Caroline Sinders looks at technology and society through the lens of design and human rights. She is currently a researcher at the Berggruen Institute, and an artist in residence at Ars Electronica, and previously was a design researcher at IBM Watson. Dr. Robert Epstein is a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology. He established the first-ever annual Turing Test and is a pro at distinguishing artificial intelligence from human intelligence. But even he is susceptible to wearing rose-colored glasses -- just like Hoffmann, and just like the rest of us. 

Siobhan Richardson is an internationally-recognized Fight Director, an Intimacy Director (a pioneer voice in this specialty across Canada), and an award-winning actor/fighter/singer/dancer. Her teaching career has spanned Canada, USA and Europe, including international events such as the Paddy Crean International Art of the Sword Workshop, Fight Directors Canada's National Workshops, and the Nordic Stage Fight Society's Summer Workshops, and four separate teaching tours including Sweden, Norway, Estonia, England, Ireland, Scotland, Finland, Germany and France. She’s been both a student and a teacher online for over a decade. Siobhan’s work has been seen on some of Canada’s most well-recognized stages (The Canadian Opera Company, National Arts Centre, The Shaw Festival, The Stratford Festival, Factory Theatre and Soulpepper, to name a few), as well as around the world through online performance and education. In all her work, Siobhan is dedicated to the growth and development of the art form, the artists and our workplaces in order to support a vibrant and healthy artistic community. Passionately curious, Siobhan continues to pursue her own training, and is continually experimenting, drawing from arts and science for the betterment of our performances, rehearsal practices and the spaces we work in. Practices that foster joyful workspaces for vulnerable and creative work has been a particular focus of the last several years.   www.SiobhanRichardson.com Instagram: @fighteractress YouTube: www.youtube.com/actorsr Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SiobhanRichardsonFighterActress/ Nicole Winchester is a storyteller, a narrative designer for live-action and tabletop roleplaying, and an ‘international larper of mystery.’ A co-founder of Fair Escape Studios where she produced two sold-out immersive evenings of vampire intrigue, she has written for Green Ronin Publishing, Pseudonym Productions, John Wick Presents, the Toronto Star, and more. Currently studying Social Work at York University, Nicole’s latest work is “Heather was right: The real curse in The Blair Witch Project is the mediocre white dude,” an essay in Transgressive Horror launching today, April 27th, on Kickstarter. www.nicolewinchester.com Twitter: @noizangel Instagram: @noizangel Fair Escape Studios: fairescapestudios.com Transgressive Horror by Ghost Show Press https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ghostshowpress/transgressive-horror Support Stageworthy: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/stageworthy

Join us as we head to Houston, Texas to chat with the new General Director of the Canadian Opera Company, Perryn Leech, about his career path, his extraordinary past year, endless Zoom meetings (while walking), having MORE and EQUAL voices at the table as well as his badass kids. www.coc.ca www.screamingdivas.com 

Alan Hetherington GoSamba.net Drums, bags, mallets and gear direct from Brazil! Bio:Alan Hetherington's performing experience spans many of the musical genres in the west where percussion can be found today. He has performed widely in North and South America, and the Caribbean: Cumbia in Colombia, the Joropo tradition (maracas) in Venezuela, Afro-Peruvian music in Lima, Peru, Cuban folkloric music in Havana, and today specializes in the many musical styles of Brazil...Since 1989 Alan has spent extensive periods of time residing in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Brazil, performing with Sombra e Agua Fresca, Bel Brasil, Carlos do Cavaco, Chocolatte da Vila Maria, Henrique Cazes, and Filó Machado, among others. He has been a devotee of the samba school tradition of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, performing with some of the largest and most exciting baterias on the planet. He has studied and performed with great masters including Mestre Tatá Batera, Mestre Serjão from the Escolas de Samba Arco Iris and Leões da Hortolândia de Jundiaí, Mestre Sombra from Mocidade Alegre, Mestre Odilon from Acadêmicos do Grande Rio, Mestre Celinho from Unidos da Tijuca, Mestre Beto from Imperatriz Leopoldinense, and Mestre Paulão from Beija-Flor. His eclectic background has allowed him to perform in a variety of musical settings including with The Toronto Symphony, The Vancouver Symphony, John Wyre and World Drums, Nexus, Hermeto Pascoal, Guinga, Andrea Bocelli, David Foster, Michael Bublé, Trichy Sankaran, Evergreen Club Gamelan, The Canadian Opera Company, Peter Erskine, Glen Velez, Filó Machado, Celso Machado, and Henrique Cazes, among others. He was a member of Ravi Naimpally's critically acclaimed Indo-Jazz ensemble, Tasa, which has toured North America, Europe and Japan, and recorded 5 CD's. He has also performed and recorded with many accomplished Canadian artists such as John MacMurchy, Lenka Lichtenberg, Maryem Tollar, Sophie Milman, Carol Welsman, Emily-Claire Barlow, Melissa Stylianou and Kiran Ahluwalia. He has made numerous recordings for television, film and video, and has toured with ensembles or as a solo artist throughout Europe, North and South America and Asia.Alan is the founder and Director of Toronto's own Escola de Samba de Toronto, presently teaches a course in Brazilian Bateria at The University of Toronto and The Royal Conservatory of Music, and has traveled throughout Canada, the United States and Japan teaching the tradition. Alan's Fantástica Bateria from the Escola de Samba de Toronto toured Brazil in 2008, 2011 and 2016 to high acclaim, and today the ensemble is considered one of Canada's principal cultural links to Brazil. A Fantástica Bateria de Alan Hetherington and Chocollatte, recorded in São Paulo and Toronto, is a percussion tour de force CD that mixes traditional and contemporary idioms.Alan's Brazilian musical life is the subject of filmmaker Avi Lev's feature documentary, We Are Samba with Beth Carvalho, Mestre Sombra, Mestre Odilon, and others.In 2016, 2017 and 2018 Alan produced and performed on tour with Filó Machado and Celso Machado, as well as with Henrique Cazes and his group (Canadioca) in music festivals across the country. In 2019 he was commissioned to produce Um Grande Encontro for the Toronto Jazz Festival, and was music director for Rafael Piccolotto's, Forró Sem Palavras, for the Orquestra de Fulô de Toronto.Alan holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music from The University of British Columbia where he studied with John Rudolph, and a Masters of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of Toronto, under Russell Hartenberger.Alan is a Sonor Drums and Contemporânea Instrumentos Musicais endorser.Links:Documentary “We Are Samba”: https://youtu.be/ne8JJjmvaC8With Kris Maddigan and The Cuphead Orchestra: https://youtu.be/qD54sROmeIMNicolas Krassik on violin with A Fantástica Bateria: https://afantasticabateria.com/track/527930/molho-de-boiDholdrums: https://afantasticabateria.com/track/526729/dholdrumsRemix (vocalizations from Dholdrums): https://afantasticabateria.com/track/528043/batucadatronicaAos Mestres: https://afantasticabateria.com/track/527268/aos-mestresYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSv_8rKvjn_jla6fXDwM9VgRelated projects:Canadioca with Henrique Cazes: https://afantasticabateria.com/epk-hcKoda: https://youtu.be/uWFORDuR_jo Alan Hetherington

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We welcome Jim Spragg, second trumpet of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for our second instalment in the Band Room Sectionals Series! Dylan and Jim speak about his exciting path to the TSO, how his thoughts on being a great section player can help our ensembles, being an Olympic level shooting referee, orchestra contracting and lots of hilarious stories along the way. Help Support the Band Room Podcast by Becoming a Patron Through Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/bandroompodHelp support the Band Room Podcast by getting your merch at the BRP Storehttp://www.bandroompod.com/store Music used in this episodeBRP Theme Music: Skyline by EKR HammellPerforming Ensemble: University of Toronto Wind EnsembleDr. Gillian MacKay – ConductorAbout JimAssociated with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra as an “extra” since 1969 under Karel Ančerl, Jim has been living the dream job as a full player since 1987, in the position of section trumpet.He has held many important positions in some of Canada's major performing groups, such as Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Hamilton Philharmonic, Canadian Opera Company, The National Ballet of Canada, Stratford Festival, and New Music Concerts.Living in Toronto, never too far from Roy Thomson Hall and his trumpet, Jim and his wife Lorraine also serve as staff for two precocious Siamese cats.Toronto Symphony Orchestra - Jim Spragghttps://www.tso.ca/performer/james-spragg​University of Toronto Faculty of the Musichttps://music.utoronto.ca/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bandroompod)

As Regional Manager, LGBTQ2+ Business Development at TD, my role is to serve as a trusted liaison between TD and the LGBTQ2+ community. I'm fortunate to work closely with a wide range of talented colleagues from multiple lines of business, including Personal Banking, Business Banking and Wealth Management, in order to provide our customers with the best financial advice and exceptional service. Previously, I was the manager of the Atateken / Ste-Catherine branch in Montréal helping to open it in August 2015. I have more than fifteen years of experience in business development, including ten with Xerox and two with Domtar. Involved locally with the Quebec LGBT Chamber of Commerce starting in 2006, I was elected president in July 2011 for three years. I also participated as a board member of Pride at Work Canada from 2010 to 2013.  In early 2012, I got engaged in the creation of the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts Young Philanthropists Circle. I chaired the circle's executive committee until 2015. When moving to Toronto in 2018, I started to support the Canadian Opera Company with their diversity initiative and joined the board of The Power Plant art gallery in September of 2019. Connect with Marc-Antoine: LinkedIn: @marcantoinesaumier Twitter: @marcantoines Subscribe & Review in iTunes Are you subscribed to our podcast? If you're not, we want to encourage you to do that today. We don't want you to miss an episode. We will be adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the mix and if you're not subscribed there's a good chance you'll miss out on those too. Click here to subscribe in iTunes! Now if you're feeling extra lovin', we would be really grateful if you left us a review over on iTunes. Your review helps other people find our podcast and they're also fun for us to go in and read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let us know what your favourite part of the podcast is. Thank you in advance! All music: Purple Planet Music .bmc-btn { min-width: 210px; color: #FFFFFF !important; background-color: #5F7FFF !important; height: 60px; border-radius: 12px; font-size: 20px !important; font-weight: Normal; border: none; padding: 0px 24px; line-height: 27px; text-decoration: none !important; display: inline-flex !important; align-items: center; font-family: "Lato" !important; -webkit-box-sizing: border-box !important; box-sizing: border-box !important; } .bmc-btn-text { margin-left: 8px; display: inline; line-height: 0; } .bmc-btn svg { height: 32px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; box-shadow: none !important; border: none !important; vertical-align: middle !important; transform: scale(0.9); } .bmc-button img { box-shadow: none !important; vertical-align: middle !important; } .bmc-button { display: inline-block !important; padding:3px 10px !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; background-color: #5F7FFF !important; border-radius: 3px !important; border: 1px solid transparent !important; font-size: 20px !important; box-shadow: 0px 1px 2px rgba(190, 190, 190, 0.5) !important; -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 1px 2px 2px rgba(190, 190, 190, 0.5) !important; -webkit-transition: 0.3s all linear !important;

As Regional Manager, LGBTQ2+ Business Development at TD, my role is to serve as a trusted liaison between TD and the LGBTQ2+ community. I’m fortunate to work closely with a wide range of talented colleagues from multiple lines of business, including Personal Banking, Business Banking and Wealth Management, in order to provide our customers with the best financial advice and exceptional service. Previously, I was the manager of the Atateken / Ste-Catherine branch in Montréal helping to open it in August 2015. I have more than fifteen years of experience in business development, including ten with Xerox and two with Domtar. Involved locally with the Quebec LGBT Chamber of Commerce starting in 2006, I was elected president in July 2011 for three years. I also participated as a board member of Pride at Work Canada from 2010 to 2013. In early 2012, I got engaged in the creation of the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts Young Philanthropists Circle. I chaired the circle’s executive committee until 2015. When moving to Toronto in 2018, I started to support the Canadian Opera Company with their diversity initiative and joined the board of The Power Plant art gallery in September of 2019. Connect with Marc-Antoine: LinkedIn: @marcantoinesaumier Twitter: @marcantoines Subscribe & Review in iTunes Are you subscribed to our podcast? If you’re not, we want to encourage you to do that today. We don’t want you to miss an episode. We will be adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the mix and if you’re not subscribed there’s a good chance you’ll miss out on those too. Click here to subscribe in iTunes! Now if you’re feeling extra lovin’, we would be really grateful if you left us a review over on iTunes. Your review helps other people find our podcast and they’re also fun for us to go in and read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let us know what your favourite part of the podcast is. Thank you in advance! All music: Purple Planet Music

Here is episode 2 of Moments Musicaux. The podcast of Concerts Lachine. Podcast Show Notes (this episode is presented in English); - Performance by Eve Egoyan (piano). Thoughts and Desire : Nocturne III - Linda C. Smith. - Interview with Barbara Scales. Barbara Scales is not only one of the most enterprising of our agents but, as you could hear, an agent's tasks and responsibilities are extremely wide-ranging. - Tommy Dupuis classical guitar; Tommy himself recorded two pieces for us; first the Allemande from the Partita for violin, BWV 1004 by Johann Sebastian Bach in a wonderful transcription by Tommy himself (https://vimeo.com/496476785). After the Bach we will hear him perform a superb modern piece, Hika, by the Cuban guitarist, conductor and composer Leo Brouwer. - Interview with Liz Upchurch head of the Canadian Opera Company's young artists' program called, the Ensemble. - The fabulous Choral Scholars of University College Dublin under the direction of Desmond Earley with a traditional Scottish New Year' song with words by Robbie Burns. www.concertslachine.ca

Devdutt Pattanaik in conversation with Ravi Jain and Miriam Fernandes. Presented by Why Not Theatre, Shaw Festival and Canadian Opera Company. Join us for a conversation with famed mythologist, author, and illustrator Devdutt Pattanaik and theatre artists and writers Ravi Jain and Miriam Fernandes for a deep dive into the world of the Mahabharata through the lens of Jain and Fernandes’ stage adaptation of the ancient text. The conversation will speak to the relevance and importance of these myths in our modern world and how these epic stories can help us unpack the chaos around us. Why Not Theatre’s new theatrical adaptation of the Mahabharata takes a modern twist on the ancient Indian epic, with the session also providing a sneak peek into the process of creating the show as well as its Bhagavad Gita mini-opera. Mahabharata was commissioned by the Shaw Festival and the World Premiere will be presented by the Shaw in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. The Bhagavad Gita was developed with the support of a Creative Residency at the Canadian Opera Company. This episode is the audio version of a live online session from #JLFToronto2020.

Paulo Szot é o primeiro artista brasileiro a ganhar o maior prêmio de teatro dos Estados Unidos, o Tony Award. Sua trajetória é fascinante. Aos 18 anos embarcou de navio para a Polônia onde se dedicou ao estudo do canto lírico e logo expandiu sua careira pelo mundo a fora. Já se apresentou com a Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Grande Teatro do Liceu de Barcelona, entre outras, cantando em L'elisir d'amore, La bohème, Don Giovanni, Cavalleria rusticana, I pagliacci, Carmen, Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro e Maria Golovin. Em 2008 ganhou todos os prêmios de teatro da Broadway como melhor ator em musical por sua atuação em “South Pacific”. Ele recentemente atuou no musical “Chicago”, que em breve estará em cartaz no Brasil. Daquelas histórias que nos inspiram a creditar e prosseguir. ========= Instagram: @pauloszot ========== Para assistir a este episódio no youtube: PAULO SZOT | Eu Ator entrevista ========== SEJA UM APOIADOR do podcast: @logullopicpay ========== Para ficar por dentro das novidades me siga no Instagram: @logullo_ ==========Mande seu recado por email: podcasteuator@gmail.comSupport the show (https://app.picpay.com/user/logullo)

What happens when a DRAMATIC Soprano, Alexandra Loutsion, and a Mezzo, Annie Rosen, who “will crush your soul” come for a chat? (This is a normal occurrence on Voice with Julia's #TECHNIQUETALKS) Alex sings the nice LADIES like Turandot, Tosca, and Elektra with companies like San Francisco Opera, Canadian Opera Company, and Pittsburgh Opera.  Watch Alex tear it up as Turandot: https://youtu.be/NyM5ExJkU9Q Annie rips up the stage with roles like Adalgisa, Suzuki, and Melisande and at theaters like Lyric Opera of Chicago, Deutsche Opera Berlin, The Metropolitan Opera, and sings some amazing new operas like Akhnaten and Bel Canto. Hear Annie crush your soul: https://youtu.be/2-5AL_4NASk Watch interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tuwPL-MdRVs  Voice with Julia's #techniquetalks is where we demystify conversations surrounding vocal technique with

Join us as we go to Canada to talk with the members of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble and their Composer in Residence about moving forward with their lives and careers during this unprecedented time in history. https://learn.coc.ca/about-the-coc/cocacademy/ensemble-studio  https://twitter.com/CanadianOpera/status/1058146535693803521

Protests against Labrador Straits ferry prohibition are on hold, new mom is pleased with a midwife-assisted delivery through new program, NL woman is part of Canadian Opera Company virtual choir video, and a Mi'kmaq artist's painting is going into the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Institution.

Praised by the New York Times for his “genuine originality,” Rufus Wainwright has established himself as one of the great male vocalists and songwriters of his generation. The New York-born, Montreal-raised singer songwriter has released countless studio albums, three DVDs, and three live albums, including the fantastic Grammy nominated Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall, which captured his celebrated Judy Garland tribute performance at the London Palladium in 2007, and the album Release The Stars which went Gold in Canada and the UK. His new album Unfollow the Rules – his ninth with original material — was released on 10 July 2020.Wainwright has received Juno Awards for Best Alternative Album in 1999 and 2002 for Rufus Wainwright and Poses, respectively, and nominations for his albums Want Two (2005)and Release the Stars (2008). He was nominated for Songwriter of the Year in 2008 for his Release the Stars album. He also composed the original music for choreographer Stephen Petronio’s work BLOOM which has toured across the country.Musically Rufus has collaborated with artists including Elton John, David Byrne, Boy George, Joni Mitchell, Pet Shop Boys and producer Mark Ronson among others. He collaborated on the title track of Robbie Williams’ latest album, Swings Both Ways, which was co-written with renowned musician and producer Guy Chambers and sung as a duet between Rufus and Robbie.In addition to being a celebrated contemporary pop singer, Rufus has made a name for himself in the classical world. His much acclaimed first opera, titled Prima Donna, premiered at the Manchester International Festival in July 2009. The opera was subsequently performed in London at Sadler’s Wells in April 2010, in Toronto at the Luminato Festival in June 2010 and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House in February 2012.Now fully established as a composer of operas, Rufus was commissioned by the Canadian Opera Company to write his second opera based on the story of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and Antinous. The new opera, Hadrian, premiered in Toronto on October 13, 2018.The music for the podcast is Twiggy's version of "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks and can be found on Apple Music at this link https://music.apple.com/gb/album/romantically-yours/693460953If you’ve enjoyed listening to “Tea With Twiggy” please give take a moment to give us a lovely 5 STAR rating on Apple Podcasts. It really helps other people to find the show.If you haven’t done so already please subscribe to this podcast so you auto-magically get the next episodes for free and do tell all your friends and family about it too. If you want to connect with me I’d love to hear from you.You can find me on Twitter @TwiggyOr you can find me on Instagram @Twiggy LawsonMy thanks go to all the people that have helped this podcast happen:● Many thanks to James Carrol and all the team at Northbank Talent Management● Thanks to all the team at Stripped Media including Ben Williams, who edits the show, my producer Kobi Omenaka and Executive Producers Tom Whalley and Dave CorkeryIf you want to know more about this podcast and other produced by Stripped Media please visit www.Stripped.media or email Producers@Stripped.Media to find out! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we talk with Gwenna Fairchild-Taylor about her work as an Opera Omaha Holland Community Opera Fellow and about community music making. Gwenna holds an M.M. in Opera (University of Toronto) and a B.M. in Voice Performance (Western University) and is a first year Holland Community Opera Fellow. She has spent time as a Musician In Residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and is a four-time recipient of Government of Nunavut Culture & Heritage Grants in support of her music and drama programs in communities in the Arctic. She also wrote the curriculum for “Learn English Through Song,” a program in Toronto that facilitates language learning and community building for newcomer women through singing. She has also worked as a teaching artist and consulted on curriculum development for education programming at the Canadian Opera Company.   To contact Gwenna:   Gwenna Fairchild-Taylor: Website, Instagram, Twitter   Opera Omaha - Holland Community Fellowship Opera Omaha Creativity Prompts Canadian Opera Company Regent Park School of Music LETS - Learn English Through Song Crow Winter   Connect with Omaha Children’s Choir - OCC Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter   Omar Martinez - Instagram Amanda Stevenson - Instagram, Twitter   Voices Creating Change presents stories of social change initiatives through the arts. Our conversations open possibilities beyond the limitations that underrepresented populations face daily, specifically in the arts.  Hosted by Amanda Stevenson & Omar Martinez. New episodes release each Friday. Voices Creating Change is a production of Omaha Children’s Choir.   View show information at omahachildrenschoir.org/podcast.

Join us as we chat with Alexander Neef about the future of our business in opera. Neef is the General Director of the Canadian Opera Company, Paris Opera, and the Artistic Director of the Santa Fe Opera. https://www.coc.ca/ https://www.operadeparis.fr/en https://www.santafeopera.org/

Today on the show, I'm so excited to speak with the incredible and globally celebrated soprano Sondra Radvanovsky! In our conversation, Sondra covers a variety of topics, including how she prepares for a role, the importance of understanding how we learn, how to perform at our best, and the importance of kindness in our field. She also expands on: The importance of understanding how and how quickly we learn When it's good to walk away and hit reset in order to learn faster How a desire to please and to express emotions can negatively affect the quality of our performance The importance of being in the moment during a performance How she prioritizes her health while maintaining a heavy performing schedule involving lots of travel Sondra has wonderful insight in store for you, and I know you will enjoy this episode!   Don't forget to visit the Mind Over Finger Resources' page to check out amazing books recommended by my podcast guests, as well as my favorite websites, cds, the podcasts I like to listen to, and the practice and podcasting tools I use everyday!  Find it here: www.mindoverfinger.com/resources!   And join the Mind Over Finger Book Club in the Tribe!  We meet HERE, and we'll begin 2020 with The Inner Game of Golf by Tim Gallwey!   Don't forget to sign up for my newsletter to get your free guide to a super productive practice using the metronome!  This guide is the perfect entry point to help you bring more mindfulness and efficiency into your practice and it's filled with tips and tricks on how to use that wonderful tool to take your practicing and your playing to new heights! TURN THE METRONOME ON AND START PRACTICING BETTER AND LEARNING FASTER RIGHT NOW!  GET YOUR FREE METRONOME GUIDE TODAY AT www.mindoverfinger.com!!!!     More about Sondra Radvanovsky: Website: https://www.sondraradvanovsky.com/: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sondra+radvanovsky Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sondra-Radvanovsky-43465428333/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sondraradvanovsky/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SondraRadvan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Sondra at The Met: https://www.metopera.org/discover/artists/soprano/sondra-radvanovsky/   Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is a globally celebrated artist. The depth and exquisite color of her voice are matched by her dramatic acting ability and versatility across a remarkable range of repertoire, from the title roles in Rusalka and Lucrezia Borgia, to Roxanne in Cyrano de Bergerac and the title role in Manon Lescaut. She is widely regarded as one of the premiere Verdi sopranos alive today, as well as one of the premiere interpreters of bel canto. Radvanovsky begins the 2019-20 season in the title role of a production of Sir David McVicar's Rusalka at the Canadian Opera Company. She then performs in concert and recital in Vancouver, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Ã Coruña (Spain) and Baden-Baden (Germany). Radvanovsky will sing a concert titled “The Three Queens” at the Chicago Lyric Opera, a concert featuring the last act of each of the three Queens trilogy. This will be followed by a concert version of Il Pirata at the Palais Garnier in Paris. In February 2020, the soprano will be singing Liza in Pique Dame at the Chicago Lyric Opera. This is followed by both the title role in Aida and Liza in Pique Dame at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. The season ends with Sondra Radvanovsky singing the title role of Aida at the Staatsoper in Vienna. She has performed in every major opera house in the world, including the Royal Opera House, Teatro alla Scala, Opernhaus Zürich, and numerous others. Her signature interpretations of Verdi's heroines include the title roles in Aïda and Luisa Miller, Elvira in Ernani, Elena in I Vespri Siciliani, Elisabeth de Valois in Don Carlo, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, and Lina in Stiffelio, among others. She trained at the Metropolitan Opera in the late 1990s in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. After performances in smaller roles there, Radvanovsky caught the attention of critics as Antonia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann and was singled out as a soprano to watch. On the concert platform, she has sung with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Verbier Festival Orchestra, both with James Levine; with the Chicago Symphony and David Zinman; with the San Francisco Symphony and James Conlon, and with the Bayerische Staatsoper and Zubin Mehta. Radvanovsky's debut recording, Verdi Arias, was released in April 2010 on the Delos label. The album quickly became a critical hit and made several season-best lists, including those of NPR and The New Yorker. In 2011 Delos released a CD of Verdi opera scenes with Radvanovsky and her frequent artistic partner Dmitri Hvorostovsky to coincide with the pair's return to the Met stage in Il Trovatore. The disc was recorded with the Philharmonia of Russia and Constantine Orbelian. Radvanovsky is no stranger to the screen. She stars in a Naxos DVD of Cyrano de Bergerac alongside Plácido Domingo, and in Il Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera, and Roberto Devereux for the wildly popular “Met: Live in HD” series. She has also been an enthusiastic host for the “Live in HD” transmissions of La Fanciulla del West, Otello, and Francesca da Rimini. Born just outside Chicago, Radvanovsky now makes her home with her husband near Toronto and has dual citizenship.   If you enjoyed the show, please leave a review on iTunes!  I truly appreciate your support! Visit www.mindoverfinger.com for information about past and future podcasts, and for more resources on mindful practice. Join the Mind Over Finger Tribe here!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/mindoverfingertribe/     THANK YOU: Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme!  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Also a HUGE thank you to my fantastic producer, Bella Kelly!   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/ https://www.instagram.com/mindoverfinger/    

Join host Sofia Vavaroutsos in studio with Lauren Stallone to discuss the Canadian Opera Company's decision to sever ties with a conductor, and more with feminist news. Plus, meet new contributor Deepak Bidwai, interviewing Amira Mire, professor and author of the book Wellness in Whiteness.

Sean Rice, NAC Orchestra 2nd clarinet, talks with Toronto-based Carrefour* Composer Ian Cusson. They talk about R. Murray Schaffer, Bulgarian women's choirs, and unrelated studies at the University of Toronto before delving into his chosen career. During Ian's two year Carrefour residency with the NAC Orchestra from 2017-2019, he was commissioned for two works which received premieres at that National Gallery of Canada and in Southam Hall: Where There's a Wall for mezzo-soprano and sextet, which featured poetry by acclaimed Japanese-Canadian poet, Joy Kogawa, and Le Loup de Lafontaine, an orchestral suite based on a story from his home town. During this time, he was also jointly commissioned by the NAC Orchestra and the Canadian Opera Company for Dodo, mon tout petit, an aria for soprano and orchestra, which will be included as part of Harry Somers and Mavor Moore's opera, Louis Riel. An Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre, Ian is currently the Composer-in-Residence for the Canadian Opera Company. * The Carrefour Composer Program is made possible by the Canada Council for the Arts.

World Stage Design 2021 - Official Site April Viczko is a set, costume, lighting and projection designer. Recent selected credits include: costumes for Butcher at Alberta Theatre Projects, In the Heat of the Night at Vertigo Theatre, set and costumes for As You Like It at Citadel Theatre, set design for Home at The Belfry and lighting design for Victor and Victoria’s Terrifying Tale of Terrible Things for Kill Your Television. April has also worked for companies such as Tarragon, Factory Theatre, Workshop West and Windrow Performance. She was nominated for a Dora Award for Outstanding Costume Design for the critically acclaimed Last Days of Judas Iscariot produced by Birdland Theatre. April is an Associate Professor in the School of Creative and Performing Arts - Drama at the University of Calgary. She teaches courses in all areas of theatre design and scenography. April holds an MFA Theatre Design from the University of Alberta. In 2012, she was honoured with a Distinguished Researcher Award from the Faculty of Arts. She is President of the Board of Directors for the Associated Designers of Canada (ADC). ADC is a national, professional non-profit arts service organization dedicated to promoting, pursuing and protecting the interests of set, costume, lighting, projection and sound designers working within the performing arts in Canada. In 2006, she shared the Siminovitch Protege Prize. In 2000 she recieved a Tyrone Guthrie Award at the Stratford Festival of Canada where she spent four seasons as an assistant designer. She was also Associate Designer on two productions at the Canadian Opera Company, Rodelinda and Macbeth. April apprenticed in Rome, Italy with Scenotecnica Piu’, a company known for its fine craftmanship and majestic scenography.

Dana Osborne is a set and costume designer based out of Stratford Ontario. She started out working in some of the top wardrobe shops in the country, including the Canadian Opera Company, the Shaw Festival, and the Mirvish shops when they still owned them. We talk about her transition to design and her work over the last 20 years in Canadian theatre. Find samples of her work at www.danaosborne.ca

Mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta is a multi-faceted artist with a variety of interests, a great take on mindful practice, and a truly wonderful personality.  In our conversation, we discuss, among other things, the importance of making choices that will allow you to thrive, how she prepares for a role, and how she uses mental practice to learn and memorize music at a deeper level. We elaborate on: Her journey from Ottawa, Ontario (Canada) to Toronto, New York, and, more recently Leipzig as a member of Oper Leipzig Her experience as a young girl in the Ottawa Youth Choir, and the importance it had in her becoming a professional singer Her experience at the Glenn Gould School and the Canadian Opera Company and the various opportunities she found there How making choices that fit her well were very important in her development and allowed her to thrive Her life as a member of Oper Leipzig Her fun, mindful way of curating a recital program that is meaningful to her How she prepares for a role How she went from a more repetitive form of working on songs to a more mindful and mental approach to practicing as she evolved as an artist o   Translate the text and understand the meaning o   Listen to various recordings and interpretations o   Break it down o   Memorize it How practicing mentally first thing in the morning and last thing before bed is tremendously effective for her and helps her cement the repertoire to memory How she has developed the skill to learn repertoire mentally, now that that is in a place where she feels confident about her technique How singers practice difficult passages How she brings operatic characters to life     ALL ABOUT WALLIS: Wallis Giunta's website Wallis' YouTube channel Wallis' Facebook page Wallis on Instagram The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Knickerbocker Classics) The Complete Sherlock Holmes (2 Volumes)   Irish-Canadian mezzo, Wallis Giunta, has been named “Young Singer of the Year” in the 2018 International Opera Awards, and was named both “Young Artist of the Year” by The Arts Desk and “Breakthrough Artist in UK Opera” in the What's On Stage Opera Awards for her work in 2017. She has been praised by OPERA NEWS for her “delectably rich, silver-toned mezzo-soprano, with a beautiful sense of line and effortless, rapid runs”, with her performance as Mozart's Sesto for the Canadian Opera Company celebrated as “a triumph…remarkable in its combination of intelligence and beauty”. Her 2018/19 season includes debuts with the BBC Proms Festival in a program celebrating Leonard Bernstein, with the Grange Festival as Cherubino at The Barbican, London, with the MDR Sinfonieorchester as Haydn's Berenice, and with the Royal Opera House Muscat in La Traviata. She also debuts the title roles in Carmen and Der Rosenkavalier, along with Rossini's Rosina for Oper Leipzig, and Idamante for Toronto's Opera Atelier. She began the 2017/18 season with two role debuts for Opera North, the title role in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortiléges, and Dinah in Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti, both to great critical acclaim. She returned to Oper Leipzig, where she has been an ensemble member since 2015/16, for her house roles of Angelina, Cherubino, Rossweise & Wellgunde, and debuted Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus and Der Gymnasiast in a new production of Berg's Lulu. She also returned to the Munich Radio Orchestra, Toronto's Koerner Hall and the Music & Beyond Festival in concert, and debuted at the Oregon Music Festival as Anna I in Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins. The 2016/17 season saw her debuts with Opera North, performing the title role in Rossini's La Cenerentola, with Teatro Communale di Bolzano as Cherubino, and with the Munich Radio Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and Symphony Nova Scotia in concert. Wallis returned to Opera Atelier to debut the title role in Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, and to both the Toronto Symphony and the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla for new productions of Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins. The 2015/16 season saw her make several major European debuts, including for Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Adams' I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky), Oper Frankfurt (Carmen), Oper Leipzig (La Cenerentola, Le Nozze di Figaro, Faust, Der Ring des Nibelungen), the Hamburg Symphony (Candide), and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in concert. She also returned to the Edmonton Symphony for Messiah and had her first experience teaching, with a series of masterclasses for Toronto's Tapestry New Opera. Early in 2015, she returned to The Metropolitan Opera as Olga in their new production of The Merry Widow, directed by Susan Stroman. Other recent highlights include returns to the Canadian Opera Company as Dorabella in Atom Egoyan's new production of Cosí fan tutte (2014), to Opera Lyra Ottawa as Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro (2015), and to Opera Atelier as Bradamante in a new period-production of Alcina (2014), along with debuts at Madison Opera (2014) and the Taipei Symphony Orchestra as Annio in La Clemenza di Tito (2013). In June 2014, she recorded her first album with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin (NAXOS), of a new work by American composer, William Perry. Wallis also debuted in 2014 with Toronto's 21C Music Festival in Louis Andriessen's one-woman-opera, Anaïs Nin, and brought her acclaimed recital program of Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins to Miami, New York, Toronto and Ottawa. She had a whirlwind 2012/13 season, making her Metropolitan Opera debut in Rigoletto, debuting the roles of Sesto & Annio in La Clemenza di Tito with the Canadian Opera Company, making her Paris debut with Le Théâtre du Châtelet as Tiffany in John Adams's I Was Looking at the Ceiling…, and singing Dorabella in the Met + Juilliard production of Cosí fan tutte at Lincoln Center. She also made debuts with Fort Worth Opera, L'Opéra de Montréal, the Edmonton, Seville and Nuremberg Symphonies, the Stuttgart Festivalorchester, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Wallis is a passionate recitalist, and has recently performed for the Aspen, Caramoor, Banff, Luminato, Music & Beyond, and Ottawa Chamber Music festivals. She is the grateful recipient of the 2016 Bernard Diamant Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts, the 2013 Novick Career Advancement Grant, the 2013 Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Career Development Award, and multiple prizes from the George London Foundation. Wallis is a 2013 graduate of both the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program & the Juilliard School's Artist Diploma in Opera Studies, and a 2011 graduate of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio. She has also studied at The Glenn Gould School, the Ravinia Festival's Steans Music Institute, and the International Meistersinger Akademie in Germany, and continues her private studies with Edith Wiens. Wallis is also devoted to animal rights, particularly the rescue and rehabilitation of abandoned domestic rabbits. She is an active rabbit foster parent and finds opportunities to foster and volunteer at shelters as she is performing around the world. She is a volunteer and supporter at Rabbit's Rest Sanctuary & WildRescue in Denton, Texas, and works to draw attention to our societal responsibility towards domesticated animals. Please get in touch if you are interested and would also like to help!   If you enjoyed the show, please leave a review on iTunes!  I truly appreciate your support! Visit www.mindoverfinger.com for information about past and future podcasts, and for more resources on mindful practice. For added fun, join the Mind Over Finger Tribe on Facebook where you will find a community of mindful musicians!   THANK YOU: Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme!  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Also a huge thank you to my producer, Bella Kelly!   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/     (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases, which helps cover some of the costs associated with the production of the podcast.  Thank you for your support.)

Rosanna Saracino is an Italian-Canadian director, dramaturge, educator, acting coach and costume designer, who has worked in the professional theatre industry for more than twenty years, with forays into directing and acting coaching in film, TV, video and documentaries. She received her MFA from York University in Directing, was the Director in Residence at the Canadian Stage Theatre and at Shadowpath Theatre as part of the Femme5 Operative, is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of art & lies productions. She held the post of the Head of the Acting Division of the Randolph College for the Performing Arts for twenty years, and has been an instructor with the college for as long. Currently, she is teaching at George Brown, in the Theatre Department, as well as at TFS. Her freelance work has extended to companies such as the Classical Music Conservatory, the Canadian Opera Company, the PowerPlant. She is specialized in working with large casts, and stylized and physical theatre, and has worked extensively in classical and modern adaptations, new play work, and devised theatre. Directing credits include: Nasty by the Maelstrom Art Collective (winner of the 2017 Patron’s Pick/TOFringe and Storefront Theatre’s Feminist FuckIt Festival), Suitcases (Artscape Sandbox/Canadian Stage, art&lies), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard (Helen Gardiner), Killing Game by Eugene Ionesco (art & lies), No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre (Passe Muraille/art&lies), Lord of the Flies by William Golding (all female adaptation), Fear and Misery of the Third Reich by Bertolt Brecht (Young Centre for the Performing Arts/George Brown Theatre), and the world premiere live actor version of Provenance by Ronnie Burkett.

This week we have Timothy Cheung an accomplished collaborative pianist from Toronto, Canada, through he does not spend too much time there. Tim received his Undergrad and Masters degrees from University of Western Ontario. From there he studied at the Canadian Opera Company, Merola Opera in San Francisco and Music Academy of the West. Though trained as a pianist, he is willing to get his hands dirty with the all aspects. At Teatro Nuovo he scheduled the coachings for 60 people, filled in for Cindy when she had to run to another venue, and helped keep everyone sane!   Attribution: ----more---- Logo:Theater Masks by Nikita Kozin / Licence: CC BY 3.0thenounproject.com/term/theater-masks/516808/ Ritzy Remix font by Nick Curtis - www.nicksfonts.com/index.html Music and Soundcello_tuning by flcellogrl / Licence: CC BY 3.0freesound.org/people/flcellogrl/sounds/195138/ Flute Play C - 08 by cms4f / Licence: CC0 1.0freesound.org/people/cms4f/sounds/159123/ "Danse Macabre - Violin Hook" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) / Licence: CC BY 3.0 LicensesCC BY 3.0 - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/CC0 1.0 - creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/  

Gillian Gallow was a designer right out of the gates. Before finishing her degree at York University, she was already assisting at the Stratford Festival, and had cut her teeth at our favourite summertime haunt: Blyth. Gillian and I discuss her early career and take on design, and her recent work on the Canadian Opera Company remount of the Harry Somers opera Lous Riel. Gillian and I spoke in July of 2017.

It's a #SummerStock Opera Special! Fawnda takes Colleen Feehan and Laura Raboud to see the Dora Award-winning burlesque spectacle of Canadian Opera Company's Orphée+ at the Banff Centre, and we talk with mezzo-soprano Anna Gomá about her eponymous role in Carmen as Mercury Opera preps for its upcoming show in the Badlands Amphitheatre. On the way, we found a hidden road trip gem at the tasting room of Grey Owl Meadery. Visit them off HWY 22 near Alder Flats for a taste of mead made from all-Albertan honey. Delish! https://idontgetityeg.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IDGI-S4-E32-final.mp3 Become a Patron!★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It’s a #SummerStock Opera Special! Fawnda takes Colleen Feehan and Laura Raboud to see the Dora Award-winning burlesque spectacle of Canadian Opera Company’s Orphée+ at the Banff Centre, and we talk with mezzo-soprano Anna Gomá about her eponymous role in Carmen as Mercury Opera preps for its upcoming show in the Badlands Amphitheatre. On the way, we found a hidden road trip […]

Show NotesWainwright’s opera Hadrian is being premiered by the Canadian Opera Company and was workshopped by Opera Fusion: New WorksGlenn GouldLuciano PavarottiBeniamino Gigli vs. Vera LynnPiano composers: Chopin, Satie, BeethovenHerbert von Karajan – conductor of the Vienna PhilharmonicQuebec sovereignty movement“Liberty Cabbage” is a song composed by Wainwright when he was 16, and he continues to perform itGeorg Solti conducting Salome with Birgit NilssonVerdi’s Don Carlo with Placido Domingo and Shirley VerretThe film DivaPrima Donna was Wainwright’s first operaMaurice Ravel’s ballet piece BoleroMaria CallasMemoirs of Hadrian, the novel that inspired Wainwright’s opera HadrianManchester Festival

  Singer/Actor/Dancer Trish Adams is joining the conversation on Cue To Cue! Trish is opening up about why she decided to leave the life of a performer at age thirty to pursue an entirely different life and why she decided to get back into performing later on in life.     This is a real and raw look at what happens to us as artists when we take a different path. Sometimes I think there is a belief out there that when we have to choose between one or the other, that only one of the choices will lead us down a fulfilling path when in reality they can be equally fulfilling if we commit to the choice we make. It really comes down to which self we want to nurture, explore and curate. One choice does not make the other any less important in our hearts. Trish explains that when she gave up performing it was the right thing for her but she always missed it but does not regret it. Being a performer is deeply embedded in her being and she is now making the choice to come back around for a second go.  Trish is back and feels now is the time to do her one-woman show, Back In The Limelight!  She says she is more ready than ever put on a one-woman show and can’t wait to take everyone on a journey through her life in an evening of songs. To add a little nostalgia to the evening, the show will be performed at her old stomping grounds the former Limelight Theatre now known as Mysteriously Yours Mystery Dinner Theatre!   She can’t wait to see you there!   To get tickets!   Email: boxoffice@mysteriouslyyours.com phone : 416-486-7469       A little about Trish:   Trish Adams Trish’s career has spanned over 40 years, with the auspicious start as a boy in Madame Butterfly with the Canadian Opera Company. A few of her favourite shows include A Chorus Line (Jessie Award Nominee), West Side Story, Sophisticated Ladies, 42nd Street, Anne of Green Gables and Blue Champagne. Six months in the Caribbean as a mainstage performer with Disney Cruise Lines wasn’t too hard to take either. Trish has appeared on TV and commercials; (dancing mom in the first Happy Dance commercial) and as Mrs. Moynihan, zombie mom, in Diary of the Dead. Trish is now a certified Personal Trainer and Senior Fitness Instructor and is coaching mature adults to get active and stay healthy. Trish very recently became a grandmother and can hardly wait to take her granddaughter out in her Ford Mustang!!!   Follow Trish! Facebook: @TrishAdamsLimelight Instagram: @trishsidney

Birgitta Tollan for till Toronto i Kanada och till San Francisco i USA för att möta två kvinnor, som båda tillhör en ny grupp spännande tonsättare: Tredje generationen med rötter i Asien. Alexina Louie är en av de mest spelade nutida tonsättarna i Kanada. Hon har vunnit många priser och utnämndes 1996 till Composer in Recidence vid Canadian Opera Company i Toronto där hon bor. Alexina Loiue har skrivit verk för alla konstellationer. Alexina Louie stammar från Kantoon i Kina. Hon studerade hos amerikanska tonsättaren Pauline Oliveros vid University of California i San Diego. Oliveros lärde henne att lyssna djupt på musikens klang och färger. Under 6 år efter examen i Californien försökte hon finna sin egen röst i komponerandet och studerade asiatisk filosofi och musik. - Genom min fördjupning i den asiatiska musiken fann jag min verkliga identitet, säger Alexina Louie. En kvinna som är mycket rotad i det västerländska, men som har starka band till Asien. Ett av de kinesiska instrumenten, den 7strängade långcittran Chin, fascinerar henne mycket. - Det är ett innerligt instrument som framkallar musik för själen, i en poetisk musikalisk gestik med de subtilaste uttrycksmedel. Cittran Chin gestaltas i Alexina Louies kompositioner genom kanadensiska Erica Goodmans harpspel. Den japanska hovmusiken Gágakó är mycket formell och har en långsam puls. Även vad gäller harmoniförändringar. Speciellt två av instrumenten i Gágakómusik intresserar Alexina Louie: blåsinstrumentet hsiao (shao) med dubbla rörblad som kan böja tonen mer än en oboe någonsin skulle kunna och den genomträngande hichiriki, en kort bambuflöjt med 17 pipor. Alexina Louie skriver inte själv för de olika traditionella instrumenten, utan låter våra västerländska instrument uttrycka deras röster. - Med min kinesiska bakgrund har jag en större, rikare kulturell palett att välja ifrån. Det ger mig en större källa att ösa ur. Det kan ibland kännas dubbelt, men här i Kanada finns de bästa förutsättningar för att trivas, säger Alexina Louie. 1982 skrev Alexina Louie O Magnum Mysterium, Memorian Glenn Gould, till minne av det kanadensiske pianogeniet Glenn Gould som dog bara 50 år gammal. Vid minnesceremonien efter Glenn Goulds död samlades 3 000 människor och sjöng hymner och koraler tillsammans, bl a Nun danket alle Gott. Denna och flera av Bachs verk och Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde ingår som reminiscenser i Alexina Louies komposition till minne av Glenn Gould. Ett verk som spelats av många orkestrar, bl a BBC Symphony   Melissa Hui föds 1966 i Hongkong, där hon bor tills hon är 8 år. Familjen flyttar till Vancouver i Kanada. Från början ville Meissa Hui bli arkitekt. Hon ser sig själv som en designer som skapar former; ett koncept bestående av olika musikaliska block med ingredienser som tonhöjd, register, klang, rytmik, karaktär och profil. Som 25-åring kommer denna unga tonsättare till stenkyrkan i den lilla byn San Rocco på italienska rivieran; i ett Europa, som hon upplever som otroligt historiskt. - San Rocco, säger Melissa Hui, en tusenårig by med en aura av både antikvitet och modernitet, en plats till synes tidlös; där tiden ännu återstår att erfara. Melissa Hui beskriver det som att hon suttit där i kyrkan i över tusen år, hon har då och då slumrat in, och därför upplevt den latinska mässan som fragmenterad och dekonstruerad. Där i Italien skriver hon inne i huvudet ett musikverk som hon åker hem till Kanada och skriver ner i noter. Ett stycke musik med klart europeiska rötter, men i en karaktäristiskt egen design. Melissa Hui blev som 28-åring docent i komposition vid Stanford University söder om San Francisco, där jag möter henne. Hon är utbildad vid Yale, Cal Arts i Los Angeles och vid University of British Columbia. Hennes kompositioner har beställts av ett otal symfoniorkestrar och hon har fått en mängd priser och utmärkelser. Melissa Hui ingår i en grupp kanadensiska tonsättare ur det som kallades Generation X, mellan 20 och 30 år. De känner sig fria i sin profession eftersom Kanada är ett ungt land. Det finns egentligen inte någon eller några entydiga musikaliska traditioner att behöva leva upp till enligt Melissa Hui. Ej heller finns många kanadensiska kvinnliga tonsättare att ha som förebilder, men hon nämner Barbara Pentland och Violet Archer som båda föddes strax efter sekelskiftet 1900. - Att vara utan kvinnliga musikaliska förebilder kan vara en fördel, eftersom jag då kan omfamna allt jag vill. Visst kan det skapa förvirring och identitetslöshet, men det kan också leda till en intressant syntes av nya värden och traditioner. Jag behöver inte känna att Beethoven s a s hänger mig över skuldran utan istället hävda: "Han är man, inget för mig". Det är befriande och ger mig kraft, förklarar Melissa Hui. - Jag växte upp i en förort i norra Vancouver, berättar Melissa Hui. Endast en av mina vänner var av kinesisk härstamning, men vi talade engelska tillsammans. Eftersom vi bodde i en förort utan blandkulturer var alla mina övriga vänner vita. - Många väntar sig att jag populistiskt skall skriva musik i en kinesisk tradition. Men för mig är det helt omöjligt att skapa illusioner av mina kulturella rötter, förklarar hon. Det kinesiska finns undermedvetet eller t o m omedvetet i mig. Om du med en baktanke skriver pentatonisk musik och instrumenterar med en gong, enbart för att västerlänningarna förväntar sig det, så blir det oärligt och ytligt, allt det som den kinesiska kulturen inte är, säger Melissa Hui. - I min musik finns introspektion och gleshet. Det är kinesiskt. I västvärldens litteratur är prosan, berättelsen, som dominerar. I kinesisk litteratur är poesin betydelsefullare. Varje ord har en mångfald av betydelser och det står mycket skrivet mellan raderna, menar Melissa Hui.

Donna Feore has choreographed performances at the Opéra National de Lyon France and the Canadian Opera Company but she's best known for her work directing at the Stratford Festival, North America's largest classical repertory theatre company. Her work at the festival includes critically acclaimed productions, all with new choreography of "Guys and Dolls," "The Sound of Music," and "Fiddler on the Roof," just to name a few. In 2016 she gained notoriety for directing the first ever professional production of "A Chorus Line" with all new, original choreography which Feore created. I spoke with Feore about her work directing and choreographing the world premiere of "The Hockey Sweater," a new musical is based on the beloved short story by Roch Carrier. The animated short film adaptation of Carrier's story received the Best Animated Film award at the 1981 British Academy Film Awards. We talk about the creative process behind adapting the story to a stage musical. Feore, who is known for seeking out the best actors, also talks about her audition process and what she expects from actors.

The story of the polarizing Métis leader and Canada’s westward expansion is told in this landmark work. Composed by Harry Somers for our nation’s centennial in 1967, this uniquely Canadian contribution to the opera world is returning on the work’s 50th anniversary, and will help mark the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation. The National Arts Centre has joined with the Canadian Opera Company to proudly present this new production of Louis Riel. Music by Harry Somers Libretto by Mavor Moore with the collaboration of Jacques Languirand

This week we sat down with three female leads of the Canadian Opera Company production of Louis Riel. Joanna Burt, Allyson McHardy, and Simone Osborne were kind enough to share their thoughts on the opera and the rehearsals so far!

This week's episode features some of the cast from the upcoming Canadian Opera Company production of Louis Riel. We hope you enjoy listening to our lively conversation with Russell Braun, Michael Colvin, and James Westman.

Baritone Russell Braun visits The WholeNote office to talk about where his upcoming Canadian Opera Company role as Louis Riel fits into a busy musical life.

Episode 37: Interview with composer Ana SOKOLOVIC In this easy-going conversation, Ana SOKOLOVIC and I discussed her early years in Montréal, the influence of Serbian music on her own work, and the opera she is writing for the Canadian Opera Company, based on the story of Christina (1626-1689), the unconventional Queen of Sweden. Included in...

Photo By: Tina RowdenToday’s conversation covered a lot of ground. Listen in as Atom speaks about his approach to understanding the human condition, remorse and reconciliation, national self-determination and the stories he tells.BiographyWith fifteen features and related projects, Egoyan has won numerous prizes at international film festivals including the Grand Prix and International Critics Awards from the Cannes Film Festival, two Academy Award® nominations, and numerous other honours.  His films have won twenty-five Genies – including three Best Film Awards – and a prize for Best International Film Adaptation from The Frankfurt Book Fair.  Egoyan’s films have been presented in numerous retrospectives across the world, including a complete career overview at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, followed by similar events at the Filmoteca Espagnol in Madrid, the Museum of The Moving Image in New York and the Royal CINEMATEK in Brussels.His body of work – which includes theatre, music, and art installations – delves into issues of memory, displacement, and the impact of technology and media in modern life. His latest feature, REMEMBER, stars Christopher Plummer.Egoyan’s art projects have been presented around the world including The Venice Biennale and Artangel in London. Steenbeckett became part of The Artangel Collection, an innovative alliance with the Tate. His installation, Auroras, was recently on view at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, in a program commemorating the centennial of the Armenian Genocide.Egoyan directed the North American premiere of Martin Crimp’s Cruel and Tenderfor the Canadian Stage theatre company in early 2012. His adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s Eh Joe was presented by The Gate Theatre in Dublin, where it won The Irish Times/ESB Award for Best Direction before transferring to London’s West End and The Lincoln Center Festival in New York.Egoyan directed the contemporary Chinese opera Feng Yi Teng for the 2012 Spoleto Festival in Charleston and the Lincoln Center Festival, New York. It was performed at the Luminato Festival in 2013, following the remount of Richard Strauss’s Salome with the Canadian Opera Company. Egoyan directed a new production Mozart’s Così fan tutte for the COC in 2014. His award-winning production of Wagner’s Die Walküre was performed in early 2015.Egoyan is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Directors Guild of Canada, the Directors Guild of America, the Writers Guild of Canada, the Writers Guild of America, and the Royal Canadian Academy of Art. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada.Egoyan is honoured with a 2015 Governor General’s Performing Arts Award.Ego Film ArtsNational past article.Trailer for Remember See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week’s Millennial Mentor takes the pursuit of ‘doing what moves you’ to a whole new level. He fell in love with singing through Disney movies and 'Barney and Friends' when he was just 4 years old. Since his first time from ‘The Clean Up Song’, Charles Sy has filled his life with music and singing.   Today, he is one of the most promising young opera singers in Canada, having recently taken home First Place and the Audience Choice Award in the Canadian Opera Company’s Centre Stage National Competition.   This week, follow Charles on his journey from student, to amateur to professional singer. He takes us ‘backstage’ and takes us through the ups and downs along his path.    The life lessons that are woven through Charles’ amazing story are powerful. Even if you’re not an artist or musician, there is much to be learned from his stories of perseverance, discipline, commitment to becoming great at the thing he loved the most.    Tune in, listen closely, and like Charles, do what moves you.   Resources Discussed   Visit Charles’ website: http://charles-sy.com   Continue the conversation with me in these ways: Email at dave@movingmillennials.com and follow me on Twitter @_daveanderson.   Visit http://www.movingmillennials.com/111 for complete show notes, to download The Manifesto, and to receive your free ebook, 'The Millennial Mentors: Volume 1'.

The National Arts Centre mourns the loss of Maestro Mario Bernardi, the founding conductor of the NAC Orchestra. Maestro Bernardi passed away peacefully in Toronto on June 2. In this episode of the NACOcast we pay tribute to the great music director by reprising a previous edition of the NACOcast featuring an interview conducted by Christopher Millard at the maestro's home in Toronto in 2006. A conductor, and accomplished pianist, Mario Bernardi was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario in 1930. He moved to Italy when he was six years old with his mother, living in the small city of Treviso, near Venice, where they remained throughout the war. He studied at the Venice Conservatory and excelled in the keyboard instruments of piano and harpsichord. A man of many musical talents, he was considered among the best of Canada's promising young musicians emerging in the postwar period—a group that included Glenn Gould. He began his professional career with the Royal Conservatory Opera School in Toronto. He first began to conduct in his mid-twenties at the Canadian Opera Company. In 1963, he moved to London, England where he was recruited by the Sadler's Wells Opera Company (now the English National Opera). He served as Music Director of Sadler's Wells before being enticed back to Canada to become the founding conductor of the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada from 1968-1982. From the original podcast show notes: As a tribute to Walter Prystawski, the NAC Orchestra's founding concertmaster who is retiring after 37 years at the first desk, Christopher talks to founding NACO music director Mario Bernardi as well as three of Walter's original orchestra colleagues. The conversations touch on the core classical repertoire of the orchestra, NACO's signature sound and the critical role Walter Prystawski played in shaping that sound.

David Perlman talks with bass-baritone Mark S. Doss about his performance in the Canadian Opera Company production of Iphigenie en Tauride (2011).