On Valentine’s Day, Helmut Reichenbächer and John Stanley got married. This wedding was an affirmation of 20 years together. There was a private ceremony, lunch and dinner for close family and friends. It’s the middle part of the day I want to talk about. Both men are patrons of the arts in a very big […]
The opera gala Bravissimo! at Roy Thomson Hall is a great way to spend New Year’s Eve, particularly when the concert satisfies on every level. The best sing was by Slovenian soprano Sabina Cvilak, a spectacular interpreter of the French repertoire with her crystalline sound and floating high notes. Italian soprano Chiara Taigi is an […]
Toronto Operetta Theatre’s Guillermo Silva-Marin is a one-man band who functions as director, choreography, and set and lighting designer with help from Malabar and Marty Millionaire. There is, therefore, a routine sameness to a TOT production, but the shows are also fun and tuneful. Imre Kalman’s 1915 hit, The Gypsy Princess, is not as fast-paced […]
Over the centuries, Handel’s Messiah has become individualized, depending on the conductor’s choices of what to include and what to leave out. Thus, it is a valuable exercise to experience the original 1742 version that was performed in Dublin as a charity concert. The Dublin Messiah has now become part of the Toronto holiday tradition […]
