Century Song is a massive collaborative work, now gracing the Toronto stage
Nightwood Theatre‘s Century Song, a collaborative production with Volcano, Richard Jordan Productions UK, Moveable Beast Collective and Crow’s Theatre, is a one-woman multimedia piece that heavily features opera and projection design. With a distinctly non-narrative form, there is a huge amount of beautiful work to be found in its 50 minute runtime.
As the overture of Opera Atelier‘s 2017 production of Medea began, the image of the Golden Fleece emblazoned on a black backdrop belied the carnage about to descend. The orchestra’s performance of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s mood-setter for this classic Greek tale did not. From the first note, the overture was writhing with insatiable blood lust and ruthless precision. Continue reading Review: Medea (Opera Atelier)→
Louis Riel is a glorious think piece, on stage at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto
Even mid-performance, reviews of Louis Riel at the Canadian Opera Company were being expressed all around me. The individual sitting behind me chewed gum loudly and sighed repeatedly, exasperatedly, during all of the second and third acts. Beside me, a young woman sat rapt and motionless, her face slack with pleasure. It’s a rare opera that inspires such extreme reactions, but even the cheerful bar manager at the first-floor bar commented that she had heard so many opinions and none of them were tepid. “Everyone has something to say about this one,” she said. “It’s quite different.” And so it is.
Shows That Caught Our Eye in Toronto the Week of April 24th, 2017
This week’s selected listings feature many classic tales and operas! We’ve got our publisher Megan on hand to pick out a few of her top choices, listed in red. Check them out below the cut:
Young People’s Theatre’s play brings the stories of Robert Munsch to the Toronto stage
With a pair of seven-year-olds and a stalwart spirit I ventured to Young People’s Theatre on a sunny Saturday for their new show Munschtime! Adapted from four classic Robert Munsch tales by longtime YPT director Allen MacInnes and collaborator Steven Colella. The stories are framed by a granddaughter who keeps asking for just one more story and her grandparents who, of course, indulge her. I wasn’t ready for another after the show on Saturday, but I liked the ones I got just fine.
Century Song is a massive collaborative work, now gracing the Toronto stage
Medea is Toronto’s Opera Atelier at its finest
Louis Riel is a glorious think piece, on stage at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto
Young People’s Theatre’s play brings the stories of Robert Munsch to the Toronto stage