Patricia Cano plays the hilarious and heartwarming Marie-Louise Painchaud, the Métis post mistress who minds the village’s sole post office . . . along with everyone else’s business in Tomson Highway’s The (Post) Mistress.
The noon hour is about to improve: the COC’s always-diverse Free Concert Series returns on September 27, opening with a concert by mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo and fellow artists of the COC Ensemble Studio
Who better to take on Nurse than the multitalented Ellora Patnaik? Her portrayal of this “dream role” is unlike any before it in the radical retelling of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare in the Ruff.
Artist Josée Duranleau: “I am often surprised at where the work takes me. My original ideas tend to morph into something quite unexpected, and that strikes me as magical!”
Composer Chris Thornborrow on COC’s Summer Opera Camps: “When you’re creating opera from scratch, you’re allowing young people to express themselves through art, design, narrative, movement, and music.”
“All in all, All Shook Up is thoroughly enjoyable, and I would recommend it to any family, music lovers or not. All of the performers are strong.”
“Our show is light and fun, but at its core, it’s about the power of love and how it can light up your life and fill the world with beauty and hope.” ~ Vanessa Sears on All Shook Up
Soulpepper’s music director Mike Ross says of concert theatre, “You’re going to hear music that you know, as if for the first time, performed by Toronto artists, inside a vital new context.”
In anticipation of her appearance with 5 at the First, Canadian soprano Shannon Mercer chatted with SesayArts about singing in Russian, coffee, and the perils of bad advice.
Wondering what to do when May comes around? How about popping over to your local comic book shop for Free
