Darren Sigesmund is cooking with Jazz!
When Darren Sigesmund compares cooking to jazz improv, take note. As a professional trombonist and a professional chef, he’s uniquely qualified to […]
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COC’s Free Concert Series offers a world of music ~ Arpita Ghosal
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
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COC’s Summer Opera Camps Continue to Spread “Opera Fever” ~ Sayani S-G
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.”
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Vanessa Sears can’t help falling in love in All Shook Up ~ Arpita Ghosal
“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
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Oh, the places we’ll go with Soulpepper’s Concert Theatre! ~ Arpita Ghosal
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.”
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Singing in Russian, coffee, and the perils of bad advice: SesayArts in Conversation with Soprano Shannon Mercer
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.
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The Many Paths of If/Then ~ Natalie Dewan
“In If/Then, the writers were genuinely trying to deal with tough questions, like how to balance home and work, but while they ask interesting questions, their answers are concerning.” ~ Natalie Dewan
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How Karine Boucher’s precocity made her a prima donna ~ Arpita Ghosal
Karine Boucher performs as Micaëla in the COC’s current production of Georges Bizet’s Carmen: “It is all about human emotion. Love, confusion, passion, strength…That is the beauty of Bizet.”
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Alana Hibbert: Songs, dances…and recorders? Oh my! ~ Arpita Ghosal
In YPT’s The Wizard of Oz, Alana Hibbert plays Auntie Em in Kansas and the titular Wizard in Oz (yes, that’s right – the wizard behind the curtain is a woman in this production!).
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Opera 101 with Bass Baritone Thomas Goerz ~ Arpita Ghosal
Thomas Goerz on Bizet’s Carmen: “My guess is, once in the theatre, you’ll have a hard time NOT singing along.”