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2017-10-07 06:30:00
Metropolitan Opera – Offenbach’s Les Contes D’Hoffmann. October 4, 2017.
Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center. Orchestra (Seat CC23, $25). Story. Hoffmann the poet is in love with Stella. A letter she wrote to Hoffmann was intercepted by Lindorf. After arguing with Lindorf in Luther’s Tavern, Hoffmann has a sense of impending disaster and begins to tell the story of his three past loves. The first love is Olympia, a mechanical doll created by Spalanzani. With a pair of glasses Hoffmann thinks she is Spalanzani’s daughter, and is enchanted. His dance with Olympia gets more frenzied until Olympia is torn apart, and Hoffmann is mocked for falling for a machine. The second love is Antonia who is so weak that she has to stop singing, which she loves. However, Dr. Miracle conjures up a vision of her mother to convince her to continue singing; she cannot resist and sings until she collapses. Dr. Miracle coldly pronounces her dea. The […]
2017-10-07 06:30:00
Metropolitan Opera – Offenbach’s Les Contes D’Hoffmann. October 4, 2017.
Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center. Orchestra (Seat CC23, $25). Story. Hoffmann the poet is in love with Stella. A letter she wrote to Hoffmann was intercepted by Lindorf. After arguing with Lindorf in Luther’s Tavern, Hoffmann has a sense of impending disaster and begins to tell the story of his three past loves. The first love is Olympia, a mechanical doll created by Spalanzani. With a pair of glasses Hoffmann thinks she is Spalanzani’s daughter, and is enchanted. His dance with Olympia gets more frenzied until Olympia is torn apart, and Hoffmann is mocked for falling for a machine. The second love is Antonia who is so weak that she has to stop singing, which she loves. However, Dr. Miracle conjures up a vision of her mother to convince her to continue singing; she cannot resist and sings until she collapses. Dr. Miracle coldly pronounces her dea. The […]
2017-02-27 16:00:47
Cards on the table
The Canadian Opera Company scored a coup when they secured Christine Goerke for the revival of their Ring productions over the last three seasons. Goerke, an acclaimed Elektra, was emerging as a leading hochdramatisch soprano, and, not long after the COC announcement, was named by Peter Gelb as the Brünnhilde of the Metropolitan Opera’s upcoming Ring revival in the 2018-19 season. Toronto audiences have been treated to her first crack at Wagner’s warrior goddess, after which she has taken her interpretations to the Houston Grand Opera (where she is headed again this spring) and subsequently the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Tackling the Götterdämmerung Brünnhilde for the first time, Goerke has fulfilled her promise as the next great exponent of Wagner’s iconic Valkyrie. Goerke’s dramatic work is often defined by the vulnerability she brings to her roles. Her Brünnhilde is notable for its palpable humanity, a quality she highlights in […]
2016-02-21 19:07:00
My Toronto Concert Previews for the Week of Feb. 22 to 28 ~ Joseph So The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is presenting a real "heart of the repertoire" program this week, opening with Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 2, followed by Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Canadian pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin. The centerpiece is the Schumann Symphony No. 4, with French conductor Louis Langree at the helm. Performances on Thursday Feb. 25 and Saturday Feb. 27 8 p.m. at Roy Thomson Hall. ici Pianist Marc Andre Hamelin (Photo: Fran Kaufmann) This is the final week of the Canadian Opera Company's winter season. Siegfried has already been consigned to history, and only four performances of The Marriage of Figaro remaining. On Feb. 22 is the special COC Ensemble Studio Performance. I attended a preview of it last week at noon at the RBA, […]
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