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Essays and interviews on opera, training and the future of the art form.
Where Are the Opera Evangelists?
COMING OF AGE in the performing arts in Toronto meant absorbing all flavours of past tense. Teachers, producers and agents discussed industry days gone by in grammatical…
The Efficiency of Trust
MARK WILLIAMS I S THE NE W CE O OF THE TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHE S TRA. HE HA S SER VED IN LE ADER SHIP R OLE S WI TH THE CLE VEL AND ORCHE S TRA AND THE SAN FRANCI S CO…
Waiting in the Wings
... There is a shadowland in opera. It isn’t backstage. No amount of Googling will find the creatures within its mists. These are the avatars in the operatic video game,…
Training for the Times
Canadian opera training may need a rinascimento, a second act in which characters come together, untangle the plot and move it forward. The opera industry has changed,…