It was my mother who introduced me to the opera “Nelligan” around 1990. We were flipping channels one night when we chanced upon a TFO (the French language public television station in Ontario) airing of the Andre Gagnon – Michel Tremblay operatic rendering of the life of Emile Nelligan. My mother tracked down the CD [...]
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I’m setting out to create a CD (or CD’s) which will feature classical music one can’t find on a top 1000 hits boxed set such as:
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Classical-Top-1000/e/842977033205
Here is the track list thus far:
1) Viatore – Peteris Vasks
2) Miroirs, No. 3 Une barque sur l_’ocean – Ravel
3) Pavane – Gabriel Faure
4) Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faun – [...]
I had heard of the Toronto Opera Repertoire for some time. I had always wanted to go but I never managed to find the time. Finally I made it this year to the very last free (pay what you can, donation) concert of the season.
The Repretoire is made up of local talent with many performers [...]
