An Extravorganza, Real Theatre and Neatness Porn
Photo credit: THOMAS GRUBE AND SONY CLASSICAL as posted in Toronto Star Okay, I might have been a little ticked that my request for an interview with Cameron Carpenter did not even garner a form reply (I've had authors, opera singers—hell, everybody I asked—all jump at the chance for more coverage) but I didn't think I was in competition with Shad, forgodssake, and Carpenter certainly ran circles around the host , whether the host knew it or no. And I was clear in my approach about not adhering to orthodoxy and actually being more interested in the arts and obviously (for anyone who takes even a cursory look at my blog and other social media can tell) being pro-LGBTQ. Ah well: biographical and interview gleanings from previous online sources will have to suffice as background to the review of his organ concert at Koerner Hall in Toronto on Friday night. [Let me add that this review reminds me why I started this blog, lo, almost a decade ago. When I read...