Beautiful Feet

FRIDAY, FEB 19th at GALLERY 345 345 Sorauren, in Roncesvalles 8:00pm admission $10/6 (students, artists etc) Attila Fias and John Farah, pianos improvisations and new compositions for two pianos "The piano and electronics duo of Attila Fias and John Kameel Farah has been many years in the making, since they became friends at an Arts high school. Both went on to study at U of T - Attila studying jazz improvisation and John studying composition and classical performance. Both have gone on to etch out their own voices, but over 2 decades of jamming together and influencing each other, they have finally put their talents together to form the Fias-Farah Duo. The sound is not what you would expect from a straight-laced classical piano duo - rather they are combining their experience in jazz, free improvisation, modern classical, Hungarian and middle-eastern influences to form a wild yet musically tight cornucopia of sound." Fias has recently released his first jazz trio CD "S...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Marriage of Figaro APRIL 24 - MAY 1, 2010 "...the work shines like new. Seldom has Mozart's Figaro seemed so fresh and its comedy so sublime." — Christopher Hoile, Eye Weekly Mozart’s commedia dell’arte inspired opera had its premiere in 1786 and was an instant success. Based on the shocking Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart’s racy tale of love, betrayal and forgiveness is a hilarious and subversive social commentary about a world on the brink of revolution. Opera Atelier is thrilled to unveil a brand new production for our 09/10 season, in which baritone Olivier Laquerre makes his role debut as the incorrigible Figaro. OA is pleased to announce the company debut of baritone Phillip Addis * and mezzo soprano Wallis Giunta *. The Marriage of Figaro also stars OA favourites Carla Huhtanen , Peggy Kriha Dye , Laura Pudwell , and Curtis Sullivan with Artists of Atelier Ballet, and the incomparable Tafelmusik Orchestra under the b...

Opera Atelier celebrates its 25th Anniversary Season with two new productions: one pays tribute to the company’s roots, the second points to its ambitious plans for the future. The season opens with OA’s first fully-staged production of Handel’s pastorale Acis and Galatea. Based on Ovid’s tale of the water nymph Galatea and her doomed love for the Arcadian shepherd Acis, it is one of Handel’s most popular creations. Tenor Thomas Macleay, who thrilled Toronto audiences with his performance in last season’s Iphigénie en Tauride, will sing the title role of Acis partnered with Canadian soprano Mireille Asselin, in her company debut as Galatea. They are joined by bass João Fernandes who appears as the giant Polyphemus and tenor Laurence Wiliford as the spirit Damon. Acis will also feature Artists of Atelier Ballet, and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir under the baton of David Fallis. This production is directed by Marshall Pynkoski and choreographed by Jeannette Lajeunesse Zi...

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Thanks to my colleague for turning me onto the Nooma series of short film devotionals. Check out this one, entitled Rain . Good food for thought. I also learned from him about Tangle , which he described as a Christian YouTube. Cool stuff.