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Photo: Bruce Zinger/ Peggy Kriha Dye as Ilia in Mozart's Idomeneo I may get shot for this, but I'm gonna 'fess up to something: I am probably the only person in Canada who isn't a Measha Brueggergosman fan. OK--I've said it. So while I was looking forward to Opera Atelier's Idomeneo the other night, I wasn't all aflap with Measha Madness myself. I tend to be more interested in (a) mezzo soprani and (b) the less celebrity-status singers. But I had a metanoia of sorts. First, her hair won me over. Seriously. I like funky and this hair and makeup decision for a Mozart opera was definitely up my alley. I also felt this was a wonderful genre for Ms. B. I hadn't been hooked by her voice before (please: no death threats made up of cut-out little letters!). However, her ardent character still contained the performer and I enjoyed the result. Her vocal style and acting was true to Opera Atelier's texture. So. Measha Madness 30,000,001 : Measha Naysayers 0. ...

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Sunday May 4th at 4pm, The Toronto Classical Singers under Jurgen Petrenko will perform Haydn's The Creation . Guests are the Talisker Players, Marion Samuel-Stevens, soprano, Lenard Whiting, tenor and Gregory Dahl, baritone. The concert takes place at CCDP and tickets are $25/$20sr/$15st. 416 443 1490 for info.

Here's a neat little film based on a poem. Watch The Red Wheelbarrow on YouTube.

Sound Ministry is holding another of its worship concerts/jams in downtown Toronto Saturday May 3rd at 8pm. You can ck out their Facebook or Myspace for more details.

Mark Powell has posted this clip on YouTube which may be of interest. He discusses the place of the artist in the church--in reality and ideally. Watch The Christian Artist here .

'In a vision Saint Augustine saw a child trying to empty the sea into a hole dug in the sand; when Augustine told him that this was impossible, the child replied that Augustine was engaged on the equally impossible task of explaining the Trinity .' From the National Gallery (London) website.

Photo: Bruce Zinger/ Peggy Kriha Dye as Ilia in Mozart's Idomeneo click on photo to enlarge