Looks like the days of putting your phone away when you get the movies are drawing to a close. Well, sorta. Cineplex is rolling out Timeplay to select theatres and I get to try it out this week (and see Skyfall again, which is awesome). The deal is this: Download an app to your phone [...]
New Posters for the Next Season of Vancouver Opera
June 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Very different posters for next season vs this season. I like the one for Traviata the best I think [From Vancouver Opera Blog: New Season, New Look] I do still need to try to get my hands on a Madama Butterfly poster.
Go see Marriage of Figaro for the comedy, and the singing isn’t bad either
April 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Fine, opera isn’t for everyone, but before you think opera isn’t for you, you need to go see one. Seriously. In the opera world there are a lot of great “first time operas” to attend. My first was Eugene Onegin (not in the list of first ones to see), Gus’s was Tosca, I’d put Madama [...]
Rock Me Amadeus: Marriage of Figaro Opening
April 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Ah Mozart. Love Mozart’s music, but I haven’t been to a Mozart Opera before … until now. The Marriage of Figaro is the second play in a trilogy, Barber of Seville comes first in the series of plays, but as an opera was second (by 30 years, so the prequel isn’t a new invention!). Regardless, [...]
Nixon has flown home, but there are two more operas yet to come this season
March 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This a a belated post, since Nixon in China closed this weekend, but that’s okay because the two operas I’m most looking forward to are coming up next. I haven’t been to a Mozart opera yet, but I tend to like Mozart, and have been listening to Don Giovanni so I think I’ll enjoy Marriage [...]
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