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NOTES: Jane Archibald's Diary
By COC StaffPosted in NOTES
We asked Jane Archibald, the COC’s 2017/2018 Artist-in-Residence, to keep a daily(ish) diary during a very busy April in which she made her title role debut in Stravinsky’s The Nightingale and Other Short Fables, jetted to the East Coast for a recital program in Halifax, and attended to some of the less glamorous tasks of being an international opera star, from power-washing the deck furniture to filing her taxes.[READ MORE] -
To err is human
By Jane Archibald (COC Artist-in-Residence)Posted in Notes
DISPATCHES FROM THE OPERA WORLD
Jane Archibald, illustration by Arpanaa Das
Guest Writer
SOPRANO JANE ARCHIBALD
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“To err is human,” as the saying goes, and opera singers are as human as anybody else, despite attaining Olympian high notes. In this issue, our Artist-in-Residence reflects on the surprisingly liberating experience of making mistakes on stage, as well as the seemingly unavoidable blight of all live performers: the wardrobe malfunction. New in this issue, we’ve teamed up with Toronto-based visual designer Arpanaa Das for a series of illustrations inspired by Jane's stories. -
NOTES: A Conversation with Soprano Miriam Khalil
By COC StaffPosted in Notes
Soprano Miriam Khalil in rehearsal for BOUND at the Canadian Opera Company's Jackman Studio
at 227 Front St. E. Photo: Darryl Block
A Conversation with Soprano Miriam KhalilAs part of their work in the COC’s Company-in-Residence program, Against the Grain Theatre has been developing a new opera led by Artistic Director Joel Ivany and Music Director Topher Mokrzewski. BOUND takes Handel arias and ensembles, reconstructs them through a new interpretation by composer Kevin Lau, and layers the music against new English-language texts by Ivany, drawn from real world events. In the leadup to tonight’s opening, we asked AtG Founding Member and Ensemble Studio graduate Miriam Khalil to share her thoughts on the challenging process of creating art that responds to contemporary realities of persecution, oppression, and asylum.
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