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OA’s First Canadian Place Performance

It’s hard to imagine going into our 15th season at First Canadian Place! These live presentations at the Waterfall Stage are the brainchild of the visionary Brenda Parres, FCP Events Director. I can never get over the thrill of seeing so many hundreds of people taking a break from their busy work day in order [...]

Our brief trip to New York

Jeannette and I have just returned from New York where we attended the glorious Pierre Bonnard exhibition at the Met, followed at once by the ravishing – utterly disorienting fashion show by Ralph Rucci which took place in a gigantic white tent which filled Bryant Park at 6th and 41st. The sheer number of security [...]

Backstage at the Chado Ralph Rucci fashion show

Off to New York fashion week…

I’m very excited! Jeannette and I have received our official invitations to CHADO, Ralph Rucci’s fashion show which will close fashion week in New York. This much coveted invitation to the Fall/Winter 2009 collection comes to us courtesy of Canada’s spectacular high priestess of fashion, Jeanne Beker.   Jeanne has been coming to OA shows [...]

2009-2010 season delivers one-two knock-out punch!

At last I can finally talk about it – our much anticipated 2009/10 season which will feature two of our favourite productions, Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Iphigénie has a particularly special place in our hearts. It is the production which generated the most extraordinary media controversy in OA’s history. [...]