This morning I was standing on the corner of Queen and Yonge waiting for the light to change, and a delightful young woman I had never met before came rushing up to tell me how much she has loved Poppea. She went on to explain that she has been attending OA performances for the past five years but that she feels was the best yet. In some respects I have to agree, but then I always feel our most recent show to be the most successful of any we have produced. At any rate, it was great to once … Read more
I want to give all of our friends a heads up that the School of Atelier Ballet will once again be participating in Doors Open Toronto. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of this very popular event, out students will present a fully costumed performance of our Dance Through Time program. Dance Through Time features dances of the Renaissance, Baroque and 19th century including some lovely examples of 19th century ballet. This is a one hour family event that takes place in the beautiful historic ballroom of St. Lawrence Hall. Please come celebrate with Jeannette and me and all … Read more
I was pleasantly surprised when my somewhat flippant and definitely silly pop-song-referencing “tweet” summarizing the plot of the opera, (“To hell with virtue and fortune, Love Conquers All! (That’s Amore, And They Called it Poppy Love)”) was one of the winners of a pair of tickets for the Poppea performance through the Collaborative Piano Blog contest. With the additional purchase of a $20 student ticket, I seized the opportunity to take my two teen-aged kids to their first Opera Atelier production. I thought that perhaps you may not get much feedback from that generation and therefore might like to hear … Read more
