Volume 5 Issue 6 - March 2000

Etcetera file
continued from page 29
Charles Morrison,:Wilfrid
Laurier University. Room 109,
Edward Johnston Bldg., 80
Queen's Park. 978-3750. Free.
••March 7 12:00 noon: U ofT
Faculty of Music Alumni
Association - Music Alumni
Guest Speaker Series. Music
and Media. Guest speaker: Peter
Goddard, writer & columnist at
The Toronto Star. Room 330,
Edward Johnson Bldg. Free.
-*March 15 4:00: U ofT
Faculty of Music. Colloquium in
1 Musz.cot.ogy & Theory: Some
Notes on Graphs (Beethoven s
Op.JJ Sonatas); Representation~
of Gender in Barbara .f!entland s
"Disasters of the Sun ; The
Early Years of the Canadian
League of Composers. Guy .
Obrecht, Janette Tilley & Bemta
Walters, speakers. Room 216,
Edward Jolmston Bldg., 80
Queen's Park. 978-3750. Free.
-*March 20 8:00: Toronto
Wagner Society. Wagner in
Toronto: a peifonnance history.
Lecture by Professor Carl Morey.
Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm St.
966-5289. Donation ($5-$10
suggested); members free.
-*March 29 6:45: TSO. Classic
Intro pre-concert chat. Stravinsky
& Scandal. Join host Peter
Tiefenbach, as he explores and
explains Stravinsky's. Le Sacre du
printemps from the p1ano. Roy
Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St.
593-4828. $4.85 or free with
ticket to 8:00 performance.
.. March 30 4:00: U ofT
Faculty of Music. Colloquium in
Musicology & Theory: Ar1
introduction to musical
semiology: theory & practice.
Prof Jean-Jacques Nattiez, U. of
Montreal. Room TBA, Edward
Jolmston Bldg., 80 Queen's Park.
978-3750. Free.
.. April 4 12:00 noon: U ofT
Faculty of Music Alumni
Association - Music Alumni
Guest Speaker Series. The Art
of the Orchestral Librarian.
Guest speaker: Marilyn Anthony
Steiner, orchestral librarian &
music proof reader. Room 330,
Edward Jolmson Bldg. Free.
MASTER CLASSES
••March 10 2:00: RCM Glenn
Gould Professional School.
Wind master class with Jolm
Mack, oboe. Ettore Mazzoleni
Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West.
408-2824 ext.321. $5 suggested.
••March 231:00: U ofT
Faculty of Music. Master class
with the Elmer Iseler Singers,
Choir-in-Residence. Lydia
Adams, conductor. Room 330,
Edward Jolmson Bldg., 80
Queen's Park. 978-3744. Free.
••March 3012:00: U ofT
Fac~lty of Music. Master class
with the Canadian Brass.
MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's
Park. 978-3744. Free.
-*March 31 2:00: RCM Glenn
Gould Professional School.
Piano master class with Leon
Fleisher. Ettore Mazzoleni
Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West.
408-2824 ext.32l. $5 suggested.
.. April 7 2:00: RCM Glenn
Gould Professional School.
Voice master class with Evelyn
Lear, soprano. Ettore Mazzoleni
Concert Hall, 273 Bloor St. West. ·
408-2824 ext.321. $5 suggested.
WORKSHOPS
• •March 3 7:30: Recorder
Players' Society. For players of
both c and F recorders. Church
of the Transfiguration, Ill Manor
Rd. East. 431-7560. $4.
**March 4 9:00am: Unionville
Wind Conductors' Sympos)um.
A day of practical ideas &
practical solutions. O~n t? all
music educators & wuvers1ty
students. Featured clinicians: H.
Robert Reynolds & Michael
Haithcock. Unionville High
School, 201 Town Centre Blvd.
905-479-2787 ext.363. $65
(teacher), $45 (student).
• •March 4 2:00: CAMMAC.
Workshop Singing on Stage. Peg
Evans of the COC will coach
participants in both singing &
staging of opera choruses from
Cannen and/or La Traviata.
Church of the Messiah, 240
Avenue Rd. 962-4847.
CAMMAC members $15; nonmembers
$20. Registration by
Feb. 18 reconunended.
••March 5 1:30: Toronto Early
Music Players Organ!zatio.n.
Workshop with Kathenne H1ll:
music for voices & viols. Lansmg
United 49 Bogert Ave. 480-0225.
• *Ma;ch 5 2:00: Ontario
Registered Music Teachers'
Association. Workshop/demonstration
in Memorization &
Stylistic Peifomzance with Dr.
Tiiu Haruner. St. Simon's Church,
1450 Litchfield Road, Oakville.
905-643-7466. $15 (nonmembers),
$10(st).
• •March 14 6:30: Hampton
Avenue. Open rehearsal, jazz a
cappella workshop. SIP Cafe, 112
Hampton Ave. 778-7293. Free.
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v/1usic 'll.rtt-re
by Sarah B~ Ld
Time to indulge
in Classic Opera
with the favourites
Not Gounod, not Puccini, not Verdi, not ~ossini,
... not March, but very definitely c/asszcal!
Gino Quilico in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammennoo~ .
Although there · was usually c 1 asslca · 1 mUSIC · p 1 a ying around . fr the house tl
when I was growing up, eitlter on recor~ or over the radio . om te
dependable CBC, I don't remember he~ng much opera unhl l;as
in m late 20s or early 30s. Titerefore, If you. wer~ to ~k me w at
operr diva has had the greatest effect on my unag~atto~ woul~ be
forced to adlnit that that distinction belongs to a smger o~ V~lce 1
have never heard, altl10ugh she travell.ed and recorded ~e:~~~·se
I refer of course to Madame Blanca Castafiore~ e
N'ghtingale known to several generations ofschoolchil~en as the
Ol;ly recurri;lg female character of any significance at allm the
popular Tin tin books.
Once, when quizzed by an
admiringjotmtalist abo~t her
repertoire for an upcommg
concert tour, La Divine Bianca
replies t11at she'll be. s~nging ~e
great classics: ~'Puccm~, Verdi:,
Rossini Gounl ... oh, Silly me,
she corrects ' herse If , "G oun? d" ·
Which brings me to the top1c of
t11is month's article. If Madame
Castafiore were around Toronto
tJ1is month, she'd be very much
in her element, as all four of
those opera greats are represented
in the calendar.
Giuseppe Verdi's name is more
or less synonymous with Italian
opera. The composer of such
inunortal standards as La
Traviata ll Trovatore and Aida
was bo~ in 1813, and died at the
dawn of the new century (in
1901) _the autho.r of~8 operas.
Verdi's Rigoletto IS bemg
presented by Toronto Opera
Repertoire from Marc~ 3 to 5 ~t
the Bickford Centre. Rigoletto IS
the bitter tale of t11e wicked jester
whose plotting robs him of his
beloved daughter, and - in case
you haven't heard ofth~m .­
Toronto Opera Repertotre IS a
group that includes bo~ ~at.eurs
and professionals-in-trammg m
full-scale productions o~ o~ra
works, as part of a conttnumg
education program offered by the