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Spend Your Valentine’s Day Hangover With Liszt

Studio Theatre February 19, 2012 Presented by Neapolitan Connection 3:00 PM A ROMANTIC MUSIC TRYST WITH LISZT! Angela Park - Piano Eve Rachel McLeod - Soprano Rachel Mercer - CelloIntroducing young artist, Aaron Chow, piano.   Known for his incredulous piano virtuosity, innovative piano...

Meryl Streep on vocal stamina, studying opera and "just the breath"

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:20:52 -0800  Interview courtesy of NPRMeryl Streep: The Fresh Air InterviewMeryl Streep is known for completely enveloping herself in her characters, capturing their nuances, speech patterns and personalities. In her...

Danielle de Niese’s wardrobe make headlines…Wait, what?

Yes, I love fashion. Yes, I love opera, but when the New York Times decided to do an introspective feature on what Danielle de Niese wore for an entire week, my heart sank a bit....

Dancer Guillaume Côté is magnetic in Lost in Motion

Enjoy some beautiful solo dance featuring Guillaume Côté. National Ballet of Canada, principal dancer Guillaume Côté Directed by Ben Shirinian Choreography by Guillaume Côté Music by James LaValleProduced by Leslie Aimee Gottleib and David Miller for...

COC 2012-2013 Season, with Heppner, Vargas and Egoyan

The Canadian Opera Company unveiled a stellar artistic line-up for its 2012/2013 season today at a press conference at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The company’s 63rd season is a celebration of opera’s...

Sh*t Opera Singers Say

and without further ado, here is part 2 of Shit Opera Singers Say. Enjoy!  

A little holiday love

Every girl deserves a holiday, so I'm taking a few days off. Thank you for being such a fabulous audience, you mean the world to me. I'll be back after Christmas. Con affetto, Diana

The art life and stilettos holiday performance calendar: December 15 – 18, 2011

Tis the season for Handel’s Messiah. The tradition of performing this particular oratorio has become as synonymous with the holidays as the Nutcracker and a Charlie Brown Christmas. If you have never seen a Messiah...

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Mezzosoprano Frederica Von Stade On Her Glorious Career

For your viewing pleasure, the lovely Frederica Von Stade talking about her life, her career, and the glamour of working at the Met Opera....

Music, Medicine and My Father

Book review of “The Hard Bargain: Music, Medicine and My Father (Richard Tucker, Opera Legend)” Authors David Tucker and Burton Spivak. Xlibris, 2018. By...

The art life and stilettos performance calendar: Dec 2 – 4, 2011

To submit your event, please email info@artlifeandstilettos.com   Soulful Messiah - Ballet Creole Soulfully danced to Quincy Jones’ Grammy Award-winning R&B rendition of Handel’s Messiah, this...

Bringing women conductors to the front of the orchestra

Another day, another person deciding your value based on gender. Thankfully, some Arts Organizations are starting to confront the systemic discrimination that is unfortunately,...

Factory Theatre: Diversity Beyond the Great White North

Toronto based, Factory Theatre continues to commit to diversity this season as it programs "Beyond the Great White North," six new plays, each written...