With the Telling Comes the Magic

UoT Opera’s annual Student Composer Collective production was presented on Sunday afternoon at CanStage Berkeley Street.  This year Michael Patrick Albano’s libretto took three stories from antiquity and presented each twice; essentially in the original and then with a modern twist.  The three stories were Antigone, Medea and Helen and five composers were involved in creating the music.  Sandra Horst conducted with a seven piece ensemble on stage to one side.

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The First Viennese School

Wednesday’s recital in the RBA was given by UoT Opera.  It consisted of a series of arias/scenes drawn from the operas of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven creatively staged by Mabel Wonnacott.  It was lively and a lot of fun and the vocal standard was very high, especially for so early in the academic year.

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