Monthly Archives: June 2013

John McLaughlin and The Fourth Dimension at TD Toronto Jazz Festival: photos by Eric Fefferman

June 23, 2013. TD Toronto Jazz Festival MainStage. British guitar icon John McLaughlin in his seventies but not showing it brought the newest version of his band The Fourth Dimension to the TD Toronto Jazz stage last night for a … Continue reading

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Joy and serenity flow from Mark Morris’ L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato in Toronto’s Sony Centre

June 21, 2013. Sony Centre for the Arts, Toronto. As Handel made music of John Milton’s poems L’Allegro and il Penseroso , Mark Morris made Handel’s music dance. The 32 scenes of Morris’ ballet breathe with inspiration of figures and designs from … Continue reading

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The warm embrace of Mavis Staples, the cool vibe of Dr. John @ TD Toronto Jazz Festival by Stasia Marunchak & Eric Fefferman

  June 22, 2013. TD Toronto Jazz Festival Mainstage, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto. Day 2 of the TD Toronto Jazz Festival brought heat and humidity that reminded us summer has arrived.  It was sticky heat that keeps us indoors with … Continue reading

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June 20, 2013. MacMillan Theatre, Toronto. The chamber-opera Feng Yi Ting is a high-grade hybrid. The composer/librettist is Chinese, the director is Armenian-Canadian, and both are outstanding in their fields. Guo Wenjing belongs to the elite 200 students admitted to Beijing’s Central … Continue reading

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Steve Cohen’s Magic is !Omigawd! by Stanley Fefferman

June 17, 2013. George Brown House, Toronto. The art of the magician is to create wonder. Doug Henning Steve Cohen tricks you into feeling wonder-full. When he guesses that your last vacation was scuba diving in the Marquesas, or asks … Continue reading

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Luminato’s Concerto for Piano and Pasteboards reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

  June 16, 2013. Mazzoleni Hall, Toronto. We enjoyed being fooled. We pay good money to people who can trick us. We long for the impossible, and what Miguel Puga does is impossible, but there it is. To help us … Continue reading

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Luminato’s brilliantly inventive “Life and Death of Marina Abramovic” reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

June 14, 2012. Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto. The opening tableau has three pissing-real Dobermans prowling the stage dressed with three fake-dead Marinas propped on coffins. The closing tableau has real Marina Abramovic and cast led by monumental Anthony Hegarty singing … Continue reading

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Excitement at the Symphony with Yuja Wang and Kevin Lau reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

June 12, 2013. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto. The music and the musicians at this Symphony concert were exciting.  Tiny twenty-something Yuja Wang in a rocking frock with silver killer heels dominated Prokofiev’s massive Piano Concerto No. 2. The TSO’s affiliate … Continue reading

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