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Ben Heppner Shines in The Canadian Opera Company’s Stellar Peter Grimes reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

  Four Seasons Centre, Toronto.October 17, 2013. Ben Heppner is Peter Grimes, the eponymous dark star of Benjamin Britten’s folk epic, arguably the opera of our times. Grimes is dark because he is ‘the’ outsider in a tight community held … Continue reading

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Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan rule the realm of sonatas for cello and piano:A review by Stanley Fefferman

In 1968, Jacqueline du Pré and Daniel Barenboim reigned as  power-couple of Sonatas for Cello and Piano. Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan, to judge by the power of their performance this afternoon in Koerner Hall, deserve to inherit the … Continue reading

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Opera: Against the Grain’s Turn of the Screw reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

May 24, 2012. Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, Toronto. Against the Grain Theatre has magic that carries even a shoebox production into your imagination and makes it live as art. They did it a few months ago with my favourite opera, … Continue reading

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