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Banff Summer Arts Festival gets interdisciplinary
Talk, tech, indie rock, contemporary dance, an outdoor opera at an unconventional venue – and much, much more. That, in a very broad nutshell, is what makes up the 2014 Banff Summer Arts Festival,...
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Mata Hari in 8 Bullets Heads for Europe
David Rhymer called from the artists tent at the Calgary Folk Festival, where he’s performing this weekend in This Little Piggy, the puppets and bluegrass show by Old Trout Peter Balkwill, with news....
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Against the Grain Theatre reworks Mozart’s Don Giovanni to present...
Opera is changing. And it is changing fast and for the better. Large companies have learned to operate on a tight budget, staying in the black while still offering entertaining yet artistically...
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Opera Blog: Banff Centre and Against the Grain Theatre’s exciting new...
There’s been a lot of buzz in Banff this past week about Against the Grain Theatre’s approach to opera. Brash, fun, subtle, intelligent, smart, sassy, and breaking down barriers to conventional opera...
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Memories of Banff II: Russell Braun’s extraordinary recital
The dramatic baritone Russell Braun and collaborative pianist Carolyn Maule came of the Banff Centre to make their much-awaited première at Rolston Recital Hall on the Sunday of the August long...
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Five Things to Watch at The Banff Centre’s Summer Arts Festival
Here are the Banff Centre’s Matt Matheson top picks: 1. So Blue by Louise LeCavalier — June 18, 7:30 p.m., Eric Harvey Theatre, $25 Louise Lecavalier is respected Canadian contemporary dancer. She was...
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Crush debut the perfect contemporary opera for our times
The debut of a new opera is always interesting, on any stage small or large, whether conceived on any scale, grand or chamber-sized. But new opera, for many of its fans, becomes especially more...
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Joel Ivany's A Little Too Cozy gives Mozart a reality TV-style makeover at...
Joel Ivany’s A Little too Cozy, his latest Mozart transladaptation, wrapped up The Banff Centre’s Open Space: Opera in the 21st Century program the end of July with a smart and sassy English language...
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