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The Streaming Network Features Rose Marie Rose Marie Review The company’s first full-scale production, a revival of the 1920s smash hit musical, Rose Marie, played Friday and Saturday evenings in the John Bassett Theatre in the Toronto Convention Centre played to large crowds both evenings. Review of Rose Marie by The Wholenote “Mezzo-soprano Maude Brunet was charming and effervescent in the title role with a voice that was at once rich and bright.” Interview with Skinner Publicity -Part 1 Interview with Skinner Publicity -Part 2 Tonia Cianciulli Speaks with 96.3FM On Upcoming Rose Marie Opera Wish Opera moves to Downtown Toronto Click here to read the full article. Wish Opera injects elements of modern industrial design and edgy Canadian fashion into the age-old classical art form. Opera Times Eight Click here to read the full article. April is once again the opera month of the Ontario cultural calendar with eight fully-staged operas in Southern Ontario plus at least two operas in concert on offer. One of the fully-staged productions comes from a brand new company, Wish Opera, that seeks to further the work of Canadian artists in its productions. The newest operatic kid on the block kicks off with Rose Marie Click here to read the full article. What’s more quintessentially Canadian than the Rockies, Mounties, Indians and Romance? It’s billed as a Canadian love story between a French girl and an English boy, set in the wild west of the Canadian Rockies. Throw in a scintillating score with catchy tunes, sung by up-and-coming singers with beautiful voices and attractive stage presence, and you’ve got the right ingredients for success. Wish Opera Announces 2011 Season in Opera Canada Magazine, Ad Generously Sponsored by EMC2 Salon.
WISH OPERA APPOINTS KERRY STRATTON CONDUCTOR & MUSIC DIRECTOR - ANNOUNCES 2011 SEASON. Wish Opera announces Kerry Stratton as Conductor and Music Director in Opera Canada Magazine, Sponsored by Zed Financial.
Wish Opera; the sound of modern elegance Click here to read the full review The life of a reviewer: Attend a show, sit in great seats, have a night out, then home and critique it. I am a writer, so how hard could it be? Or so I thought until handed my first assignment: The Wish Opera. After the initial thrill of attending my first opera: - a flutter of anxiety. I checked the website and the apprehension temporarily lifted. It is not merely an opera, but fashion, contemporary art and design infused, uplifted and showcased by opera.
Auspicious Concert Launch for Wish Opera Click here to read the full review The mission of the newly minted Wish Opera is to create "a modern vision of opera by fusing the existing beauty of operatic sound with contemporary fashion and design. As its Executive Director Tonia Cianciulli said to the audience at the beginning of the performance last evening, this new initiative has been a dream of hers for a long time. It came to fruition in two launch concerts at the intimate surroundings of the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre on the York University campus this week.
Wish Opera Launch Click here to read the full review There’s a new opera company in town. Producer Tonia Cianciulli’s brainchild is called Wish Opera and its mandate is to combine singing with high fashion. At the Wish Opera launch at the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre at York University, the sides of the stage included two state-of-the-art living rooms which director Joel Ivany included in his staging. The female singers wore stunning gowns. It certainly was eye candy.
Wish Opera Launch New Group Wishes to add a sheen of trendiness to Opera with Designer Dash Click here to read the full review On Thursday night at York University's new Accolade arts building, a new group -- Wish Opera -- tried to add layers of cool and hip to the tired-and-true concert of opera arias by decking out the singers in Canadian-designer clothes, surrounding them with designer-conceived stage décor and giving the evening a more salon-like feel, with fashion writer/editor Deirdre Kelly acting as emcee.
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