Around Canada

By Colin Eatock

At first glance, it looks simply threadbare. But with poised and ritualized staging, director Robert Carsen has created a poetic theatrical experience. As well, the grand starkness of Michael Levine's design focuses attention on significant details

By Colin Eatock

The Manitoba Chamber Orchestra paid Toronto’s Glenn Gould Studio a visit last night. It was at the end of a mini-tour of Ontario, organized by the Numus concert society. The program was billed as “The Film Music of Philip Glass” – and although it wasn’t quite all film music, it was certainly all Glass.