Beauty Dissolves in a Brief Hour
Presented by: Young Centre for the Performing Arts
Beauty Dissolves in a Brief Hour, a Triptych comprising three interconnected chamber operas.
Beauty Dissolves in a Brief Hour, a Triptych comprising three interconnected chamber operas commissioned from Canadian composers Fuhong Shi, John Rea and Pierre Klanac. Scored for two female voices and accordion, the operas are linked thematically to one another to create one, fully staged cohesive music-theatre production, inspired by the eternal theme of love.
The texts come from three different cultures and periods, and will be sung in Mandarin, English and French. The Mandarin poem is from the Tang Dynasty: Spring, River, and Flowers on a Moonlit Night by Zhang Ruoxu, the English translated text Beauty Dissolves in a Brief Hour by Strozzi and Loredano, and the French poem Jeux à Vendre by Christine de Pisan.
The vulnerable texture of soprano, mezzo-soprano and accordion creates a very delicate and highly refined sound world, resulting in an intimately sensual, fragile and intense experience. Singers Xin Wang and Krisztina Szabo share the stage with accordion player John Lettieri. Stage director Ruth Madoc-Jones, set & costume designer Michael Gianfrancesco and lighting designer Kimberly Purtell team up with Queen of Puddings' co-artistic directors, Dáirine Ní Mheadhra and John Hess for the creation of Beauty Dissolves in a Brief Hour.
Starts: Jul 29, 2010 Ends: Jul 31, 2010
At: Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill Street, Toronto
Playing:
Times: 8pm
Cost: $29
Getting there:
Driving:
- Don Valley Parkway to Richmond St. exit, west on Richmond to Parliament, south on Parliament to Mill St. (one block south of Front St.), then left onto Mill St.
- QEW east to Gardiner Expressway. Take Jarvis St. exit, then north on Jarvis St. to Front St. , East on Front to Parliament St. then south on Parliament to Mill St. , Left onto Mill St.
By TTC:
- Subway. Take Subway to Castle Frank station on the Bloor line. Connect to Bus 65A Parliament. Ride bus straight down Parliament. Exit at Front St. and walk one block south to Mill St.
- King streetcar. Take 504 King street car. Exit at King and Parliament. Walk 2 blocks south on Parliament to Mill St.
-Cherry St. Bus 172 , Front & Bay St. to Cherry Beach via The Esplanade and Mill St.
For more information contact:
Nathalie Bonjour
Phone:
416 2034149
Email:
queenofpuddings2SPAMFILTER@bellnet.ca
