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Leslie Barcza
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Happily married Toronto blogger writer composer keyboardist caregiver Please no DMs as I don't chat. #goleafsgo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is my mantra and also the reason I slouch https://barczablog.com/
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Leslie Barcza @lesbfriends.bsky.social · 2d
Talking with the Artistic Director of Opera by Request about an upcoming show.

#opera #redscare #politics #Menotti #TheConsul

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William Shookhoff discusses political operas: Menotti’s The Consul from Opera By Request
Opera by Request will be presenting Giancarlo Menotti’s The Consul, an opera premiered in 1950 during the Red Scare, a time with significant parallels to our own. I asked William (Bill) Shook…
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#Brecht #politics #literacy
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Leslie Barcza @lesbfriends.bsky.social · 4d
Re-reading Shelley's Defense of Poetry & his reminders of the importance of poetry & the arts. When civilization seems to be crumbling it's good to lean against its pillars.

#poetry #arts #writers #books #booksky

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A Defence of Poetry
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
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My review of the new Canadian Opera Company production.
#opera #theatre #Shakespeare

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COC’s highly original Roméo et Juliette
It might be the best-known of all Shakespeare stories, the star-crossed lovers, dying young for love. Romeo and Juliet becomes Roméo et Juliette when a French composer such as Charles Gounod (1867)…
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Leslie Barcza @lesbfriends.bsky.social · 8d
My review of a delightful concert from the Scarborough Philharmonic

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Scarborough Philharmonic Voyages
For a little while I was able to go far away from the world, as Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra helped me & the enthusiastic audience escape at their Friday October 3rd season opener, a conc…
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Leslie Barcza @lesbfriends.bsky.social · 10d
Profound, funny, satirical, sexy, Slave Play is an amazing piece. Here's my review of the Canadian Premiere production from Canadian Stage.

#slavery #whitesupremacy #theatre #therapy #roleplay

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The lustful lessons of Slave Play
Wednesday October 1st was the opening night of Canadian Stage’s production of Slave Play, by Jeremy O. Harris, a very original work getting its Canadian premiere at the Berkeley St Theatre, d…
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Leslie Barcza @lesbfriends.bsky.social · 11d
This meme is more than 10 years old. That's why he looks different than expected.
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Leslie Barcza @lesbfriends.bsky.social · 13d
A new ensemble in Toronto playing later this week.

#baroque #music #concert

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Lazzuli Baroque Presents: Music & Medicine
Lazzuli Baroque Presents: Music & MedicineOctober 3rd — 7:30PMSt. Thomas’s Anglican Church, 383 Huron Street, Toronto (ON) Featuring:Luce Burrell, lute & theorboKeiran Campbell, baroq…
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Leslie Barcza @lesbfriends.bsky.social · 15d
My review of an excellent concert in Toronto

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Rethinking Mozart 40 & Schubert 5 with Rachel Podger and Tafelmusik
Friday night was an exciting beginning to the Tafelmusik concert season led by their charismatic Principal Guest Director Rachel Podger featuring works of Mozart & Schubert, a concert to be rep…
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