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 A Message from Larry Beckwith - Artistic Director

Dear Friends,

I am pleased to announce the details of our 2011-2012 8th Anniversary Season!.

This season offers three productions featuring repertoire from diverse eras and backgrounds. We open our season with a "detective opera" full of twists and turns, continue with a cabaret evening featuring some of Canada's most beloved performers and finish off with a mixed program of 17th century works celebrating the wit and ingenuity of women.

November brings "Crazy to Kill", an opera by John Beckwith and James Reaney, written in 1988 for the Guelph Spring Festival. It features three singers (Kimberly Barber, Doug MacNaughton and Shannon Mercer), two actors and 18 puppets! These beautiful and arresting puppets were originally designed and built by Anna Wagner-Ott. Taking place at the Enwave Theatre at Harbourfront, "Crazy to Kill" will be directed by David Ferry, with guest music director Greg Oh.

February brings "Masques of Love" at the Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, with guests Patricia O'Callaghan, Ken Whiteley and Terry McKenna. In a relaxed and inimate setting, you will hear torch songs, lute-songs, pop classics and madrigals, and a very special piece "Neruda Canciones", written especially for TMT by Canadian composer Omar Daniel.

Our final offering, in May, 2012, is "The Convent of Pleasure", a program including scenes from a play by Margaret Cavendish, an entended madrigal by Luigi Rossi and a complete performance of Monteverdi's sensational "Ballo delle Ingrate", with singers, dancers and orchestra. "The Convent of Pleasure" takes place at the Hart House Theatre.

If you've never experienced the warmth and intimacy of a TMT show, I strongly urge you to give us a try, and bring a friend! If you are a returning patron, thank you for your loyalty and continued interest in our company. We are deeply appreciative of your support and look forward to welcoming you to our 2011-2012 season.

All the best,

Larry

Thanks to our sponsors

 

   

Thanks also to Roger Moore, and our many other generous donors.

 

 

 

Press

  • 'Beckwith & Co. have the right idea and the right attitude, thinking not only of the past, but of the present and future.'

    • John Terauds, Toronto Star

  • ' …finely detailed choreography by Marie-Nathalie Lacoursiere, who with this one show has set a new standard for historical dance in Toronto.'

    • Robert Everett-Green, Globe and Mail

  • 'Beckwith led his instrumentalists discreetly from the first violin’s chair, giving us chamber music instead of arm-waving.'

    • Tamara Bernstein, Globe and Mail

  • 'Derek Boyes was superb as the narrator in Histoire du Soldat….the musicians, as always, were outstanding.'

    • Paula Citron, Opera Canada

  • '…what a wonderful experience King Arthur was, on so many levels. It was a triumphant display of all the strengths TMT can boast, and we were totally thrilled.'

    • TMT patron