Aparna Halpé is Professor of English at Centennial College, Toronto, Canada. Aparna holds a doctorate in English Literature from the University of Toronto, and has a life long love of the performing arts fostered by her early training in music, dance and theater. In addition to her scholarly work, Aparna is a published poet and founding member of the tango ensemble Ruta 7.
Mario Rizzo, famous for his eccentric innovative approach to tango, takes the stage as the Duende in Arrabal, directed by Sergio Trujillo, with music ...
When Peter Sellars was commissioned to reprise his 2011 production of Handel's Hercules for the Canadian Opera Company, I expected the effect to be po...
It rarely bodes well for a production when muffled titters greet the death of its protagonist, particularly when the play is, by any definition, a tra...
As opera season opens at the Canadian Opera Company, and faithful Torontonians flock by the dozens to the opening night of La Bohème, my eye is caught...
