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Toronto - The world premiere of a new Canadian work was one of the many operatic highlights revealed today at the public launch of the Canadian Opera Company's 2015/2016 season at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The COC's 65th season is once again comprised entirely of company productions, four of which are new to Toronto audiences, and features the COC's first mainstage world premiere since 1999, COC premieres of opera rarities and the revival of classic masterpieces.
The COC presents Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata in a new company production; the world premiere of Barbara Monk Feldman's Pyramus and Thisbe presented with the COC premieres of Claudio Monteverdi's Lamento d'Arianna and Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda; the continuation of the COC's Ring operas with the revival of its acclaimed production of Richard Wagner's Siegfried; a new COC production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro; the COC premiere of Gioachino Rossini's Maometto II; and a revival of the COC production of Georges Bizet's popular opera Carmen.
"With the 15/16 season we can explore with our patrons the vitality of opera through the centuries. The new season follows the evolution of opera, from its earliest beginnings with the Monteverdi pieces, to the world premiere of a 21st-century Canadian work," says COC General Director Alexander Neef. "This season offers something for everyone while at the same time allowing us as a company to showcase the timelessness of opera as well as moving the art form forward."
The COC continues to bring opera's most exciting emerging and established artists to its stage. Among those making their mainstage debuts with the COC in the 15/16 season are singers Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Charles Castronovo, Leah Crocetto, Emily Fons, Clémentine Margaine, Luca Pisaroni, Christopher Purves, Helene Schneiderman, Ekaterina Siurina, Bruce Sledge, Stefan Vinke and Josef Wagner; directors Arin Arbus, Claus Guth and Joel Ivany; and designer Cait O'Connor.
The opera company also welcomes the return of a number of acclaimed Canadian and international artists including singers Phillip Addis, Jane Archibald, Russell Braun, Michael Colvin, Elizabeth DeShong, Joyce El-Khoury, Phillip Ens, Christine Goerke, Alan Held, Quinn Kelsey, Doug MacNaughton, Owen McCausland, Zachary Nelson, Simone Osborne, Robert Pomakov, David Pomeroy, Anita Rachvelishvili, Maria Radner, Krisztina Szabó, Russell Thomas, Christian Van Horn, Erin Wall and James Westman; directors Christopher Alden, David Alden and François Girard; designers Michael Levine, Paul Steinberg and Terese Wadden; and conductors Harry Bicket, Paolo Carignani and Marco Guidarini.
The COC's 15/16 season opens with a new production of Verdi's glorious masterpiece, La Traviata. In 1853, La Traviata scandalized Venetians with its unsentimental depiction of a courtesan in love, yet the character of Violetta has emerged as one of the most compelling and glamorous heroines in all of opera. Renowned New York theatre director Arin Arbus, hailed by the New York Times as "the most gifted new director to emerge" in 2009, sets this story of passion and sacrifice in glittering 1850s Paris, evoking the social realities, rhythms and debauchery of a rapidly changing world. Co-produced with Lyric Opera of Chicago and Houston Grand Opera, this La Traviata delighted audiences at its Chicago premiere in 2013 with a look and feel that is "both hyper-traditional and, in moments, saucily modern" (bachtrack.com). Costumes by noted visual artist and designer Cait O'Connor are both decadent and playful, and alongside the giant puppets, Marie-Antoinette-style wigs, gilded angel-wings and a matador, it all befits the excesses of the 19th-century Parisian nightlife that inspired the opera that Verdi would call "a subject of the times." Cast as Violetta are two of the most exciting young sopranos on the opera scene today, Russian Ekaterina Siurina and Canadian Joyce El-Khoury (2013's La Bohème), both praised internationally for their realization of the role's demanding vocal pyrotechnics as well delivering the dramatic conviction that carries the character through a remarkable emotional arc. In the role of Violetta's nobleman lover, Alfredo, is one of the finest lyric tenors of his generation, American Charles Castronovo, and rising Canadian tenor Andrew Haji from the COC's Ensemble Studio. As Germont, Alfredo's disapproving father, the COC welcomes the return of two internationally acclaimed baritones: American Quinn Kelsey (2014's Don Quichotte, 2011's Rigoletto) and Canadian James Westman (2012's Die Fledermaus). Italian conductor Marco Guidarini, last with the COC for 2012's Il Trovatore, returns to lead the COC Orchestra and Chorus through an opera that features some of Verdi's most popular and beautiful music. La Traviata is sung in Italian with English SURTITLESTM, and was last performed by the COC in 2007. It returns to the opera company's mainstage for 11 performances on October 8, 13, 16, 17, 21, 24, 29, 30, November 1, 4, 6, 2015.
Also in the fall is a presentation of COC premieres in a new company production that unites two early Baroque opera classics with a new Canadian opera: Monteverdi's Lamento d'Arianna (1608) and Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (1624) and the world premiere of Monk Feldman's Pyramus and Thisbe (2010). Monteverdi's two works were composed just as opera was emerging as an art form and, as with most early operas, their subjects are drawn from mythology and history. Lamento d'Arianna tells the tale of Ariadne abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos, while Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda is the story of the Christian knight Tancredi and the Saracen warrior-maiden Clorinda, and how their tragic fates are determined on the battlefields of the Crusades. Canadian composer Barbara Monk Feldman's Pyramus and Thisbe is also based on a classic myth, with the tragic tale of the ill-fated lovers Pyramus and Thisbe, most famously adapted by Shakespeare in his Romeo and Juliet. Leading a compelling team of singer-actors assembled for this production is an artist who exemplifies today's modern singer with her vocal versatility and stage prowess: Krisztina Szabó. The Canadian mezzo-soprano and COC Ensemble Studio alumna follows up her virtuosa turn in the COC's 2012's Love from Afar and her highly anticipated performance in the COC's upcoming Erwartung to play Monteverdi's Arianna and Clorinda, and Monk Feldman's Thisbe. Canadian baritone Phillip Addis (Marcello/Schaunard in 2013's La Bohème) returns as Pyramus and recent Ensemble Studio graduate, tenor Owen McCausland, is Testo, the narrator of Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda. Weaving the three operas together is the ever-probing eye of acclaimed director Christopher Alden (2013's La clemenza di Tito, 2012's Die Fledermaus, 2011's Rigoletto) who, with set designer Paul Steinberg (2014's Falstaff) and costume designer Terese Wadden (2012's A Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi , 2013's La clemenza di Tito), has conceived of a production aesthetic inspired by the works of American painter Mark Rothko. COC Music Director Johannes Debus leads the COC Orchestra through a bold program of music that brings together operas composed 400 years apart while illustrating the beauty of the human voice and the magic of musical storytelling over the passage of time. Pyramus and Thisbe with Lamento d'Arianna and Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda is sung in English and Italian with English SURTITLESTM, and runs for seven performances on October 20, 23, 25, 28, November 5, 7 (two performances), 2015.
Wagner's Siegfried returns to the COC mainstage for the 15/16 season with the company's critically acclaimed production by renowned Canadian director François Girard. First presented by the COC in 2005, and then in 2006 as part of the COC's full Ring Cycle, this Siegfried has been hailed as "a fascinating thing to witness and gorgeous to hear" (Globe and Mail) as well as "psychologically rich and mysterious music theatre" (NOW). It's an evocative production, in which Girard and Toronto-born designer Michael Levine have created a staging that mirrors the emotional landscape found in Wagner's complex and stirring score. In the third instalment of Wagner's epic Ring, Siegfried, the product of Siegmund and Sieglinde's union at the end of Die Walküre, embarks on a heroic journey that reveals the minds of gods and mortals in a story of greed, fear and self-discovery. German tenor Stefan Vinke, one of the finest Siegfrieds in the world, makes his Canadian debut in the title role. Described as "huge of voice, unflagging of stamina, imaginative and energetic on the stage" (Seattle Times), Vinke is equally matched by the powerhouse American soprano Christine Goerke, heralded for her "multi-hued miracle of gale-force power and pinpoint control (Musical America), who returns to the COC as the mighty Valkyrie Brünnhilde after her company debut in 2015's Die Walküre. Austrian Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, considered one of the most sought after and important character tenors on the operatic world stage, makes his Canadian debut as the sly Nibelung-dwarf Mime who raised Siegfried from birth and plans to use the young hero to secure the famed ring for himself. Acclaimed British baritone Christopher Purves makes his COC debut as Mime's brother Alberich, whose theft of the Rinegold set in motion the Ring Cycle's epic chain of events. German Maria Radner (2009's The Nightingale and Other Short Fables) one of the most exciting contraltos of her generation, returns to the COC as the Earth Goddess, Erda. Acclaimed American bass-baritone Alan Held (2013's Peter Grimes, Salome, Tristan und Isolde, 2012's Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi), one of the finest singer-actors on the stage today, is Wotan/The Wanderer. Canadian bass Phillip Ens (2011's Rigoletto) reprises the role as Fafner the dragon, the current possessor of the Rhinegold, which he sang for the COC in 2005 and 2006. COC Music Director Johannes Debus conducts his first Siegfried, leading the COC Orchestra through an electrifying while still deeply intimate score that features some of the greatest music in the whole Ring Cycle. Siegfried is sung in German with English SURTITLESTM and runs for seven performances on January 23, 27, 30, February 2, 5, 11, 14, 2016.
Paired with Siegfried is one of the most beautiful and convincing operas about the fluid enchantments, maze-like confusions and bouts of sheer blindness brought on by love: Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. This new-to-Toronto COC production was originally built by the Salzburg Festival as the centrepiece of its celebrations for the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth. Hailed as a "masterpiece" (Bloomberg News) and the hit of the 2006 Salzburg Festival–revived repeatedly in years since–this staging is by Claus Guth. The acclaimed German director has become renowned for his innovative productions of classic operas and for this Figaro he draws visual and thematic inspiration from the films of Ingmar Bergman and the plays of Ibsen and Strindberg, while fusing stylized gesture and choreography with Mozart's score to deliver a "shattering, unforgettable" (The Guardian) account of the elemental forces of human nature at play in this opera. COC Music Director Johannes Debus is at the helm of the orchestra pit for the COC's entire winter season as he conducts The Marriage of Figaro (in addition to Siegfried), leading the COC Orchestra and Chorus through a score described as a testament to Mozart's genius. A sparkling cast has been assembled for this magnificent, witty farce that finds Figaro and Susanna's wedding in jeopardy due to the wandering eye of their employer, the Count, with intrigue and mistaken identities ensnaring everyone in a web of erotic passions. Austrian bass-baritone Josef Wagner, who has his Canadian debut with Calgary Opera in January 2015, makes his COC debut in the title role. His love, Susanna, is internationally acclaimed Canadian soprano Jane Archibald (2015's Don Giovanni, 2012's Semele, 2011's Ariadne auf Naxos). The Countess is sung by renowned Canadian soprano Erin Wall (2012's Love from Afar, The Tales of Hoffmann), and the role of the Count is sung by acclaimed Canadian baritone Russell Braun, who once more graces the COC mainstage after recent star turns in the company's Don Giovanni, Falstaff, Il Trovatore and Love from Afar. American mezzo-soprano Emily Fons makes her COC debut as Cherubino and acclaimed Canadian tenor Michael Colvin (2014's Falstaff) is Basilio. Canadian bass Robert Pomakov is Bartolo, American mezzo-soprano Helene Schneiderman makes her COC debut as Marcellina and Canadian baritone Doug MacNaughton is Antonio. The Marriage of Figaro is sung in Italian with English SURTITLESTM. Last performed by the COC in 2007, The Marriage of Figaro returns for 11 performances on February 4, 7, 9, 13, 17, 19, 21, 22*, 23, 25, 27, 2016.
The young singers of the Canadian Opera Company's Ensemble Studio perform Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro on February 22, 2016 at 7:30 p.m.on the mainstage. This special performance stars Ensemble Studio members with the full COC Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Marriage of Figaro conductor Johannes Debus and director Claus Guth. For casting, please visit the COC website at coc.ca. Tickets are accessibly priced at $25 and $55 per person.
One of the world's most famous operas returns to the COC in spring 2016 with Bizet's Carmen. Bringing a fresh look to this masterpiece of lyric theatre is young Canadian director Joel Ivany, of Toronto's cutting-edge theatre collective Against the Grain Theatre, in his COC mainstage debut. Ivany revives the COC's production, and his new staging has already been hailed as a "visceral treat" (Vancouver Sun) offering "a fresh, human take that engages and entertains as much as it provokes" (Vancouver Straight) when Vancouver Opera presented the COC production with Ivany at its helm in fall 2014. The COC's production is set against the colourful, sunbaked landscape of 1940s Latin America. It follows the tragic love affair between an irresistible seductress and the young soldier who, in the thrall of consuming jealousy, attempts to tame her. Internationally renowned Italian conductor Paolo Carignani (2012's Tosca) returns to lead the COC Orchestra and Chorus and an exciting cast through the driving passion of Bizet's score. Two mezzo-sopranos making a specialty of the lead role bring Carmen to life at the COC. Georgian Anita Rachvelishvili (2014's Don Quichotte, 2010's Carmen) has been hailed for her "smoldering, earthy sexuality" (New York Times) in the role at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala and Deutsche Oper Berlin; and French mezzo Clémentine Margaine brings a "passion and menace" (Opera News) to the role that has made her Carmen a hit in Rome and Berlin. As Carmen's jealous lover, Don José, the COC welcomes the return of two tenors: American Russell Thomas (2012's The Tales of Hoffmann), one of the most exciting vocal and dramatic talents on the international opera and concert scene, and Canadian David Pomeroy (2012's Die Fledermaus, 2009's Madama Butterfly), internationally acclaimed for his rich voice. Heard in the role of the toreador Escamillo are the powerful voices of American bass-baritone Christian Van Horn (2013's La Bohème, 2012's Tosca) and American baritone Zachary Nelson (2015's Don Giovanni). Sharing the role of the peasant girl Micaëla is Canadian soprano, and COC Ensemble Studio alumna, Simone Osborne and emerging opera talent, Ensemble Studio soprano Karine Boucher. Carmen is sung in French with English SURTITLESTM and was last performed by the COC in 2010. Carmen returns to the company's mainstage for 13 performances on April 12, 17, 20, 23, 28, 30, May 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 2016.
Closing the 15/16 season is the COC premiere of Rossini's rarely performed grand bel canto opera Maometto II, featuring superstar Italian bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni in his highly anticipated COC debut. Rossini unleashes his full arsenal of vocal fireworks in the historical tale of the great Turkish Sultan, Maometto, and his quest to conquer the Holy Roman Empire. Maometto II disappeared in its original 1820 Naples form until its triumphant return at Santa Fe Opera in 2012. There, it was lauded as a "thrilling [piece of] experiential theatre" (Opera News) and now comes to the COC in the same production by acclaimed American director David Alden (2013's Lucia di Lammermoor). Alden, along with sets and costumes by award-winning British designer Jon Morrell, has brought the opera's action forward from its historical 15th-century origins to the time of its creation in 1820. Strikingly-coloured, Napoleonic era, First Empire gowns glow jewel-like against a neoclassical marble colonnade and surprising coups de théâtre are peppered throughout the production, including the sudden emergence of a statue of three galloping horses on which Maometto makes a dramatic exit. Mastering Rossini's fearsome vocal demands is Luca Pisaroni as "a chilling and complex Maometto. His dashing stage presence and virile voice exude menacing authority" (New York Times). American mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong (2014's Madama Butterfly, 2011's La Cenerentola) is a COC favourite and returns as the Venetian noble Calbo, one of bel canto's great, heroic pants roles. Rising star American soprano Leah Crocetto makes her COC debut as Maometto's forbidden love, Anna. In the role of the Venetian Governor Erisso is American Bruce Sledge, one of the world's most in-demand tenori di grazia. Renowned as an opera and concert conductor, Harry Bicket is especially noted for his interpretation of baroque and classical repertoire. Last with the COC for 2014's Hercules, Bicket makes a welcome return to the podium to lead the COC Orchestra and Chorus in the company premiere of this exciting operatic rarity. Maometto II is sung in with English SURTITLESTM and runs for seven performances on April 29, May 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 14, 2016.
All repertoire, dates, pricing, productions and casting are subject to change without notice. For more complete casting and creative team information, please see the production pages at coc.ca.
Now on sale, subscriptions to the six mainstage productions for the COC's 15/16 season range from $199 to $2,086, and may be purchased online at coc.ca, by calling 416-363-8231, or in person at the Four Seasons Centre Box Office, 145 Queen St. W., Toronto. Special value pricing is available on most levels of the Four Seasons Centre, including the Orchestra, Grand Ring box, and Ring 3 levels. Prices include HST. Special pricing is also available for seniors and children in all subscription series.
Single tickets to all of the COC's 15/16 season productions are available to the public as of August 24, 2015. Single tickets prices range from $47 to $355 (includes applicable taxes). Tickets are available online at coc.ca, by calling 416-363-8231, or in person at the Four Seasons Centre Box Office, located at 145 Queen St. W.
For more information on specially priced tickets available to young people under the age of 15, standing room,
Opera Under 30 presented by TD Bank Group, student groups and rush seating, visit coc.ca.
Based in Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company is the largest producer of opera in Canada and one of the largest in North America. The COC enjoys a loyal audience support-base and one of the highest attendance and subscription rates in North America. Under its leadership team of General Director Alexander Neef and Music Director Johannes Debus, the COC is increasingly capturing the opera world's attention. The COC maintains its international reputation for artistic excellence and innovation by creating new productions within its diverse repertoire, collaborating with leading opera companies and festivals, and attracting the world's foremost Canadian and international artists. The COC performs in its own opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, hailed internationally as one of the finest in the world. Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects, the Four Seasons Centre opened in 2006. For more information on the COC, visit its award-winning website, coc.ca.
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Toronto - The Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio, Canada's premier training program for young opera professionals, welcomes three talented new Canadian artists for the 2015/2016 season. Tenors Charles Sy and Aaron Sheppard were among the seven finalists featured in the fourth annual Ensemble Studio Competition in November 2014. Sy and Sheppard were top prize winners at the competitive vocal showcase which was the feature event of the COC's Ensemble Studio Competition Gala, Centre Stage, an evening dedicated to the discovery and celebration of the next generation of opera stars. In addition to the two opera singers, the 15/16 Ensemble Studio also welcomes pianist Hyejin Kwon.
The three artists will join the Ensemble Studio in August 2015 and become part of an illustrious program that, since its inception in 1980, has launched the careers of over 180 Canadian singers, opera coaches, mainstage directors and conductors, including Ben Heppner, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Wendy Nielsen, David Pomeroy, Krisztina Szabó, Simone Osborne, Allyson McHardy, John Fanning, Joseph Kaiser, and Lauren Segal.
Members of the Ensemble Studio receive a blend of advanced study and practical experience through an individually tailored, multi-year program, involving understudying and performing mainstage roles, intensive vocal coaching, language and acting studies, and career skills development, as well as participation in masterclasses with internationally renowned opera professionals. In addition, they appear in principal roles in a special Ensemble Studio performance of a COC mainstage production, give several concert performances through the COC's Free Concert Series and perform in the COC's annual Glencore Ensemble Studio School Tour.
The new and returning artists of the Ensemble Studio open the 15/16 season of the Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre with Meet the Young Artists in September 2015. The series features the members of the Ensemble Studio in several recitals of diverse repertoire over the course of the season. Complete details of the 15/16 Free Concert Series season will be announced later this year.
In November 2015, Ensemble Studio members participate in the COC's annual Glencore Ensemble Studio School Tour, providing school-aged audiences throughout Ontario with an introduction to the world of opera. Complete details of the 2015 Glencore Ensemble Studio School Tour will be announced in the fall of 2015.
The 15/16 Ensemble Studio members also sing lead roles in their own performance of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro on February 22, 2016, with the COC Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of the same creative team as the mainstage cast: COC Music Director and conductor Johannes Debus, and director Claus Guth. All tickets for this production are accessibly priced at $25 and $55.
Charles Sy – Tenor Charles Sy is the first prize and audience choice award-winner of the COC's 2014 Ensemble Studio Competition. A Toronto native, Sy currently studies at the University of Toronto (UofT), earning a master of music in opera performance. His UofT credits include Mr. Owen in Postcard from Morocco, Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore, Mayor Upfold in Albert Herring, Alamão in Pedro Malazarte, and covering the title role in Rob Ford: The Opera. Additional credits include Remendado in Carmen (Opera by Request); Lechmere in Owen Wingrave (Banff Centre); Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Opera NUOVA); Paolo in The Wings of a Dove (The COSI Connection); and Basilio and Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro (Toronto Summer Opera Workshop). In 2015, he will sing the role of Adolfo in La Rondine with Opera Theatre of St. Louis.
Aaron Sheppard – Tenor Aaron Sheppard took third place at the COC's 2014 Ensemble Studio Competition. A native of St. John's, Newfoundland, Sheppard is currently a member of the Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal (OdM). His OdM credits include Hadji in Lakmé, Pong in Turandot, First Philistine in Samson et Dalila, Kronprinz in Silent Night and Joe's Brother in Dead Man Walking. Additional roles include Tamino in Die Zauberflöte and Bonario in Volpone (Opera McGill); Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte (Salzburg Festival Young Singers Project); Ferrando in Così fan tutte (Jeunesses Musicales du Canada); the title role in Albert Herring and Prince in Rusalka (Opera NUOVA); and Brooklyn Boy in Lillian Alling (Banff Centre). Sheppard is also a recent winner of the Western Canada Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Hyejin Kwon – Praised as a "fine stand-in for an orchestra" by the Washington Post, pianist Hyejin Kwon, hails from Seoul, South Korea. Kwon began studying piano at age four, made her first public debut at age seven and her orchestra debut at age 11. She moved to the United States at age 15 to attend the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. She won the MTNA Concerto competition in 2004 and was also featured on Interlochen Public Radio. Kwon graduated from the Peabody Institute of Music of the Johns Hopkins University in 2009, with her Bachelor's degree in Piano Performance, and in 2011, with her Master's degree in Vocal Accompanying. She also served as the pianist for the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute Choral Society from 2008 to 2011, then as their musical director from 2011 to 2012, before joining Lyric Opera Baltimore as their répétiteur and the Repertory Theater of Washington as the music director. Kwon moved to Canada in the fall of 2012, and has been actively working as a pianist, coach, répétiteur, and a music instructor. She is currently completing an operatic répétiteur diploma program with University of Toronto Opera.
COC General Director Alexander Neef extends the company's congratulations to mezzo-soprano Charlotte Burrage, baritone Clarence Frazer and tenor Owen McCausland, who graduate from the Ensemble Studio program at the end of the 2014/2015 season. Before leaving the program, these young artists can be heard in several performances during the remainder of the 14/15 season.
On the COC mainstage, Charlotte Burrage sings the role of Grimgerde in Die Walküre and Clarence Frazer is an Officer in The Barber of Seville. The Ensemble Studio performance of the COC's mainstage production of The Barber of Seville takes place on May 15, 2015. In this special presentation of Rossini's delightful comedy, Charlotte Burrage is Rosina and Clarence Frazer is Figaro.
The graduating artists can also be heard in performance through the COC's Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. On March 26, 2015 at 12 p.m., Burrage and McCausland perform Janáček's intensely dramatic song cycle, The Diary of One who Disappeared. On May 20, 2015 at 12 p.m., Burrage, Frazer and McCausland come together for a special farewell performance, Les Adieux.
The spotlight shines on the rising stars of the COC Ensemble Studio when they take to the mainstage of the Four Seasons Centre on May 15, 2015, in a presentation of their own special performance of Rossini's The Barber of Seville, conducted by COC Music Director Johannes Debus and directed by the production team of Els Comediants. Tickets are accessibly priced at $25 and $55, and available online at coc.ca, by calling COC Ticket Services at 416-363-8231, or in person at the Four Seasons Centre Box Office, located at 145 Queen St. W.
Ensemble Studio members also perform in six more recitals during the 14/15 Free Concert Series season in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
• January 22, 2015 at 12 p.m.: Songs of Love and War – Artists of the Ensemble Studio present a program of music commemorating both world wars and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
• February 9, 2015, from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.: In this special presentation, artists of the Ensemble Studio compete in the 6th edition of the Christina and Louis Quilico Awards, which will be presented at the end of the evening.
• February 19, 2015 at 12 p.m.: Collaborations – singers from the young artist programs of the Canadian Opera Company and l'Opéra de Montréal join forces in a program of arias and ensembles.
• March 19, 2015 at 12 p.m.: Opera Interactive – a lively interactive March Break concert featuring favourite operatic arias and sing-along choruses.
• April 9, 2015 at 12 p.m.: Poetic Love – Ensemble Studio tenor Andrew Haji and bass-baritone Gordon Bintner tackle two of the towering masterpieces of the German Lied repertoire: Schumann's Dichterliebe and Schubert's Schwanengesang.
• April 28, 2015, 12 p.m.: The Futile Precaution – The young artists of the Ensemble Studio present highlights from one of the most beloved and sparkling work in the operatic repertoire: The Barber of Seville.
The Ensemble Studio performance of The Barber of Seville is generously underwritten by Roy and Marjorie Linden.
The COC Ensemble Studio, underwritten in part by Peter M. Deeb and The Slaight Family Foundation, is Canada's premier training program for young opera professionals and provides advanced instruction, hands-on experience, and career development opportunities. The Ensemble Studio is also supported by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, RBC Foundation, Hal Jackman Foundation, W. Garfield Weston Foundation and other generous donors.
Based in Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company is the largest producer of opera in Canada and one of the largest in North America. The COC enjoys a loyal audience support-base and one of the highest attendance and subscription rates in North America. Under its leadership team of General Director Alexander Neef and Music Director Johannes Debus, the COC is increasingly capturing the opera world's attention. The COC maintains its international reputation for artistic excellence and creative innovation by creating new productions within its diverse repertoire, collaborating with leading opera companies and festivals, and attracting the world's foremost Canadian and international artists. The COC performs in its own opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, hailed internationally as one of the finest in the world. For more information on the COC, visit its award-winning website, coc.ca.
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Toronto - Alexander Neef, General Director of the Canadian Opera Company, announced today that the COC will be presenting the world premiere of Pyramus and Thisbe by Canadian composer Barbara Monk Feldman. Based on the story from Ovid's Metamorphoses, the opera Pyramus and Thisbe was written by Monk Feldman in 2010 and will be presented as part of the COC's 2015/2016 season.
Pyramus and Thisbe fall in love but are forbidden to marry by their parents. They communicate through a crack in the wall that separates them and decide to meet secretly outside the city at night, but they miss each other in the darkness. Pyramus takes his life in the mistaken belief that Thisbe was killed by a lioness. Thisbe discovers the dying boy and also takes her own life. The families reconcile and bury the ashes of the lovers in the same urn. The tragedy of the ill-fated lovers was most famously adapted by Shakespeare for his Romeo and Juliet.
"We're very proud that the Canadian Opera Company is the first to perform Barbara's opera. The myth of Pyramus and Thisbe is the source material for all the 'forbidden love' stories, but also from an operatic viewpoint, both the mythology of forbidden love and the musical vocabulary that Barbara uses follows a very clear line from Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde and Kaija Saariaho's more recent Love from Afar. I think people will feel the similarities," says COC General Director Alexander Neef. "Barbara's Pyramus and Thisbe is a very delicate work filled with air and space. She's taken inspiration from the painting of the same name by the great 17th century painter Nicolas Poussin as well as from the light and colour of her native Gaspé, and created a truly original piece of work."
Monk Feldman is known mostly for her chamber and piano works that have been performed in Asia, Europe and North America. Pyramus and Thisbe is her only opera.
"Although there are other aspects to consider, I am inspired by natural landscape so it makes sense that the music should be premiered in my native country. In nature the quality of the light is always subtly varying, and as a painter friend of mine said, she tries to capture the feeling that something is about to change, and this feeling is what I aim for in the music of Pyramus and Thisbe," says Barbara Monk Feldman. "I wanted the music to constantly reach out like a line and intertwine with the interior landscape of each of the characters' unconscious. The musicians in the orchestra are invited to slightly vary the attack and colour of the notes. Accompanying this subtle variation there is the intention for the chorus and soloists to sing pure, sustained tones in a quiet, even dynamic that underscores the overall non-dramatic approach."
While the opera Pyramus and Thisbe is based on Ovid's story, Monk Feldman was inspired to compose the work by the painting of the same title by Nicolas Poussin. "I first saw the painting in Frankfurt in 1983. I thought then about making this ancient love story into a modern one. It occurred to me that men and women might have had a very different perception of time in that ancient mythological age, a time before there was reason like the kind of rationality we have in the post Enlightenment sense," shares Monk Feldman. "When we look into the rolling sea waves or walk in the wilderness landscapes I think we get a sense of the earlier feeling for time that existed in the old mythological period. I decided to use very little action in the dramatic sense but to use constant motion in the way the music alternates between what I imagine as an ancient feeling for time and a modern one."
Barbara Monk Feldman was born near Montreal. After completing a master of music at McGill University in Montreal in 1983 she continued studies in Europe for a period at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiberg, Germany. Her PhD in music composition is from the State University of New York at Buffalo where she studied with Morton Feldman, to whom she was married in 1987. At S.U.N.Y. Buffalo she also completed all but the dissertation for a PhD in Music Theory. She was guest lecturer for performances of her music at the Ferienkürse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt during 1988 - 1994. She has taught at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Northwestern University in Evanston, and at the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico. Her article "Music and the Picture Plane" has been published in res 32, The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 1997 and in Contemporary Music Review, 1998. Her music has been performed in Europe, Japan and North America, including the ICA in London, New Music Concerts in Toronto, the Festival Nieuwe Muziek in Middelburg, The Netherlands, the Other Minds Festival in San Francisco, MaerzMusik in Berlin, and has been recorded for radio by BBC London, BRT Brussels, CBC Montreal and Toronto, HR Frankfurt and WDR Cologne.
Pyramus and Thisbe will be presented alongside the COC premieres of Claudio Monteverdi's Lamento d'Arianna (1608) and Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (1624). The operas will be sung in English and Italian with English SURTITLESTM, and will run for seven performances on October 20, 23, 25, 28, November 5, 7 (two performances), 2015 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
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A man who drove into a crowd of New Year's revelers apologized to the families of those who were hurt and was freed on bail Tuesday, while his lawyer insisted he was defending himself and his pregnant girlfriend.
Anthony Brooks is due back in court Jan. 22 on charges including eight counts of assault with intent to murder. He was freed on $1,000 bail.
"I just want to say I'm sorry to the families of the people who got hurt," Brooks said. "Other than that, I have nothing else to say. I'm just tired, and I want to go home."
Twenty-one people were hurt when Brooks, in a car with his girlfriend, Antoinette Labord, ran into them on a packed waterfront street a few minutes into the new year.
Police, prosecutors and witnesses said Brooks turned the car into a battering ram in his determination to free his car, driving backward and forward into people as they scrambled to get away.
One witness told police he heard Brooks threaten to run down everybody before he revved his engine, Assistant District Attorney John Julian told the court.
Brooks and Labord, who is 6-1/2 months pregnant, say Labord was driving at first, trying to inch through the crowd while beeping the horn and flashing the lights. The crowd attacked: Someone threw a bottle, breaking the car's back window, and another person reached inside and punched Labord in the face, they say.
"We feared for our lives," said Labord, who had a bruise below her eye.
They said Brooks tried to shield her, then they traded seats and he tried to speed away.
"He acted on the most noble instinct - the protection of his fiancee and his unborn child," defense lawyer Frederick Barry Jr. said.
Labord had said earlier that race played a major part in the incident. Brooks and Labord are black; the crowd was mostly white. But she stopped short of that outside court.
"I was spit on. So you go figure. That's hate, when there's somebody spitting on you, hitting you for no reason at all," she said.
She said she planned to contact the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to explore possible complaints. Nobody answered the telephone at the local NAACP offices.
Police insisted Tuesday that Brooks acted out of impatience and anger, not fear.
"The damage to the car was done after the fact," police spokesman Brendan Flynn said.
Prosecutors told the court Brooks had been arrested four previous times on charges including assault and battery and assault with intent to rape, though all were dismissed.
But his family said Brooks, 26, is a responsible man who works two jobs to pay for the apartment he and Labord share in the Boston suburb of Malden.
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Jefferson County Circuit Judge Jim Hughey III ruled after a brief hearing that the suit filed Johnny Lee Banks Jr. and his wife lacked sufficient details but could be filed again to include specific times and dates of alleged actions.
Banks, 59, has numerous health problems including diabetes that have led to the amputation of his legs. He left the courtroom in tears in a wheelchair after talking with his lawyer, John Graves.
"It's a terrible, terrible tragedy what my client has gone through," Graves told the judge.
The judge gave the man 30 days to file an amended lawsuit, which Graves said he planned to do.
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Attorneys for the doctors and hospital contend the medical procedure alleged in the suit never happened and predicted the lawsuit will be dismissed again if Banks pursues the claim.
The defense filed sworn statements from two nurses who said Banks had a circumcision at the hospital in February, months before he claimed in the suit, but there was no record of any amputation.
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The hospital's lawyer, Jay Juliano, said the suit had smeared the name of the medical center and requested records only days before filing the complaint.
Graves said he now has as many as 4,000 pages of medical records but could file a revamped lawsuit quickly.
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Rosewood Cottage is set in the well manicured grounds of Crylla Valley on the Devon Cornwall border, an ideal location offering you the benefit of reduced travel time to Cornwall and positioning you perfectly to explore large areas of both counties. Head off from your homely base to visit the south and north Cornish beaches, the fishing villages of Looe, Polperro, Padstow and beyond. Travel over the border and into Devon where you are just a twenty minute drive from the City of Plymouth, The National Marine aquarium and Dartmoor National Park.
Staying here also offers you the unique opportunity to have included allocated membership to the exclusive China Fleet Golf and Country club, just a short drive away. Offered and included in the price is the use of their leisure facilities including heated indoor pool with fun slide, heatwaves retreat with its sauna steam room and whirlpool. For the more energetic there is an up to date gym with a large selection of cardiovascular machines and free weights.
|Sleeps up to 6, 3 bedrooms
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|Nearest airport: Plymouth 20 km, Nearest railway: Saltash 10 km
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|Pets welcome, No smoking at this property
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|Jacuzzi or hot tub, Sauna, DVD player
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|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
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|3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 1 Shower rooms
|Double beds (1), Single beds (4), Cots (1), Dining seats for 6, Lounge seats for 6
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Nestled in 18 acres of lawns, flower gardens & woodlands alongside the River Lynher, award winning Crylla Valley Holiday Cottages boast relaxed country living coupled with first class leisure facilities and exceptional standards of service.
Take advantage of your exclusive free leisure membership to the nearby China Fleet Golf & Country Club - probably one of the best leisure complexes in Cornwall; languish in the sauna and Hot tub, splash around in the pool or enjoy a round of golf.
Potter along the river bridge as the sun sets to the local country Inn (2 minute walk) to relax with a glass of wine.
Only 20 minutes from the coast, moors & city of Plymouth, our 4 star holiday cottages are ideally located for exploring. Enjoy relaxing walks across the moors, stride out along the breathtaking Cornish coastline or indulge in a bit of retail therapy- the choice is yours!
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Crylla Valley Cottages are situated in South East Cornwall, specifically the Tamar Valley that is officially an 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty'. We are an excellent place to base yourself if you are looking to explore both Cornwall & Devon.
A short distance from the Gateway to Cornwall and just off the A38, your arrival and departure journeys are considerably reduced compared to other destinations across the county, giving you more time to relax and enjoy your stay.
You have fantastic road links, creating easy access to all places of interest - no twisty overgrown country lanes to negotiate!!
Within 20 minutes drive you can be in the lonely wilds of Dartmoor, or enjoying fresh fish & chips in a pretty fishing village, lazing on one of Cornwall's world famous sandy beaches with a delicious ice cream or amidst the bustle of the maritime city of Plymouth – indulging in some serious retail therapy.
Cornwall & Devon are packed with historic houses and famous gardens including The Eden Project & The Lost Gardens of Heligan. There are numerous family attractions, a stunning South West coastal footpath and world class Atlantic surf. Each day brings with it its own new pleasures & experiences.
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I stayed at Crylla with my family (2 adults 4 kids) and we all had a great time. The location is good, the cottages are nice and clean and there is plenty of space for the kids to run around. The staff are also very friendly and helpful.
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we had a lovely stay at crylla valley cottages they have produced some amazing cottages and it was like home from home there was plenty of space for kids to play and it felt safe there. our black lab loved it there too lots of woodland for him to roam in. it was pretty central to all locations although the road out is hairy to get out of as it is a 50 mph dual carriage way.the staff were so helpful and i think it was the little things like the pint of milk u get in the fridge on arrival after a long journey and washing up liquid tablets for dishwasher and towels all ready for an easier stay. thank you crylla valley.10 out of 10! will def come back next year!
Thank you for your kind comments. We're really pleased you enjoyed your family holiday with us in Cornwall and we would love to welcome you back.
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We stayed in one of the Rosewood cottages for a Passing out Parade at HMS Raleigh. The cottage was immaculate, with excellent facilities, especially the whirlpool bath! There was plenty of room for ev… More
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Well as bookings went this didn't start well. Last minute booking in an area we didn't particularly fancy and then the road journey from hell along the usual M5 August crawl. I had spoken … More
Thank you so much for your comments about Crylla Valley and for taking the time to write such a positive review. We really do appreciate hearing about your experiences and it's great to know that from start to end you were very happy with your stay.
Wi-Fi is something we have recently arranged for our guests and we are pleased to be able to offer this as a free service, since your visit you will be happy to know that we have invested further in our system, improving the signal enormously.
Many of our guests use the facilities at The China Fleet Country Club and it often becomes a popular activity as part of a stay with us. Following your feedback we were keen to investigate further and having spoken to club management they were very interested to hear your comments. They send their apologies and say that in this instance, due to very bad weather, an exceptionally large amount of people took advantage of using the indoor swimming pool and changing facilities. They would like to assure you that cleaning is always a very high priority; this summer there were times when they were operating at maximum capacity, they have reviewed their cleaning schedules and updated accordingly. With regard to using the gym all that is required when temporary members are visiting, is for them to read and sign a Health Commitment Statement, the relevant leisure club staff have been reminded of this.
I do hope this has put your mind at rest on the points you have raised.
We would very much look forward to welcoming you and your family to Crylla Valley again and would like to thank you for recommending us to others.
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ST. LOUIS -- The countdown to the New Year is entering its final hours and you know what that means? It's time to start counting down the days until the 2015 baseball season.
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http://m.cardinals.mlb.com/news/arti...dcast-scheduleST. LOUIS -- For the second straight season, FOX Sports Midwest will broadcast 15 of the Cardinals' Grapefruit League games and then rebroadcast most of those in a primetime slot later in the day. The Cards' flagship radio station, KMOX (AM 1120), also announced that it will carry 18 spring games, including the team's exhibition context in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3.
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A good stainless steel rack (without pan)?
We already have a good roasting pan, but are looking for a stainless steel rack to go with it. Online I've seen this:
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Any thoughts on either? Or another? Thanks!
I don't know about the ones you link to, but we use an expensive one that we replace after a few years. It's adjustable and folds flat and works well for every thing we've used it with. We probably replace it every 7 or 8 years, but we don't use it every day.
It takes up a lot less room in the cabinet when not used. ;-)
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I'll be traveling with my family to florida this December. It'll be the first time we will have to push a couple of the older folks in wheelchairs.
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Our family (travelling to Europe with four children) used no-jet-lag last year. We have used homeopathic remedies in the past successfully for various ailments, but I think this was the most remarkable result I've seen so far. We bounced into gear upon arrival, had a good night's sleep and immediately adjusted to a nine hour time change.
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Moving boxes , I've sold my home where is the best place to buy!!
I have checked around man their high Uhaul, storage places, I would like used boxes ,Free if possible but. I'm willing to pay for good ones. Any thoughts thanks
Join your local freecycle. People often offer moving boxes, or you can post a "wanted" ad for them. Go to freecycle.org for more info.
And congrats on selling your house!
Hello there in the Atlanta area look up a little place called Georgia Green Box . com . They have lots of boxes their not free but their really cheap and they deliver .They did a great job for us 770 932 6320 is one of their numbers. Good Luck
I buy those packs of cheap banker boxes at wal-mart or an office store. you'll still need some larger boxes for certain things, but those little banker's boxes are awesome. They're easy to handle, and small enough that you can't really overload them. Best thing is you just break them down and store them to use the next time. I have some that I have used to move three times.
I agree that smaller boxes are much better than larger ones, especially for moving books and heavy objects.
Freecycle has been awesome for me - I've gotten all my boxes and lots of clean packing material from people there. Also check the Craig's List free section - you can post there for free too.
Ask in the Wal-Mart meat section. They can usually tell you when they are unpacking meat and when to come pick them up. Depending upon the individual store, they will save them for you.
Craigslist is another possibility.
I know a few years ago, I moved into a house and gave as many as I could to the neighbor down the street that was moving out. I was happy to get rid of them. She was greatful to not have to buy them.
Check on Craigslist and Freecycle for boxes.
UHaul has a box exchange--go to the link below and type in "box exchange" and your area to see if anyone is offering free boxes from their earlier move. I got about 25 boxes that way for my latest move--I needed the wardrobe boxes and a lot of small boxes for books. I had to drive about 25 miles to get them, but they were free and in good condition.
Here is a link that might be useful: box exchange
I just moved, my wife drove me crazy with collecting boxes, basically her family would give her any box they had or recieved stuff in the mail. Sounds great, but in reality, you have a mess of smaller and awkwardly shaped boxes.
I found it far easier for the bulk of items to go to Home Depot and buy boxes. medium boxes are great, small boxes work good for books etc. at around $1 a box it wasn't pricey and things stacked nice and easily
Thanks to all for the info. Did try Craigslist had a little luck ,but could not find enough for my move. Special thanks to (linsey79) since I do live in the Atlanta area I tried the Georgia Green box. Great service they had plenty of used moving boxes ,all for a buck or so and they delivered the next day for free. I am a fan and will recommend them to all in the Atlanta area. Again thanks to all who took the time to answer
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American Patrick Sawyer, who worked as a top government official in the Liberian Ministry of Finance, had been caring for his Ebola-stricken sister in Liberia. Returning home, he collapsed and died, the first known American to have perished from the deadly virus. The incident has hit home just how vulnerable anyone is to the horrific disease.
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Up until Sawyer's death on July 20, the Ebola outbreak had been contained to three West African countries: Guinea, where it began, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Sawyer is the first known case outside of these three countries.
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The World Health Organization or WHO had confirmed more than 800 Ebola cases in the region last week. There have been many unreported infections and there may be more like 1,200 cases. Sierra Leone has been hardest hit with approximately 525 cases.
The country of Guinea has the most suspected Ebola deaths, and the epidemic has been in that country longer. It is believed the epidemic began in the nation's capital of Conakry.
While international leaders have mobilized to fight the epidemic, it can be a difficult one to stop. It is so highly infectious that it typically kills 90 percent of those who contract it. The death rate in this particular outbreak had dropped to roughly 60 percent since it has been treated early in many instances. There is, however, no Ebola vaccination.
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Both 33-year-old Dr. Kent Brantly and missionary assistant Nancy Writebol are in stable conditions, according to a statement. Both patients are still exhibiting symptoms of the virus.
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Stow Patagonia's Down Sweater Full-Zip Hooded Men's Jacket inside its chest pocket on your backpacking trips. Just be sure to let it out regularly so its plush 800-fill Traceable Down insulation retains its soft loft over time. Patagonia's Traceable Down comes from non-live-plucked and non-force-fed geese; a fact that's been third-party-verified. To enhance its green status, Patagonia made the shell out of a recycled polyester ripstop that's light, windproof, and water-resistant thanks to the DWR finish.
Patagonia updated the Down Sweater with a more contoured fit that's longer for better coverage on cold camping trips. At a single pull, the hood cinches comfortably and securely around your head, and the hem and both cuffs help retain the down's wonderful warmth. Patagonia also added two zippered handwarmers and a zippered internal chest pocket that doubles as a stow pocket when it's time to head back home.
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Height: 5' 4"Weight: 180 lbsSize Purchased: Large
My husband wanted a warm hooded jacket to combat the cold winters of WI. I originally purchased Patagonia Ultralight Down Hoody, however it was not nearly as warm as this one. The hood is very well constructed and the jacket is very warm and protects from the wind. I purchased a Large and it is generally what he wears in coats. He is a short guy, but has very wide shoulders and sometimes has a hard time finding jackets that fit him in the shoulders without making him look like a giant. This one was great.
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Height: 5' 10"Weight: 180 lbsSize Purchased: Medium
Had this coat for the last month and it is easily the best coat I have bought. Lightweight yet warm. Living in Chicago it can get very cold and windy in the winter and this coat has held up great so far. One note - Turkish Red is really orange. Returned it to get the black one.
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Height: 5' 11"Weight: 175 lbsSize Purchased: Large
This is the first down jacket i've owned and after purchasing it, I will never go back. It's incredibly warm and comfortable on the skin, almost like little bunches of clouds sleeping on you.
It compression into a very small ball, about the size of a bag of chips if you fold it up right. So it's perfect for hikes, ect where you might want to take it off and stuff it in a small camel back or something.
It does get a little breezy if it's windy out. Not crazy bad but if I were to go to the beach I would say bring a windbreaker to put over it and you will more than warm.
I love this jacket
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
Height: 6' 3"Size Purchased: XL
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This jacket is what I live in all winter. I really prefer the hooded model vs. the non-hooded. Great for 45 degrees and below, with options to layer underneath or above for lower temps. I wish it was a bit more form fitting, but that's my only complaint. I'm 6'3" 195 lbs and went with the large. The hood is great if you forget your hat and this jacket seems like it will last for a very long time. Great feature is how small it compresses if you travel and need to stash it in your carry on.
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I'm wanting to upgrade from the original no-hood Patagonia Down Sweater to this item. I really would like a hooded-down jacket. How's the hood on this jacket compared to others in the market?
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This hood is by far the best designed I've seen and tried on, which is many. I absolutely love this jacket and live in it through the winter.
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- Fit: True to size
I love this jacket! It's very warm and comfortable, and it fits great. I love the Patagonia brand and this is a must-have classic down jacket.
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I pack this jacket up and put in my pack any day up in the mountains, winter or otherwise. It's lightweight, but retains heat extremely well. It's the perfect summit coat. It packs to about the size of two oranges, and easily fits in any pack.
The Down Sweater is also great around town, as it can be your only layer. It repels water and snow and blocks wind completely.
I've used this jacket steady for a couple years, and have yet to be dissatisfied with it at all. Top notch down.
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buy it
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- Fit: True to size
This jacket is money. Super comfortable, functional, and looks good (I think). Patagonia always comes with it, one of the best brands out there making the best products. I've worn this on the river, hiking, and use it daily when it's cool outside. Can't ask for anything more. I love it.
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Great all around jacket!
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- Fit: True to size
Got this jacket for my husband and he loves it! He especially loves that it can be packed down to nothing in a bag, yet also provides awesome warmth. Perfect also for those cool fall or spring mornings. Great quality - long lasting. He's not a big guy and bought a small and it fits great, allowing for a layer underneath.