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In His Own Words

Alexander Neef, General Director


9/13/2009

The Weekend

In the end I only saw one movie over the weekend and I must admit that Carlos Saura's Io, Don Giovanni left me pretty clueless despite Tobias Moretti's brilliant performance as Giacomo Casanova. I was sorry to see my favourite composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo da Ponte get involved in a cinematographic adventure that for my feeling didn't do them any justice at all. Maybe this never was the movie's purpose anyway, who knows. As I've said already: it left me clueless.


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9/10/2009

Kicking Off the Season

It is frightening and flattering to me to see how many readers this blog has gained over the past few months. A big THANK YOU to all readers for your loyalty and interest. Listening recommendations, reviews of performances I’ve attended and restaurants seem to be on top of your list. I will try to give you more of it. I have also heard that you would like to read more gossip. I will try to make this happen as well.


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9/8/2009

A New Neighbourhood

You might find this a bit boring, but I just have to comment on how wonderful the weather has been these past days and weeks. There aren't that many big cities in the world where you can enjoy the kind of blue sky we have in Toronto on a sunny day. And the temperatures have been ideal for my taste, not too hot and humid and not too cold. At the end of my first year in Canada this certainly is my preferred season so far.


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