Wainwright's Luminato premiere gets new director

I had presumed when I saw that Luminato would be hosting the North American premiere of Rufus Waiwright's new work Prima Donna, which we've discussed here before, that it would be a remount of the World Premiere production which got mixed reviews when it came out in July. Today's news, though, seems to dispell that, hopefully for the better. Tim Albery, who will be known to Luminato audiences as the brilliant director behind last year's "The Children's Crusade" for the festival, is going to helm the production for Toronto's festival. Hopefully this pairing will bring everything together for the opera - I can't wait to see!

New Opera tix on sale today

Luminato tickets for next June in Toronto go on sale to the general public today meaning that you can go and grab your tickets for Rufus Wainwright's new opera Prima Donna. This blog talked a little bit about it when it had it's world premiere earlier this year and took a look at the reviews but love it or hate it it's bound to be talked about when it opens next summer.

Choose your venues carefully

It's being reported that the incredibly cool sounding premiere of R. Murray Schafer's "The Children's Crusade" is being delayed for a day, from Friday until Saturday. Apparently the 1930's "dilapadated"warehouse that the production is being held in as a part of the Luminato festival, has sprung a leak and done some minor damage to the set. It's too bad really because with limited seating, and an incredible sounding concept, I imagine that one fewer performance of such a highly publicized event will be missed by organizers and audiences wanting to see it.