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Adjusting the pitch: Canadian Opera Company grapples with interpreting Turandot for today
As the Canadian Opera Company readies its new Turandot, it must face how to stage the mythical, pan-Asian tale set in a China of Puccini's imagination, which has been criticized for showcasing singers in 'yellowface,' depictions of racial stereotypes, and Orientalism.
Jessica Wong
Entertainment ||
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National Film Board unearths 'out of this world' film soundtrack by John Coltrane
Frederic Savard helped release a long-forgotten National Film Board soundtrack that legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane recorded for a 1964 film by Quebec director Gilles Groulx.
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Landmark Theaters bans costumes at screenings of Joker movie
The Landmark Theaters chain said on Thursday it will ban moviegoers from wearing costumes or masks during screenings of the film Joker following concerns by families involved in a 2012 mass shooting during the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises in Colorado.
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Celine Dion postpones 4 Montreal shows due to throat virus
Canada -Montreal |
Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige heading to a new cinematic galaxy far, far away
Entertainment |
Canadians will soon have even more options in streaming — but can they afford them all?
Dianne Buckner
Business ||
As It Happens
Painting found in French woman's kitchen believed to be 13th-century Cimabue worth millions
Radio -As It Happens |
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Margaret Atwood's The Testaments breaks Canadian book sales records
Entertainment |
Morden fossil museum launches Cree-language audio guide
Canada -Manitoba ||
Placido Domingo withdraws from Met Opera amid sexual misconduct accusations
Entertainment |
Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead's poetic lyricist, dead at 78
Entertainment ||
Families of Colorado shooting victims urge Joker studio to lobby for gun control
Entertainment ||
Ai Weiwei sculpture made of 1,254 bicycles goes up at The Forks
Canada -Manitoba ||
Kevin O'Leary's wife charged in Muskoka area boat crash that killed 2
Canada -Toronto |
Vancouver artist Stan Douglas wins $100K Audain Prize
Canada -British Columbia ||
Toronto to host the 2021 Juno Awards
Canada -Toronto ||
Tom Hanks set for Cecil B. DeMille honour at Golden Globes
Entertainment ||
CBC BOOKS
André Alexis, Michael Crummey up for $50K Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
Entertainment |
Soulpepper Theatre to relaunch training residency
Entertainment |
Emmy Awards: Surprises, upsets and memorable moments
Jessica Wong
Entertainment ||
Mirvish's 2019-2020 season full of musicals and familiar hits
Canada -Toronto ||
Placido Domingo to resume U.S. performances amid misconduct allegations
Jocelyn Gecker and Jocelyn Noveck
Entertainment |
Fleabag wins big, Billy Porter makes history at Emmy Awards
Entertainment ||
DHX Media changing name to WildBrain, begins reorganizing company
David Paddon
Canada -Nova Scotia ||