12/7/2012 The Canadian Opera Company's Week of GrimmFest! By Danielle D'Ornellas [View the story "The Canadian Opera Company's Week of GrimmFest!" on Storify] The Canadian Opera Company's Week of GrimmFest! Dean Burry's popular Canadian children's opera The Brothers Grimm celebrates its 500th performance during GrimmFest, a week-long celebration of all things Grimm! Storified by CanadianOperaCompany · Fri, Dec 07 2012 10:25:55 We're halfway through GrimmFest! Our week-long celebration included two free concerts celebrating fairy tales, a free Opera Talk with composer Dean Burry and three performances of The Brothers Grimm at Daniels Spectrum on December 7 and 8. Learn more about GrimmFest here and continue reading here to see what we've been getting up to! The Brothers GrimmCanadian Opera On Tuesday, December 4, our first GrimmFest event was Happily Ever After, a free concert dedicated to magic and fairy tales. Hosted by Eric Domville, the performance featured Ensemble Studio graduates Virginia Hatfield, Andrea Ludwig, Michael Barrett, and current Ensemble member Jenna Douglas on piano. The artists performed a variety of pieces from opera classics to Disney favourites. View the program here. Greetings from day one of #GrimmFest! Check out our team doing a grim pose in their Grimm shirts! http://pic.twitter.com/jgbxouXQCanadianOperaCompany On Wednesday, December 5, Egyptian-Canadian singer Maryem Tollar and friends returned to the Free Concert Series to perform Fairy Tales From Faraway Lands, a collection of music and dance inspired by tales from the Middle East. View the program here. Now for the wedding with dancing and song! #GrimmFest http://pic.twitter.com/P9OM50S2CanadianOperaCompany For our performances of The Brothers Grimm at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park, we've created a fantastic photo booth to re-enact everybody's favourite fables. From Rapunzel... The Brothers GrimmCanadian Opera Are you coming to The Brothers Grimm for #GrimmFest? Sneak a peek at one of our photobooth props, a Rapunzel-braid! http://pic.twitter.com/j8uV717HCanadianOperaCompany To Little Red Riding Hood... The Brothers GrimmCanadian Opera When you join us at #GrimmFest tonight for The Brothers Grimm you can dress up as Little Red Riding Hood! http://pic.twitter.com/lT85w7asCanadianOperaCompany And even Rumpelstiltskin! The Brothers GrimmCanadian Opera If you're attending The Brothers Grimm at #GrimmFest tonight, be sure to snap a picture as Rumpelstiltskin! http://pic.twitter.com/Ud4t4yTUCanadianOperaCompany At each performance we have a variety of merchandise for sale. You can leave with a stylish GrimmFest t-shirt, a selection of fairy tale books, COC totes and The Brothers Grimm on CD. GrimmFestCanadian Opera To learn more about GrimmFest and The Brothers Grimm, read some of our interviews and feature stories. See you there! Sewing the Seeds of Opera's Future | Live With CultureWriting for kids has proven to be a canny career move for Toronto-based composer/librettist Dean Burry, above right. His children's opera... The Brothers Grimm hits 500th performance for Canadian Opera CompanySometimes Dean Burry worries he's a bit like Paul McCartney. "He is always known as a Beatle, from the first work he did," explains Burry... GrimmFest brings opera to a younger set | Vacay.caStory by Sandra Williams-Hervé Vacay.ca Writer TORONTO, ONTARIO - It's hard to imagine a childhood without the timeless classics of Snow ... Looking for more updates? Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest, or visit us at coc.ca. Posted in Xstrata Ensemble Studio School Tour
