https://www.robertkilborn.com/home daily 1.0 2020-04-03 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e8363fba5cc5d762ac371f3/1585669120150/Screen%252BShot%252B2020-03-31%252Bat%252B11.01.56%252BAM.jpg Robert Kilborn https://www.robertkilborn.com/non-fiction daily 0.75 2020-01-16 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e1a5d2b22ffb72e97ddf553/1578786113271/Le+Sacre+du+Printemps+photo+1.jpg NonFiction https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e10fcd4749ef14481c43b84/1578773407182/ladymacbeth1.jpg NonFiction https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e1a5f0322ffb72e97de2467/1578786574981/lc-sur-scene-1.jpg_ori-e1522719340843.jpg NonFiction https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e10f39808c15a57c8300f19/1578169259652/p_three_graces_pompeii_featured-1.jpg NonFiction https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e1a3c364ea7cf33bb4dc07b/1578777663062/Glenn-Gould-Source-Unknown.jpg NonFiction https://www.robertkilborn.com/somethingwicked daily 0.75 2020-03-02 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e06405880f81f1fddc8ba27/1578177251794/ladymcbeth5.jpg Something Wicked This Way Comes The young and virile Sebastian (Cosmo Jarvis). Roadside Attractions. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e063cbca16674586a004bcc/1578177226068/ladymcbeth3.jpg Something Wicked This Way Comes The audible tying of corsets and bodices subtly colours the minimalist sound design. Roadside Attractions. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e287ca469ecfc3fe110ac82/1579711823212/lady-macbeth_sg_016-1_wide-56841bb0e7a5c9af807de0da9fc1bc28240088e1-s800-c85.jpg Something Wicked This Way Comes A cultic object as enigmatic and inscrutable as the Sphinx. Photo courtesy of Roadside Attractions. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e063fd1ac500459d3292350/1578177246525/LADY_MACBETH_director_William_Oldroyd_5mg-300x300.jpg Something Wicked This Way Comes Director William Oldroyd. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e063d757dc4580dbb94ee91/1578177231969/ladymcbeth4.jpg Something Wicked This Way Comes A scowling, sexless marriage. 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https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e233f60c1003e671fd17f4b/1579621784206/Melody+Moore+%28Floria+Tosca%29+Gregory+Dahl+%28Scarpia%29+%C2%A9Yves+Renaud.JPG She Falls from a Tower Shaped Like a Dagger Harvey Weinstein-Scarpia (Gregory Dahl) menaces Tosca (Melody Moore-Wagner). © Yves Renaud. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e267690e8e5303c326d8d73/1579579047080/ODM_Tosca.jpg She Falls from a Tower Shaped Like a Dagger https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2346573e92f954394b28a7/1579370274367/Melody+Moore+%28Floria+Tosca%29+%C2%A9Yves+Renaud.JPG She Falls from a Tower Shaped Like a Dagger Tosca sings the ravishing despair of “Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore.” © Yves Renaud. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e234455518cc75eb7ec7073/1579369613206/Giancarlo+Monsalve+%28Cavaradossi%29+Melody+Moore+%28Floria+Tosca%29+%C2%A9Yves+Renaud+%282%29.JPG She Falls from a Tower Shaped Like a Dagger Tosca and Cavaradossi (Giancarlo Monsalve) dream of salvation. © Yves Renaud. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2346ea3e92f954394b3fc9/1579370262159/Giancarlo+Monsalve+%28Cavaradossi%29+Melody+Moore+%28Floria+Tosca%29+%C2%A9Yves+Renaud+%281%29.JPG She Falls from a Tower Shaped Like a Dagger Tosca and Cavaradossi before The Fall. © Yves Renaud. https://www.robertkilborn.com/david-bowie-dies-and-lives daily 0.75 2020-02-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e3ad47243659a3fa3af747a/1580913813323/Bowies3XX.jpg David Bowie dies and lives Bowie’s polymorphic mutations and personae through time, by Anthony Jenkins. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e3ad54f8a35a3376e97863f/1580914039566/BowieNew.jpg David Bowie dies and lives The “Thin White Duke” of eerie avant-pop, the daring sonic experimentalist, by Anthony Jenkins. 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Meaning - “I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can’t read any poetry.” Leonard Cohen. Photo: Lorca Cohen. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e25b411681004796504ebcd/1579529241851/ari_folman_dsc4387_photoguylheureux.jpg_ori-1024x683.jpg Leonard Cohen: Not Happiness. Meaning Depression Chamber by Ari Folman. No drugs required. Photo: Guy L’Heureux. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e25a477556e15498ad7ffb7/1579541269143/Leonard-Cohen-Trouville-1988c-2-e1522719454612.jpg Leonard Cohen: Not Happiness. Meaning - “The brokenness of existence is Leonard Cohen’s theme. Incompletion perpetually striving towards completion. The agony and ecstasy of love. The silent indifference of God.” © Claude Gassian. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e25dad5dcc09322ea161542/1579693888839/lc-sur-scene-1.jpg_ori-e1522719340843.jpg Leonard Cohen: Not Happiness. Meaning - Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything — Like an aurora of dreams, quirks, and visions, this major art exhibition at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal shimmers to a close on 9 April. One of the greatest creative and performance codas in the history of music. © Old Ideas, LLC. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e25b2ec518cc75eb742c899/1579826083589/mg_4997_sebastienroy.jpg_ori-1024x683.jpg Leonard Cohen: Not Happiness. Meaning - “Humankind, in perpetual crisis, seeks purpose, meaning, gods. The art of song prevailed long before the pyramids. It drew breath at the birth of language, ritual, art, religion. It formed and fed primordial need.” Passing Through by George Fok. The songs remain evergreen. Courtesy the artist. https://www.robertkilborn.com/don-giovanni-opera-de-montreal daily 0.75 2020-03-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e272530093762029128d187/1579623848268/Daniel-Okulitch-Leporello-Gordon-Bintner-Don-Giovanni-%C2%A9-Yves-Renaud-1.jpg Opéra de Montréal coutures a mid-20th century Don Giovanni with éclat Daniel Okulitch as Leporello (left) plots, schemes, and seduces alongside his master. Photo: Yves Renaud. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2723db4547191e87f6288e/1579623500729/Gordon-Bintner-Don-Giovanni-%C2%A9-Yves-Renaud.jpg Opéra de Montréal coutures a mid-20th century Don Giovanni with éclat Gordon Bintner as Don Giovanni dazzles in bravura performances and a Savile Row suit. Photo: Yves Renaud. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e27222e3f5cf3703bd6044d/1579658574755/%C2%A9-Yves-Renaud.jpg Opéra de Montréal coutures a mid-20th century Don Giovanni with éclat Nothing going on here, officer. Photo: Yves Renaud. https://www.robertkilborn.com/the-metamorphoses-of-race-sex-violence-and-hypocrisy daily 0.75 2020-03-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2862cb07908b4cf13cefad/1579705102756/Paul-Dunn-and-Mark-Crawford-in-Bed-and-Breakfast.-%C2%A9-Courtesy-of-Centaur-Theatre.png The metamorphoses of race, sex, violence, and hypocrisy Paul Dunn and Mark Crawford in Bed and Breakfast. Photo courtesy of Centaur Theatre, Montreal. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e285f3f2ce8b50439304425/1579704205788/14_ACT-II_Eleanor-Noble-Marcel-Jeannin-Liana-Montoro-Kwasi-Songui_Photo-by-Andr%C3%A9e-Lanthier.jpg The metamorphoses of race, sex, violence, and hypocrisy Clybourne Park: Eleanor Noble, Marcel Jeannin, Liana Montoro, Kwasi Songui. Photo: Andrée Lanthier. https://www.robertkilborn.com/rogues-damaged-idealists-and-neofrootloopians daily 0.75 2020-02-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2887c0d2e9fa1df8fa18b6/1579714508590/hillary.jpg Rogues, damaged idealists, and neo-frootloopians Hillary, the Teflon Dame, in Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter mode. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e28867f8dd05752c9dd8716/1579714696086/trumcruzrubio_caption.jpg Rogues, damaged idealists, and neo-frootloopians https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2889c0c2509c20c6533824/1579715167773/bushcarsonfiorina.jpg Rogues, damaged idealists, and neo-frootloopians Jeb Bush denies climate change. Dr. Ben Carson, Neurosurgeon, doesn’t believe in evolution. Carly Fiorina wants to overturn Roe v. Wade. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e288f62443f762e3741e5ff/1579716747039/santorumhuckabeechristie.jpg Rogues, damaged idealists, and neo-frootloopians Rick Santorum and Mick Huckabee, religious fruitcakes. Chris Christie just loves fruitcake. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2888fbd2e9fa1df8fa6556/1579714831065/saundersx-2.jpg Rogues, damaged idealists, and neo-frootloopians Bernie Sanders, Social Democrat, wants a Danish model (of government). https://www.robertkilborn.com/the-most-famous-scandal-in-the-history-of-music daily 0.75 2020-03-03 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e296f76907bc3069688fb42/1579774827837/Le+Sacre+du+Printemps+photo+4.jpg The Most Famous Scandal in the History of Music An offering to the gods of death. Photo: Sasha Onyshchenko. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e296e31069d383223a453d4/1579774833772/Le+Sacre+Du+Printemps+photo+3.jpg The Most Famous Scandal in the History of Music A chosen sacrificial virgin dances herself to death. Photo: Sasha Onyshchenko. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2968cbc2509c20c67f133c/1579772124564/Le+Sacre+du+Printemps+photo+1.jpg The Most Famous Scandal in the History of Music Hanging on for life and death. Photo: Sasha Onyshchenko. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e296be4069d383223a40d2a/1579773552934/Le+Sacre+du+Printemps+photo+2.jpg The Most Famous Scandal in the History of Music Wandering in the cosmic emptiness. Photo: Sasha Onyshchenko. https://www.robertkilborn.com/sex-art-and-euro-american-culture daily 0.75 2020-04-20 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e297b5b2fe631012d572d25/1579776883412/p_mainbocher_corset_crop.jpg Sex, art and Euro-American culture No, not Madonna in her Vogue video. The “Mainbocher Corset” first appeared in Paris Vogue in 1939. © Condé Nast/Horst Estate. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e35f9e82eda9752711e4c3a/1580595737363/george-hoyningen-huene-divers%2C-paris-%28horst-p.-horst-and-model%2C-swimwear-by-izod%29.jpg Sex, art and Euro-American culture Iconic 1930 image: “The Divers.” Horst P. Horst with a model wearing Izod bathing suits. © Condé Nast Archives/Corbis. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e297d1e0199a14a228f4086/1579777331091/p_dietrich_crop2.jpg Sex, art and Euro-American culture Dietrich’s sexual allure: intoxicating and dangerous. New York, 1942. © Condé Nast/Horst Estate. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e29795b0df7e27ff49e190b/1579776547151/horst_westmountmag.jpg Sex, art and Euro-American culture Contemporary retro? No, it’s early supermodel Muriel Maxwell on the cover of American Vogue, July 1, 1939. © Condé Nast/Horst Estate. https://www.robertkilborn.com/step-out-smartly-into-spring daily 0.75 2020-08-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e29fe5dbd9bd4076ca739d0/1579810421335/0613-city-cohen-6011.jpg Step out smartly into Spring One of several Montreal murals focusing on “how the light gets in” via native son Leonard Cohen. Photo: Dave Sidaway/JPG. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2a15fef2fbf90611e99f2d/1579816463712/merlin_134240612_c854d682-c0ee-4a27-b09f-b91100a7d55c-articleLarge.jpg Step out smartly into Spring Xavier Dolan in his apartment in Montreal. Photo: Renaud Philippe. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2a14763acd1b147bac302e/1579816077294/_cds.jpg Step out smartly into Spring The fearful symmetry of perfection, courtesy of Cirque de Soleil. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e29ac5159973a01ac17f9d6/1579789413369/9epxzbboczly.jpg Step out smartly into Spring Pierre Trudeau as Oscar Wilde, stepping out to present the 1970 Grey Cup trophy. © The Gazette. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e29b214069d383223accf37/1579790883609/3861.jpg Step out smartly into Spring The angelically ferocious Louise Lecavalier: Daughter of Apollo and Dionysus. Photo: Massimo Chiarradia. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e29a8b078c38064efca01a3/1579788482073/cleese.jpg Step out smartly into Spring Monsieur Jean Clieze, an official of the province of Québec’s Ministère des Marches Ridicules, and a notorious flâneur, steps into Spring. © Unknown (to you). https://www.robertkilborn.com/mick-jagger-pope-benedict-and-me daily 0.75 2020-03-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e29c0f5907bc3069694aedc/1579794691335/i-castro.jpg Mick Jagger, Pope Benedict and me Fidel Castro, or the benevolent ruthlessness of a nation’s prison warden. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2a2e108926674a2e456bc1/1582129399424/36deeaa+copy.jpg Mick Jagger, Pope Benedict and me Ridiculously handsome, yet modest. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2a26403851eb71f33117da/1579821215087/i_anthony-jenkins2.jpg Mick Jagger, Pope Benedict and me - Anthony Jenkins: A Portrait of the Artist as a Mensch. Anthony Jenkins: A Portrait of the Artist as a Mensch. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e29c08b443f762e37795991/1579794584573/i_einstein.jpg Mick Jagger, Pope Benedict and me Albert Einstein, or the genial persona of a rumpled genius. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2a4ea9f0a5822b10ad6c9a/1579830981209/i_ray-charles.jpg Mick Jagger, Pope Benedict and me Ray Charles, or the sheer joy of music. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2a23c1dd25067d01a421b1/1579819990319/800px-Musee_McCord_02.jpg Mick Jagger, Pope Benedict and me - So that future generations will know us, Montreal’s esteemed McCord Museum of Canadian History has archived a number of Jenkins creations. Perhaps, in his lifetime, the McCord will host an exhibition of Jenkins’s work, a selection from the thousands of images he has created during his 40+ year career? So that future generations will know us, Montreal’s esteemed McCord Museum of Canadian History has archived a number of Jenkins creations. Perhaps, in his lifetime, the McCord will host an exhibition of Jenkins’s work, a selection from the thousands of images he has created during his 40+ year career? https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e29be6028786a6ce0d5f5c5/1579794045156/i_jagger_feature1.jpg Mick Jagger, Pope Benedict and me https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e29bfe937507b6ba908cdf7/1582129333442/i_putin.jpg Mick Jagger, Pope Benedict and me Vladimir Putin, or the vampiric soul of expansionist politics. https://www.robertkilborn.com/glenn-gould-the-russian-journey daily 0.75 2020-02-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e3aebf63ac8e451d6e1d881/1580919821974/lucas23.jpg Glenn Gould: The Russian Journey Glenn Gould in Moscow in 1957, courtesy of Library and Archives Canada. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2b27fb955b8952927d04e4/1579886612769/gg-sr.jpg Glenn Gould: The Russian Journey - A pianist from Canada had arrived. Simply a miracle! —Mstislav Rostropovich A 24-year-old Gould meets Soviet piano titan Sviatoslav Richter in Moscow in May, 1957. https://www.robertkilborn.com/the-poles-save-western-civilization-again daily 0.75 2020-03-03 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2b49c43321e8518ae7b1ff/1579895311363/14.-Swan-Lake-chor.-K.-Pastor-ph.-E.-Krasucka-ph.-Ewa-Krasucka.jpg The Poles Save Western Civilization. Again. Volkov the Hussar earns his keep. Polish National Ballet. Photo: E. Krasucka. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2b46f13137c7788f265994/1579894557961/Swan-Lake-chor.-K.-Pastor-ph.-E.-Krasucka_IMG_8950.jpg The Poles Save Western Civilization. Again. Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, shot and bayoneted to death in the Russian Revolution, along with his wife and five children. Polish National Ballet. Photo: E. Krasucka. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2b4a86efa4c32e8b986123/1579895449793/Swan-Lake-chor.-K.-Pastor-ph.-E.-Krasucka_IMG_8474-e1550871358527.jpg The Poles Save Western Civilization. Again. A pledge of eternal love can save Odette from her watery fate. Polish National Ballet. Photo: E. Krasucka. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2b4892f5b1055fa3b2d402/1579894944100/25.-Swan-Lake-chor.-K.-Pastor-ph.-E.-Krasucka-ph.-Ewa-Krasucka.jpg The Poles Save Western Civilization. Again. The imperial court ballroom of Tsar Alexander III. Polish National Ballet. Photo: E. Krasucka. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2b47b42f9ad9725dcfd4df/1579895140242/2.-Swan-Lake-chor.-K.-Pastor-ph.-E.-Krasucka-ph.-Ewa-Krasucka.jpg The Poles Save Western Civilization. Again. Swan Queen Odette lives in a lake of her mother’s tears. Polish National Ballet. Photo: E. Krasucka. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e3c329180e7207434910f19/1581003440820/800px-Russian_Imperial_Family_1913.jpg The Poles Save Western Civilization. Again. Nicholas with his family (left to right): Olga, Maria, Nicholas II, Alexandra Fyodorovna, Anastasia, Alexei, and Tatiana. Lividia Palace, 1913. https://www.robertkilborn.com/margaret-van-dyck-mon-amour daily 0.75 2020-04-03 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2cd2902ce90872b8db1a69/1579995807983/maxresdefault.jpg Margaret Van Dyck Mon Amour https://www.robertkilborn.com/about daily 0.75 2020-09-02 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2e1ddf54f647335dd80929/1581801604297/HIb%26w+copySMALLER.jpg About - Robert Kilborn has written for the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, La Scena Musicale, Westmount Magazine, Cult Montreal, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art (New York), and Tuck Magazine (London, England). He started out in rock music, touring Canada and the United States as the lead singer in an eight-piece band. He’s a former English teacher, communications consultant, and General Manager of one of Canada’s leading modern dance companies, Anna Wyman Dance Theatre. Image by Anthony Jenkins. https://www.robertkilborn.com/an-animal-of-no-significance daily 0.75 2020-04-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2da7e8eed5960c8e142930/1580050433530/Skull.jpg An Animal Of No Significance https://www.robertkilborn.com/a-song-of-love-and-death daily 0.75 2020-03-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2eeee08542d514582edfa8/1580135228643/aida_feature_westmountmag.jpg A Song of Love and Death Cultural critics such as Edward Said have attacked Aida for its “Orientalism.” Photo: Yves Renaud. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e2ef502901d146ed2252d6f/1580135707122/aida_opera-duo_westmountmag.jpg A Song of Love and Death Russian soprano Anna Markarova sings Aida. Bulgarian tenor Kamen Chanev sings Radames. https://www.robertkilborn.com/opera-de-montreal-sets-verdis-otello-on-fire daily 0.75 2020-08-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e3044119826d330d5c19097/1580221470011/Kristian-Benedikt-Otello-%E2%94%AC%C2%AE-Yves-Renaud-1.jpg Opéra de Montréal sets Verdi’s Otello on fire Otello rallies the people of Venice against the invading Turkish fleet. Photo: Yves Renaud. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e303a1afbd9226b2a3f8488/1580218930156/p_otello_feature.jpg Opéra de Montréal sets Verdi’s Otello on fire Kristian Benedikt as Otello the Lion and Aris Argiris as Iago the Scorpion. © Yves Renaud. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e303ab005970d3b8463e3a8/1580219118288/p_otello_2.jpg Opéra de Montréal sets Verdi’s Otello on fire Hiromi Omura as Desdemona, Shakespeare’s greatest representation of selfless love. © Yves Renaud. https://www.robertkilborn.com/anne-frank-lives-in-new-york daily 0.75 2020-02-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e304d4d87c8e752f5f3c68f/1580223834109/Alix-Sobler.jpg Anne Frank lives in New York https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e441fd255337223d8d3d077/1581523356215/91PPdZC7PpL.jpg Anne Frank lives in New York - The Secret Annex by Alix Sobler, trade paperback, published in 2015 by Scirocco Drama. ISBN- 9781927922101. https://www.robertkilborn.com/the-garden-of-earthly-delights daily 0.75 2020-03-05 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e306f260f08f8258f066ecd/1580232499859/Bosch_the_Prince_of_Hell_with_a_cauldron_on_his_head.JPG The Garden of Earthly Delights https://www.robertkilborn.com/the-triggering-effect daily 0.75 2020-03-02 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e316b890f6dd313bf5fa669/1580297123289/dhdfhdfh.jpg The Triggering Effect https://www.robertkilborn.com/there-is-no-god-but-god daily 0.75 2020-03-02 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e3170c8d56e0e36eb0ff15f/1580298453851/dhfjfhj.jpg There Is No God But God https://www.robertkilborn.com/a-love-letter-to-lhasa-de-sela daily 0.75 2020-02-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e485507dd83d25c7dcc9f27/1581798665655/42a4e2705c744d47a79be92ad5281da2.jpg A Love Letter to Lhasa de Sela Struck by an angular beauty. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e31a7447fe4165813c88c90/1581007692016/lhasa_01.jpg A Love Letter to Lhasa de Sela A beguiling voice. A strange, uncanny presence. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e31ab1ae00e956306ed4a08/1580313389598/lhasa-de-sela-1.jpg A Love Letter to Lhasa de Sela A charismatic modesty, a messenger between worlds. Photo: Tshi. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e319aae89363c704ff31ee6/1580309181247/Lhasa-de-Sela.jpg A Love Letter to Lhasa de Sela https://www.robertkilborn.com/the-girl-in-the-white-camisole-escapes-death daily 0.75 2020-03-02 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e317a11925807707331ad79/1580300836621/fgvjfvgjfgjn.jpg The Girl in the White Camisole Escapes Death https://www.robertkilborn.com/a-tale-told-by-a-romantic-signifying-everything daily 0.75 2020-03-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e32f8bc102ba128969fee72/1580398800639/nutcracker3.jpg A Tale Told by a Romantic, Signifying Everything The Black Sheep owns her identity. Photo: Veronyc Vachon. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e33989c95862d328a65f581/1580439727146/nutcracker1-header-1.jpg A Tale Told by a Romantic, Signifying Everything Adriana Diaconu as Clara (Latin for “bright,” “clear,” “distinguished”). Photo: Veronyc Vachon. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e32f93c64c4842a2d75f80f/1580398933564/nutcracker4.jpg A Tale Told by a Romantic, Signifying Everything The Mechanical Harlequin, Chisato Kashiwa. Photo: Veronyc Vachon. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e32f81764c4842a2d75b5ba/1580398641860/nutcracker2-1.jpg A Tale Told by a Romantic, Signifying Everything Arabian Mystery Dancer, Sarah Kingston. Photo: Veronyc Vachon. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e32fa0bd36e1a619052b7c8/1580399194467/nutcracker5.jpg A Tale Told by a Romantic, Signifying Everything Emma Garau-Cima dances The Snow Queen. Photo: Veronyc Vachon. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e339512239e650b8408f1b0/1580438816580/c700x420.jpg A Tale Told by a Romantic, Signifying Everything Andrew Giday as the King of Candyland: Johnny Depp-like gifts for comedy. Photo: Félix Renaud. https://www.robertkilborn.com/unless-philosophy-can-make-a-juliet daily 0.75 2020-03-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e330286102ba12896a25cf5/1580401307537/romeo-juliet_westmountmag.jpg Unless Philosophy Can Make a Juliet Photo: Damian Siqueiros/zetaproduction.com. All other photos: John Hall. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e330c11c2ec52388ccaefd6/1580403773221/romeo-juliet_2178_690_westmountmag.jpg Unless Philosophy Can Make a Juliet https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e330457cd95a406db242908/1580402995288/romeo-juliet_0716_325_westmountmag.jpg Unless Philosophy Can Make a Juliet https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e3313a345fa8d7d7c748cdc/1580405939615/romeo-juliet_1057_325_westmountmag.jpg Unless Philosophy Can Make a Juliet https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e33090d4190fc6542a82662/1580403346881/romeo-juliet_2165_325_westmountmag.jpg Unless Philosophy Can Make a Juliet https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e3306784190fc6542a76989/1580403144528/romeo-juliet_1798_690_westmountmag.jpg Unless Philosophy Can Make a Juliet https://www.robertkilborn.com/shanghai-ballet-perpetrates-coppelia daily 0.75 2020-03-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e343add82e01937d75b5329/1580481267048/p_coppelia_3.jpg Shanghai Ballet Perpetrates Coppélia Founded in 1979, the Shanghai Ballet is noted for its refinement and disciplined rigour. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e343cb95acf4408943d113d/1580481737458/p_coppelia_2.jpg Shanghai Ballet Perpetrates Coppélia Franz distresses his fiancée, Swanilda, by falling in love with a mechanical doll, Coppélia. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e3438f25a39181d96c144f2/1580480774288/p_coppelia_feature-1.jpg Shanghai Ballet Perpetrates Coppélia Humour, fantasy, and romance make for a delightful evening at the theatre. There’s dancing, too. All images courtesy of the Shanghai Ballet. https://www.robertkilborn.com/anna-karenina-dancing-on-the-grave-of-love daily 0.75 2020-02-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e3443ed54a56067987d89cf/1580483662343/5.-Anna_Karenina_Photo_Damian-Siqueiros-zetaproduction.com_Danseuse_Maria-Abashova1_lr.jpg Anna Karenina: Dancing on the Grave of Love We hear the death train coming. It comes, and Anna throws herself under its carriage, for love. Photo: Damian Siqueiros. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e3c04eb688b3b6f9b3242d6/1582564220966/Boris_Eifman_03.jpg Anna Karenina: Dancing on the Grave of Love - In the teeth of the censorious Soviet dance apparatchiks, Boris Eifman fused [and fuses] expressionist theatricality and a contemporary intellectual and psychological outlook into the received language of ballet. Boris Eifman fuses expressionist theatricality and a contemporary intellectual and psychological outlook into the received language of ballet. Photo: Sasha Onyshchenko. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e34435630336948c69deed0/1580483436981/Eifman_Karenina.jpg Anna Karenina: Dancing on the Grave of Love https://www.robertkilborn.com/elektra-will-take-the-top-of-your-head-off daily 0.75 2020-03-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e344e2154a56067987fc30a/1580486191527/p_elektra_567.jpg Elektra Will Take the Top of Your Head Off Lise Lindstrom, a voluble and unhappy Elektra, bleeds white under a Throne of Blood. Photo: Yves Renaud. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dfb9fadcc46cd1a275a0ae3/t/5e344c740b03e63e47c0596b/1580486495647/p_elektra_feature1.jpg Elektra Will Take the Top of Your Head Off Suffocating dread and guilty dreams in a post-Wagnerian too-muchness. Photo by Yves Renaud.