[Vwoolf] From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, Toronto, Friday April 13, 8 p.m.

[mcuddy at chass.utoronto.ca]

For those of you in the Toronto area, and for all those interested in the
continuing public life of Virginia Woolf:

Muse 9 Productions is a Multi-disciplinary Music Theatre production
company based in Toronto, Canada.

Muse 9's first production, "From the Diary of Virginia Woolf", is a
theatrical art song performance featuring the music of Dominick Argento
and Amy Beach paired with excerpts from Woolf's novels, letters, and
diaries. It is an artistic exploration into the life and mind of the
brilliant writer and feminist icon Virginia Woolf through the performances
of Mezzo Soprano Victoria Marshall, Actor Keshia Palm, and Dancer Renee
Killough.

Each of the three performers represent a facet of Woolf ranging from her
public persona to her inner most thoughts.Different parts of her
personality and experience are portrayed through a combination of song,
dance, and Woolf's own writing.

The cycle is fully staged, featuring a mezzo soprano, an actor, and a
dancer. Each performer represents an aspect of Ms. Woolf: from her most
public persona to her most intimate. Our director Anna Theodosakis has put
together a script that tells the story of Virginia while also painting a
picture of the inner workings of her brilliant mind, and her struggles
with mental illness. The show runs about one hour, and will feature
costumes and lighting.

Staged at the Ernest Balmer Studio in Toronto’s Historic Distillery
District on April 13th at 8pm, it will feature music direction and piano
by Hyejin Kwon, stage direction by Anna Theodosakis, and lighting design
by Wesley McKenzie.  Proceeds from the event will go to CAMH.
Tickets (students $15) are available at the door or online (includes 1.25
service fee) via this link:
https://muse9.brownpapertickets.com<https://muse9.brownpapertickets.com/
(They suggest buying ahead as seating is limited. And if you're not a
student, buying ahead is cheaper.)

About the song cycle itself:

>From the Diary of Virginia Woolf is an eight-part song cycle written by
Dominick Argento in 1974 for the English mezzo-soprano Janet Baker. The
work won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1975.

The text of the songs comes from A Writer's Diary: Being Extracts from the
Diary of Virginia Woolf, which was published in 1954. (The five-volume
diaries edited by Anne Olivier Bell were not published until 1979.

The 8 movements are:

                No. 1. The Diary (April, 1919) 00:04:00

                No. 2. Anxiety (October, 1920) 00:01:42

                No. 3. Fancy (February, 1927) 00:02:43

                No. 4. Hardy's Funeral (January, 1928) 00:06:40

                No. 5. Rome (May, 1935) 00:03:01

                No. 6. War (June, 1940) - 00:06:42

                No. 7. Parents (December, 1940) 00:04:50

                No. 8. Last Entry (March, 1941) 00:06:44

You tube performance of song cycle here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1wMq_5Dmt4

Best to all, Melba
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