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author = ["authors/jenna.md"]
categories = "Editorial"
date = "2014-12-10T09:00:00-05:00"
lastmod = "2015-04-13T17:46:00-04:00"
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1428961523840/maxresdefault.jpg.jpg"
publishDate = "2014-12-10T09:00:00-05:00"
related_companies = ["scene/companies/against-the-grain-theatre.md"]
related_people = ["scene/people/cameron-mcphail.md","scene/people/aaron-durand.md","scene/people/miriam-khalil.md","scene/people/sharleen-joynt.md","scene/people/joel-ivany.md","scene/people/betty-waynne-allison.md"]
short_description = "Against the Grain Theatre&#039;s production of #UncleJohn opens this Thursday, to the delight of indie opera lovers in Canada. After its initial premiere this summer at the Cave and Basin National Historic Site in Banff, AB, #UncleJohn has sparked much anticipation from audiences here in Toronto."
slug = "unclejohn-in-toronto"
title = "#UncleJohn in Toronto"
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Against the Grain Theatre</a>'s production of&nbsp;<em>#UncleJohn</em>&nbsp;opens this Thursday, to the delight of indie opera lovers in Canada. After its<a href="http://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/opera-comes-down-from-the-mountain/" target="_blank"> initial premiere</a> this summer at the Cave and Basin National Historic Site in Banff, AB,&nbsp;<em>#UncleJohn</em>&nbsp;has sparked much anticipation from audiences here in&nbsp;Toronto. AtG Artistic Director <a href="http://www.joelivany.com/index/welcome.html" target="_blank">Joel Ivany </a>and&nbsp;<em>#UncleJohn</em> conductor/pianist&nbsp;<a href="http://www.artsglobal.org/en/people/milos-repicky/" target="_blank">Miloš Repický</a> took some time to talk about updating Mozart's Don Giovanni, trying out new spaces, and&nbsp;creating a tailor-made opera for Toronto audiences.</div>
<div class="intro"><figure data-type="video"><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CSR9Wz2bdGs" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></figure></div>
<div class="intro"><p></p><p><em>The cast:</em></p><p><em>Betty Allison (Anna)</em>
<em> John Avey (The Commander)</em>
<em> Sean Clark (Ottavio)</em>
<em> Neil Craighead (Leporello)</em>
<em> Aaron Durand (Masetto)</em>
<em> Sharleen Joynt (Zerlina)</em>
<em> Miriam Khalil (Elvira)</em>
<em> Cameron McPhail (Uncle John)</em>
<em> Gregory Finney (Uncle John understudy)</em></p><p><em>#UncleJohn</em> plays December 11-19th at the Black Box Theatre, 1087 Queen St W, Toronto, and you should absolutely see this show. Tickets and details are available <a href="http://againstthegraintheatre.ticketleap.com/hastagunclejohn/" target="_blank">right here</a>.</p></div><p></p>
