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The Primadonna doesn't like to wait!
With the flury and fuss of preparing for Christmas, the Primadonna has found herself caught in the middle of figuring out the whys and wherefores of Advent. But what about all the waiting? Tuesday November 24, 2009 at 7pm [2009 archived event]
Known to thousands of viewers and listeners across the country for the Bravo! television series Bathroom Divas, her CBC Radio series Diva Diaries, and to hundreds of theatre-goers for her Primadonna series of one-woman shows, Ms. Fallis in her inimitable way, has re-invented the classical music comedy genre. ... ...her career has encompassed performances of major oratorios and choral works with leading orchestras, as well as opera — with roles ranging from Despina in Cosi fan Tutte to Zerbinetta in R. Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos. In addition to her North American engagements Ms. Fallis has toured the United Kingdom extensively, appearing in London’s West End, Covent Garden International Festival, the Wexford Opera Festival, and the Edinburgh International Festival. More recent seasons have included appearances in Japan and Iceland. Ms. Fallis is best known as the creator and interpreter of very original one-woman shows: the ACTRA award-winning, Dora-nominated Primadonna, based on her own life as a singer, and its two sequels Primadonna’s First Farewell Tour; and Primadonna Does More With Less, ... the Primadonna goes Camping premiered outdoors on a wilderness Lake in Haliburton at the Forest Festival. Ms. Fallis was the music producer of the Gemini award winning Bathroom Divas, a new six-part reality TV series that quickly developed a cult following. Opera’s answer to American Idol,... Read full bio [.doc] here ». Read about Mary Lou at The Canadian Encyclopedia Online » See her website here »
Peter Tiefenbach enjoys an extraordinarily varied career as a performer, composer, writer and teacher. A native of Regina, Saskatchewan, he studied music in Canada, the U.S. and England before settling in Toronto in 1986. His unique combination of talents has established his reputation as a gifted pianist, mentor and creator. ... His collaboration with soprano-comedienne Mary Lou Fallis began in 1997 and has taken them on tours throughout Canada, the U.S., Japan, England and Iceland. The two have also co-created several shows. ... Mr. Tiefenbach’s recent compositions include commissions for the Borealis String Quartet, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, the Canadian Brass, the Saskatoon Children’s Choir, and the Elora Festival Singers. In 2005, he was a featured composer at the World Children’s Choir Festival in Hong Kong. His recordings include arrangements for Les Chemins de l’amour and Kabarett with Jean Stilwell (CBC Records); the Juno Award-winning Azulão with Isabel Bayrakdarian (CBC Records) and People of Faith with The Canadian Brass and Elmer Iseler Singers. ...
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MARY LOU FALLIS
Since 1997, Mr. Tiefenbach has been a member of the faculty of the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music, where he coaches singers in the Performance Diploma and Artist Diploma programs, and teaches graduate courses in orchestral literature. This year he is also teaching a course in lieder for the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music. An avid choral singer, he currently serves as bass section lead in the morning choirs of St Thomas’s Church, and is a longtime member of the award-winning Exultate Chamber Singers.