CMDFTT Events
Sfumature d'Amore
Theatre in Alternative Spaces
(courtesy Spotlight Magazine)
June Nathaniel (shown at right) and
the Classical Music Development
Foundation produced an evening of
beautiful operatic music on Friday 29th
and Saturday 30th March.
Presented in the small intimate Simon
Bolivar auditorium to full houses (the
theatre seats 200) Sfumature d’Amore
– Nuances of Love - was living proof
that Trinidad and Tobago’s creativity is not only limited to Calypso.
As June Nathaniel writes in the Foreword of the programme
booklet, “we also produce men and women whose voices best
express the classical/operatic repertoire. Who, despite the lack of
attention paid to this side of our culture by the media, and who
therefore deprive us of informed and readily accessible classical
inspiration look for ways to improve their voices and avenues to
vocally express themselves.”
The Nuances of Love presented the work of the great classical
composers Mozart; Verdi, Saint-Saens and Boito. Audience friendly,
the presentation assisted the music lovers in appreciating the
music with a comprehensive and complimentary programme
booklet and introductions and interventions of Maurice Brash who
set the scene and placed the action.
Nathaniel asks “In the mean time what do we do here with our
gorgeous voices and dramatic talent? What do we do with that
strong impulse to sing, to stretch oneself, to sing to the best of one’
s ability?”
Indeed, what do we do to
encourage Nigel Floyd,
Raymond Edwards,
Rory Wallace, Natalia Dopwell
(shown at right), Lesley Lewis,
Fritz Nothnagel-Gurley,
Charis Sieunarine - Thompson
and the other talented singers
of Nuances of Love to keep on
working at their trade and
develop their talent?
In this time of plenty it is a
question that those who hold
the purse strings and direct the future of our nation should address
seriously and urgently.
“As an aspiring ‘first world country’” , June Nathaniel asserts that “ it
is imperative that we take a serious look at the role the classical
arts play in the international prestige of a ‘first world country’ and
invest accordingly in building for instance, a rigorous conservatory
devoted to training and research in all genres from Europe, Asia,
and Africa.
Related Articles: Newsday - Anne Hilton Review
Theatre in Alternative Spaces
(courtesy Spotlight Magazine)
June Nathaniel (shown at right) and
the Classical Music Development
Foundation produced an evening of
beautiful operatic music on Friday 29th
and Saturday 30th March.
Presented in the small intimate Simon
Bolivar auditorium to full houses (the
theatre seats 200) Sfumature d’Amore
– Nuances of Love - was living proof
that Trinidad and Tobago’s creativity is not only limited to Calypso.
As June Nathaniel writes in the Foreword of the programme
booklet, “we also produce men and women whose voices best
express the classical/operatic repertoire. Who, despite the lack of
attention paid to this side of our culture by the media, and who
therefore deprive us of informed and readily accessible classical
inspiration look for ways to improve their voices and avenues to
vocally express themselves.”
The Nuances of Love presented the work of the great classical
composers Mozart; Verdi, Saint-Saens and Boito. Audience friendly,
the presentation assisted the music lovers in appreciating the
music with a comprehensive and complimentary programme
booklet and introductions and interventions of Maurice Brash who
set the scene and placed the action.
Nathaniel asks “In the mean time what do we do here with our
gorgeous voices and dramatic talent? What do we do with that
strong impulse to sing, to stretch oneself, to sing to the best of one’
s ability?”
Indeed, what do we do to
encourage Nigel Floyd,
Raymond Edwards,
Rory Wallace, Natalia Dopwell
(shown at right), Lesley Lewis,
Fritz Nothnagel-Gurley,
Charis Sieunarine - Thompson
and the other talented singers
of Nuances of Love to keep on
working at their trade and
develop their talent?
In this time of plenty it is a
question that those who hold
the purse strings and direct the future of our nation should address
seriously and urgently.
“As an aspiring ‘first world country’” , June Nathaniel asserts that “ it
is imperative that we take a serious look at the role the classical
arts play in the international prestige of a ‘first world country’ and
invest accordingly in building for instance, a rigorous conservatory
devoted to training and research in all genres from Europe, Asia,
and Africa.
Related Articles: Newsday - Anne Hilton Review
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