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In His Own Words

Alexander Neef, General Director

3/11/2010

Between Travels

I am back in Toronto after my first trip ever to the Caribbean, an absolute dream for a week of family holiday. Never have I seen my daughter happier.

Today was and tomorrow will be a full day in the office, trying to get my correspondance under control and catching up with my collaborators. Saturday will be family day and on Sunday I will be off to another trip, first to New York where I will be a judge for the Finals of the Met's National Council Auditions, and then to Europe with the ambitious goal of going to six cities in seven days. I will spend more time on airplanes than ever, but there will also be a lot to tell you.

Stay tuned for my upcoming travel diary.

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3/2/2010

The End of Our Winter Season

Our winter season ended on Sunday with the last performance of Otello. And the hockey game, of course. As a service to the loyal patrons who had actually come to the opera rather than staying at home to watch the game we projected the results on our SURTITLES screen. Another COC premiere!

European Sounds

I'm glad I went on this short trip to Montreal. Kent Nagano and I have known each other for ten years, in fact, he conducted the first opera production I ever got involved in (you have heard this before, it was Saariaho's L'amour de loin). We didn't have a chance to meet since I arrived in Canada and I enjoyed catching up with him over dinner after his concert.