Photo of the cast of A Hand of Bridge rehearsing courtesy of Toronto Chamber Opera Productions.
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Photo of the cast of A Hand of Bridge rehearsing courtesy of Toronto Chamber Opera Productions.
Many of us developed an affection for opera early in life through Looney Tunes versions of Rossini and Wagner. For some, having Elmer Fudd chant “Kill the Wabbit” to the tune of “Ride of the Valkyries” in Chuck Jones's animated masterpiece taught us everything we wanted to know about opera. But if your ambition to appreciate the finer things in life extends beyond Bugs Bunny, real opera could be an intimidating world of old rich people, dead composers, elitist intellectualism and impenetrable European languages.