Nouvelles et Calendrier

Rebonjour!

J'espère que cela vous trouvera bien. Jusqu'à présent, la saison 2022-2023 a été très enrichissante, avec de concerts de musique ancienne, de créations contemporaines, de performances d'improvisation, de nouveaux ateliers d'opéra, de chants de marins (!) entre autres. Certains d'entre vous savent peut-être aussi que je me suis concentré plus récemment sur le développement d'une carrière parallèle en tant que photographe. Vous pouvez suivre cela sur IG: claytonkennedy.art
Flowers! Jardins botaniques. Sigma 600mm reflex lens does wild things. #tulips #magnolia #montrealphotographer #sigma600mmf8mirrorlens #lesjardinsbotaniquesdemontréal #flowerporn #macro
A really special experience. Louis L'Étourneau asked me if I wanted to meet him this morning, to see if I could get some photos of the new fox kits that had joined the world. I was fortunate enough last year to get some photos of the previous
A dream. Sigma 600mm reflex lens. #lesjardinsbotaniquesdemontréal #reflexlens #dream #sigma600mmf8mirrorlens #montrealphotographer
Got some new gear over the weekend, courtesy of a friend. A long stripbox, plus a giant reflector / diffuser. Large, soft, light sources are your friend <3 DxO processing is not recommended for studio portraits... it adds a flat universality to
A fortunate moon. Lumix 35-100mm f/2.8. Even cropped in, quite sharp. #lumix35100 #moonporn #blue #moon #beautiful
It was a really pretty sunset last night. I was lucky to take a few pictures at the tail end of it. Lumix 35-100mm was handy, and then I cropped the image. #lumix35100 #sunset #steeple #cloudporn #ooo #montrealphotographer #balconyview 
J'ai pris du retard dans la mise à jour de ce site web. Il est étrange de voir à quel point les médias sociaux donnent l'impression qu'un site web est un peu obsolète… mais je vais me mettre à la tâche.

Je suis heureux de partager ici des nouvelles de concerts à venir, de collaborations, ainsi que de nouveaux enregistrements et de vidéos ! Si vous souhaitez collaborer dans l'une des capacités ci-dessus, je serais heureux d'avoir de vos nouvelles !

Clayton Kennedy, baryton

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Ensemble Caprice - Bach BWV 106 - Actus tragicus, video noncerto
Ensemble Caprice - Bach BWV 106 - Actus tragicus, video noncerto

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Critiques

"The second piece was I will fly like a bird, by composer John Plant and librettist J. Andrew Wainwright. This was a fully staged production of a concert opera that debuted in Halifax in May 2012 about the death of Robert Dziekanski after being tasered by police at Vancouver airport. The orchestra, on stage behind the singers, provided much more than accompaniment, even contributing vocal counterpoint. The clarinet of Dominic Desautels was an outstanding addition to The Blue Engine String Quartet and the piano playing of composer John Plant. Baritone Clayton Kennedy as Dziekanski gave a formidably dramatic performance. Mezzo-soprano Marcia Swanston, as his mother, portrayed the intense burden of unbearable maternal grief eloquently and beautifully. The stage was creatively set to suggest clouds in the sky, or the wings of a plane, one which much of the libretto was projected. This exquisite opera deserves repeated outings."

-Daphna Leavit, Opera Canada, fall 2015

 

"...le baryton Clayton Kennedy livra un Offertorium particulièrement puissant."
-Pieuvre.ca

 

"Kennedy and Swanston were perfectly suited to their roles vocally and flawlessly balanced. They could not reach each other yet powerfully conveyed their hope and longing to do so."
-Daphna Leavit, Opera Canada, winter 2012

 

"...sang powerfully... with considerable mastery of diction."
-The Chronicle Herald

Reportage CBC News: opéra hommage à Robert Dziekanski

Nouvelles de la CBC:  L'opéra de John Plant et J.A. Wainwright qui s'intitule "Je vais voler comme un oiseau: un hommage à Robert Dziekanski" mettant en vedette Blue Engine String Quartet, Marcia Swanston, mezzo-soprano, Clayton Kennedy, baryton. Cliquez ICI pour la vidéo (en anglais.)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/robert-dziekanski-s-life-told-in-opera-1.1128021

Photo: CK

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