{"id":30561,"date":"2015-09-27T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=30561"},"modified":"2015-09-27T08:07:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T12:07:50","slug":"coffee-break-meet-the-worlds-youngest-opera-critic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2015\/09\/27\/coffee-break-meet-the-worlds-youngest-opera-critic\/","title":{"rendered":"COFFEE BREAK\u00a0| Meet the World&#8217;s Youngest Opera Critic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ny3XzcIz8ME?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/slippedisc.com\/2015\/09\/a-six-year-old-boy-reviews-the-mets-turandot\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slippedisc%2FnICW+%28Slipped+Disc%29\" target=\"_blank\">via<\/a>) With six-year-olds like Iain Armitage as evidence,\u00a0opera criticism is in good hands. The video shows Opera Critic Iain Armitage, reviewing the Metropolitan Opera&#8217;s Turandot with extraordinary verve and enthusiasm. He covers the plot with eloquence, praises the stage design, and ponders on why so many people want to marry\u00a0Turandot, &#8220;Because she&#8217;s kinda mean [&#8230;] but when she sings you know and you feel why everyone wants to marry her; so pretty&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more, visit his official Facebook page, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IainLovesTheatre\" target=\"_blank\">Iain Loves Theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>#LUDWIGVAN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Want more updates on Toronto-centric classical music news and review\u00a0before anyone else finds out? Get our exclusive newsletter\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LudwigVanToronto\/app_100265896690345\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0<\/em><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LudwigVanToronto?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LudwigVanToronto\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/span> for all the latest.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extraordinary 6-year-old, Iain Armitage considers opera his playground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":30564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[118,4932,43],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Iian.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-7WV","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30561"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30567,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30561\/revisions\/30567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30561"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=30561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}