{"id":35570,"date":"2016-03-24T14:34:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T18:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=35570"},"modified":"2016-03-24T14:35:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T18:35:16","slug":"the-scoop-tenor-andrew-haji-to-join-otsl-la-boheme-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/03\/24\/the-scoop-tenor-andrew-haji-to-join-otsl-la-boheme-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Tenor Andrew Haji to Join Opera Theatre of Saint Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33409\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33409\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Jan19RBA3.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Haji, tenor\" width=\"770\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Jan19RBA3.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Jan19RBA3-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">COC Vocal Series: Andrew Haji, tenor; Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre (Photo: Lara Hintelmann)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera-stl.org\/\">Opera Theatre of Saint Louis<\/a> has made a last minute casting change for the upcoming production of La boh\u00e8me, which opens the 2016 Festival Season on Saturday, May 21. Toronto-based tenor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewhaji.com\/\">Andrew Haji<\/a> will step in for tenor Anthony Kalil, to play Rodolfo.<\/p>\n<p>According to the OTSL press-release, Kalil withdrew from the production for personal reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Haji has made appearances with the Canadian Opera Company include Alfredo in Verdi\u2019s &#8220;La traviata&#8221; and Rodriguez in Massenet\u2019s &#8220;Don Quichotte&#8221;. He was also a member of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio, and featured in productions of the COC Ensemble Studio performances in Rossini\u2019s &#8220;The Barber of Seville&#8221; and Mozart\u2019s &#8220;Cos\u00ec fan tutte&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>You can read our recent review of this past week&#8217;s performance featuring Andrew Haji in Mahler&#8217;s &#8220;Das Lied von der Erde&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/2016\/03\/22\/scrutiny-superb-das-lied-von-der-erde-at-the-university-of-toronto\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>#LUDWIGVAN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Follow\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">Musical Toronto on <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LudwigVanToronto\/?fref=ts\">Facebook<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for the latest classical and opera news, pretty pics, funny stuff, and an insider POV.<\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Tenor Andrew Haji to join Opera Theatre of Saint Louis La bohe\u0300me cast this May, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":33409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5723,39,43],"tags":[279,6037],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/Jan19RBA3.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-9fI","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35570"}],"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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35570"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35573,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35570\/revisions\/35573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35570"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=35570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}