{"id":46003,"date":"2017-06-13T09:30:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T13:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=46003"},"modified":"2017-06-14T06:37:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T10:37:21","slug":"qa-37-questions-for-wallis-giunta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/06\/13\/qa-37-questions-for-wallis-giunta\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A | 37 Questions For Wallis Giunta"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wallis Giunta (Photo: Dario Acosta)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every so often MT poses 60 questions to a local or visiting artist in Toronto who has made our classical music community that much more interesting. They pick and choose. The minimum response is 20 answers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mezzo, Wallis Giunta<\/a>, is an example of a new generation of Canadian singers catching everyone by surprise. She has performed with the COC, The MET,\u00a0Teatro dell\u2019Opera di Roma,\u00a0Oper Frankfurt,\u00a0Oper Leipzig,\u00a0Fort Worth Opera, to name just a few.\u00a0In Mozart\u2019s Sesto for the Canadian Opera Company, she was praised celebrated as a \u201cremarkable in its combination of intelligence and beauty\u201d. Wallis recently made her Opera Atelier debut in the title role in Purcell\u2019s Dido & Aeneas. (<\/em>You can find our\u00a0review here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Wallis will be in Toronto this week to perform with the Toronto Symphony<\/a>\u00a0in a new production of Weill\u2019s The Seven Deadly Sins <\/em>this Wednesday and Thursday. Full details here<\/a>. Don’t miss it.<\/p>\n

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Default drink of choice?<\/h3>\n

Single Malt Scotch, neat<\/p>\n

Your favourite sound?<\/h3>\n

The wind rustling through the trees at my family’s summer camp, Red Pine Camp<\/p>\n

Your least favourite sound?<\/h3>\n

Fire truck sirens!<\/p>\n

Your favourite smell?<\/h3>\n

Freshly washed sheets that have been hung out to dry on a sunny day<\/p>\n

Your least favourite smell?<\/h3>\n

Roofing tar<\/p>\n

First thing that comes to your mind when you think about Toronto<\/h3>\n

The amazing food<\/p>\n

The historical personalities, both good and bad, that fascinate you the most?<\/h3>\n

Good: Charles Dickens, Ana\u00efs Nin – Bad: Vlad the Impaler (Dracula!), Kim Jong-il<\/p>\n

What are the three things you\u2019d like to change about Toronto?<\/h3>\n

More safe bike lanes. Catch up with BC in terms of legalizing marijuana. Halt the construction of all new condo towers…we have enough!<\/p>\n

If you could board a plane this afternoon, where would it be taking you?<\/h3>\n

Leipzig, to my nice little apartment and my tomato plants which need watering.<\/p>\n

The strangest place you\u2019ve ever been to?<\/h3>\n

Wyoming.<\/p>\n

The three books that you read that made an impact on you in your formative years?<\/h3>\n

Dune, A Tale of Two Cities, and all of Sherlock Holmes.<\/p>\n

Where was the last place you travelled to for work or pleasure?<\/h3>\n

For work: Toronto – For pleasure: Ottawa<\/p>\n

What is your biggest phobia?<\/h3>\n

Mayonaise.<\/p>\n

Where did you go to school?<\/h3>\n

Ottawa (JK to 2nd-year Undergrad), Toronto (3rd-year Undergrad to Artist Diploma), and New York (second Artist Diploma!)<\/p>\n

What did you major in as an undergraduate?<\/h3>\n

Singing…sorry, nothing terribly shocking about that \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

The strangest talent that you possess?<\/h3>\n

I can move my eyelids completely independently from one another<\/p>\n

Shoe of choice?<\/h3>\n

Vegan leather combat boots<\/p>\n

Your ancestry?<\/h3>\n

Italian, Irish, & Scottish<\/p>\n

Television show that you could tolerate re-runs of?<\/h3>\n

Arrested Development<\/p>\n

Under what circumstances would you join the army?<\/h3>\n

If they were exclusively helping with disaster relief.<\/p>\n

Your major character flaw?<\/h3>\n

I can’t stop vacuuming. If there’s a vacuum, I’m using it.<\/p>\n

The relatively normal piece of clothing that you believe you\u2019d look the most ridiculous in?<\/h3>\n

Running shoes. Just can’t do it.<\/p>\n

The talent that you wish you possessed?<\/h3>\n

Incredible archery skills.<\/p>\n

What musical instrument do you secretly long to play?<\/h3>\n

Drums.<\/p>\n

What sport did you give up and why?<\/h3>\n

Rugby. Chances of broken nose affecting singing: HIGH.<\/p>\n

What is the game that you\u2019re best at?<\/h3>\n

Settlers of Catan.<\/p>\n

What is the one animal that scares you the most?<\/h3>\n

Lemmings.<\/p>\n

If you had a motto, what would it be?<\/h3>\n

Better out than in.<\/p>\n

Have you ever fired a gun? If so, what were the circumstances?<\/h3>\n

Yes, on stage with blanks, many times. In the country, target practice with cans. Does a paintball gun count?<\/p>\n

Your favourite word?<\/h3>\n

Inconceivable.<\/p>\n

Your least favourite word?<\/h3>\n

I know it’s clich\u00e9: Moist.<\/p>\n

The thing that makes you the happiest?<\/h3>\n

Being with the ones I love.<\/p>\n

The thing that makes you the angriest?<\/h3>\n

Violence against any helpless creature.<\/p>\n

Three things of no monetary value that you own and will keep dearly until you die?<\/h3>\n

My baby blanket. A fur clipping from my darling bunny rabbit, Hazel. Photographs.<\/p>\n

Your first memory?<\/h3>\n

Age 3, playing air guitar on a tennis racket to Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.<\/p>\n

The first three things that you do every morning?<\/h3>\n

Neti pot, tongue scraping, drink a big glass of water.<\/p>\n

The best way to die?<\/h3>\n

In the arms of the one you love most, at a ripe old age, on a beautiful day.<\/p>\n

Read another Q&A,\u00a0HERE<\/u><\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n

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