The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Fall 2021 – Onward and Upward with Actor Tom McLaren

Update February 2022 – Feature Interview with Actor-author Tom McLaren – extended discussion about Into Temptation (2021), the book Lost (and Found) in Space 2 and more …. by Lorraine Dmitrovic Since its theatrical release in 2021 (see original 2021 article below for more information), “Into Temptation” has taken on a life of its own.

My screenplay vampire thriller EMPUSA and mystery-romance novel LIVING ON VELVET on eBay

New copy of the romantic horror-science fiction fantasy screenplay novel, EMPUSA, by Crystal Jamison. A terrifying tale of love and bloodlust. Scary, classy and sometimes funny. Oversize (8″ x 10″) paperback.  https://www.ebay.ca/itm/313546853244?hash=item4900d94b7c:g:u68AAOSwvV1bZp~o Chilling, surreal story of Vampire Queen Empusa and her consort Count Brenton Nybrook. Beautiful Empusa rules over all – she’s sweet, vicious, deceptive and

Index of blog posts and Empress Arts & Music Zine issues

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Fall 2021 – Onward and Upward with Actor Tom McLarenhttps://empressbooksca.wordpress.com/2021/09/22/the-empress-arts-music-zine-fall-2021-onward-and-upward-with-actor-tom-mclaren/ The Art of L. Chrystal Dmitrovic in Private Collectionshttps://empressbooksca.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/the-art-of-l-chrystal-dmitrovic-in-private-collections The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Winter 2020 issue Olivier Laquerre, Baritone – In-depth Interviewhttps://empressbooksca.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/the-empress-arts-music-zine-winter-2020-issue-olivier-laquerre-baritone-in-depth-interview/ The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Winter 2020 issue Olivier Laquerre, Baritone

The Art of L. Chrystal Dmitrovic in Private Collections

*Please note: This page is not complete and is still under construction* All paintings and artwork displayed in the Empress Gallery were the ideas and creations of L. Chrystal Dmitrovic and are Copyright ©: L. Chrystal Dmitrovic/Lorraine Dmitrovic. No reproduction is allowed in any form without artist permission.

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Winter 2020 issue Olivier Laquerre, Baritone – In-depth Interview

Interview with Olivier Laquerre – Baritonegallantry & charm in perfect harmonyby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic Olivier Laquerre’s dramatic baritone has all the range and nuances any opera lover can appreciate. His voice, according to the role, is reliably rich, powerful, bristling with energy and sometimes a little extravagant. Even in traditional performance, his vocal delivery is

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Winter 2020 issue Olivier Laquerre, Baritone – Career Highlights So Far

Olivier Laquerre – Career Highlights So Farby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic By 2001, Olivier appeared on stage as Count Almaviva in Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” featuring the McGill Symphony Orchestra at the Pollack Hall in Montreal. His performance was memorable, noticed by reviewers like Arthur Kaptainis of the Gazette who stated, ”A tall man, Laquerre

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Winter 2020 issue Olivier Laquerre, Baritone – Mireille Asselin and Kevin Sullivan “Mozart” Interviews

Interview with Mireille Asselin and commentary by Kevin Sullivan of Sullivan Entertainment  for “Mozart’s Magic Flute Diaries” (2008)by L. Chrystal Dmitrovic This TV-movie version inspired by Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” has an ingenious twist. The traditional opera is intertwined with a contemporary storyline that runs concurrently and involves the same characters with different names from

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – Winter 2020 issue Olivier Laquerre, Baritone – Lépine, Laquerre and Roy

Olivier Laquerre working with composer Louis Dominique Roy in 2017 by L. Chrystal Dmitrovic Quebec-born pianist and composer Louis Dominique Roy studied piano in Montreal with Helmut Blume and in Vienna with Harald Ossberger, going on to perform in Canada and Europe. For twelve years until 2006 he was a vocal coach at McGill University,

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – November 2016 issue Composer William Perry

Legendary Composer William Perry – Creating the Score, Silent to Sound by L. Chrystal Dmitrovic William Perry, born in Elmira, New York in 1930, has wholly embraced his destiny. Dedicated in the fullest harmonious measure, empowered by creativity and letting the aspects of it flow freely, infused with a joie de vivre and tireless enthusiasm, he has

The Empress Arts & Music Zine – November 2016 issue William Perry Interview

The Empress Interview:In discussion with William Perry about his Music for Silent Film, Film and Television, and the Stageby L. Chrystal Dmitrovic LC: Are there any other songs/film scores that you would have liked to include on the first Silent Film CD? If so, which ones and why? William Perry: When preparing the first orchestral CD I