Artist of the Week 26 Qs for Rosemary Thomson
The Artist of the Week is Canadian conductor and Opera Kelowna Music Director, Rosemary Thomson. Rose is currently preparing for Opera Kelowna’s upcoming production Wreckonciliation, co-created by Indigenous Artists Marion Newman, Melody Courage & Yvette Nolan, running March 14-16. This week we sat down with Rose to talk about who inspires her, what her first opera experience was like, and the best advice she ever received from one of her mentors, Boris Brott. Read on to find out more.
Toronto City Opera
SusannahDylan Wright, a “tour de force”
Carlisle Floyd’s 1955 opera Susannah is performed less often than it deserves. It’s dramatically well constructed and has an excellent score full of interesting musical details and with some...
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Toronto City Opera
SusannahDylan Wright, a “tour de force”
Carlisle Floyd’s 1955 opera Susannah is performed less often than it deserves. It’s dramatically...
Canadian Opera Company
Don Giovanni Visually monumental, darkly provoking
Paolo Bordogna as Leporello (below) and Gordon Bintner as Don Giovanni (above) in the Canadian...
Edmonton Opera
Don Giovanni “Judging from the audience’s approval of the comic tone, Ivany got his Don Giovanni right”
When Edmonton Opera’s Artistic Director, Joel Ivany, remodels an operatic classic, its...
Canadian Opera Company
The Cunning Little Vixen Charmingly absurd
Leoš Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen (Jan 26, 28; Feb 3, 8, 10, *13, 14, 16, 2024), returning...