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Reviews
Vancouver OperaTosca“The power and longevity of beauty, endurance, faith, sacrifice”
Tosca | Vancouver Opera | Opera Canada
Opéra de QuébecOrfeo ed Euridice“Prominence to the beauty of the score”
Orfeo ed Euridice | Opéra de Québec | Opera Canada
Opera AtelierThe Descent of Orpheus“Among the most beautiful and moving works”
The Descent of Orpheus | Opera Atelier | Opera Canada
Latest Features
OPERA PLACES Rihab Chaieb takes us to Los Angeles
Tunisian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Rhiab Chaieb takes us to Los Angeles, where she is singing the title role in a brand-new production of Carmen at LA Opera from October 17th to November 7th.
While in LA, Rhiab chats with us about her favourite galleries, the best bar with a view and the unexpected locals you may meet on the city streets. Read on to find out more.
Vancouver OperaTosca“The power and longevity of beauty, endurance, faith, sacrifice”
Tosca | Vancouver Opera | Opera Canada
Opera Calendar
Events for September
28
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Events for September
29
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Turandot Puccini
Opéra de Montréal
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts
Missing Brian Current
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
Jennifer Velva Bernstein Performance Hall
Events for September
30
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Tannhauser Wagner
Oper Kiel
Theater Kiel
Events for October
1
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Turandot Puccini
Opéra de Montréal
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts
Events for October
2
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Events for October
3
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
The Barber of Seville Rossini
Southern Ontario Lyric Opera
Burlington Performing Arts Centre
Events for October
4
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Turandot Puccini
Opéra de Montréal
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts
Tannhauser Wagner
Oper Kiel
Theater Kiel
Singer Behind the Song with Jessica Muirhead Various
Opera West Society
UBC Old Auditorium
Events for October
5
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Events for October
6
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Events for October
7
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Events for October
8
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Events for October
9
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Turandot Puccini
Daegu Opera
Daegu Opera House
Events for October
10
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Turandot Puccini
Daegu Opera
Daegu Opera House
Events for October
11
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Vanda Treiser Opera Competition Various
Highlands Opera Studio
Trinity-St. Paul's Centre
Events for October
12
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Events for October
13
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Events for October
14
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Events for October
15
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Events for October
16
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Il trovatore Verdi
Pacific Opera Victoria
Royal Theatre (Victoria)
Tosca Puccini
Calgary Opera
Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein Offenbach
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Jane Mallett Theatre
Reimu 冷夢 Kento Stratford
Hibiki Project
Array Space Studio
Events for October
17
La Traviata Verdi
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Cendrillon Isouard
Arion Baroque
Salle Bourgie
La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein Offenbach
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Jane Mallett Theatre
Events for October
18
Così fan tutte Mozart
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Carmen on Tap Bizet
Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra
Bacchus Lounge – Earls
Cendrillon Isouard
Arion Baroque
Salle Bourgie
Il trovatore Verdi
Pacific Opera Victoria
Royal Theatre (Victoria)
Tosca Puccini
Calgary Opera
Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein Offenbach
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Jane Mallett Theatre
Tannhauser Wagner
Oper Kiel
Theater Kiel
Reimu 冷夢 Kento Stratford
Hibiki Project
Array Space Studio
Events for October
20
No Events
Events for October
21
No Events
Events for October
22
Il trovatore Verdi
Pacific Opera Victoria
Royal Theatre (Victoria)
The Descent of Orpheus Charpentier
Opera Atelier
Koerner Hall
Berlioz’s Les Nuits D’été & Schubert’s Symphony No. 4 Various
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Centennial Concert Hall
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny Weill
Liepzig Gewandhaus Orchester
Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
Centre Stage Various
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Events for October
23
The Descent of Orpheus Charpentier
Opera Atelier
Koerner Hall
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny Weill
Liepzig Gewandhaus Orchester
Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
Events for October
24
Il trovatore Verdi
Pacific Opera Victoria
Royal Theatre (Victoria)
Tosca Puccini
Vancouver Opera
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
The Descent of Orpheus Charpentier
Opera Atelier
Koerner Hall
Tosca Puccini
Calgary Opera
Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Orphée et Eurydice Gluck
Opéra de Québec
Grand Théâtre de Québec
Events for October
26
No Events
Events for October
28
No Events
Events for October
29
Tosca Puccini
Vancouver Opera
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Orphée et Eurydice Gluck
Opéra de Québec
Grand Théâtre de Québec
Tannhauser Wagner
Oper Kiel
Theater Kiel
Events for October
30
Orphée aux enfers Offenbach
Opéra bouffe de Québec
THÉÂTRE DES MUSES DE LA MAISON DES ARTS DE LAVAL
Tosca Puccini
Vancouver Opera
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Carmina Burana & Tubular Bells Various
Chorus Niagara
First Ontario Performing Arts Centre
Operatic Spooktacular Various
Grand River Opera
Registry Theatre
Events for October
31
The Marriage of FigaroMozart
San Francisco Opera
War Memorial Opera House
Orphée aux enfers Offenbach
Opéra bouffe de Québec
THÉÂTRE DES MUSES DE LA MAISON DES ARTS DE LAVAL
Orphée et Eurydice Gluck
Opéra de Québec
Grand Théâtre de Québec
Operatic Spooktacular Various
Grand River Opera
Registry Theatre
Events for November
1
The Marriage of FigaroMozart
San Francisco Opera
War Memorial Opera House
Orphée aux enfers Offenbach
Opéra bouffe de Québec
THÉÂTRE DES MUSES DE LA MAISON DES ARTS DE LAVAL
Operatic Spooktacular Various
Grand River Opera
Registry Theatre