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Reviews
Glyndebourne Festival Tosca and L’Orfeo “Daring Reinterpretations of Classics”
Tosca and L’Orfeo | Glyndebourne Festival | Opera Canada
Opera 5 Parḗlios “A fascinating entwinement of chorus, soloists and percussion”
Parḗlios | Opera 5 | Opera Canada
San Francisco Opera The Barber of Seville “Among the top dozen or so Figaros”
The Barber of Seville | San Francisco Opera | Opera Canada
Latest Features
Artist of the Week 17 Qs for Sandra Horst
The Artist of the Week is Canadian conductor Sandra Horst. She will be conducting the Canadian premiere of Rene Orth and Hannah Moscovitch’s 10 Days in a Madhouse, co-presented by Tapestry Opera, the Canadian Opera Company and Luminato Festival, from June 16th to 21st. This week, Sandra chats with us about how she fell in love with opera, her first singing lessons and her dream jobs on and off stage. Read on to find out more.
OPERA PLACES Karoline Podolak takes us to Warsaw, Poland
Polish-Canadian soprano Karoline Podolak takes us to Warsaw, Poland, where she is the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem at Warsaw Chamber Opera on June 12th. While in Warsaw, Karoline shares a bit of Poland’s history, her favourite Polish treats and where to catch an open-air Chopin concert. Read on to find out more.
Artist of the Week 19 Qs for Cecilia Livingston
The Artist of the Week is Canadian Composer Cecilia Livingston. Her opera Parḗlios will be premiered by Opera 5 at the Toronto Opera Festival from June 12th to 14th. This week, Cecilia chats with us about her favourite Canadian wine, the importance in investing in new works and her life long love of Bluebeard’s Castle. Read on to find out more.
Opera Calendar
Events for June
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Events for June
2
Events for June
5
Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi Puccini
Opera 5
Life, Love, and Longing – A Musical Cabaret Various
The Little Opera Company
Madame Caeneus’s Canteen James Rolfe
ANIMA & the Open Ears Festival
Events for June
6
Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi Puccini
Opera 5
Word Painting Duparc
Flipside Opera
Events for June
7
Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi Puccini
Opera 5
Word Painting Duparc
Flipside Opera
Events for June
8
Events for June
9
Events for June
10
Events for June
12
Parḗlios Cecilia Livingston
Opera 5
Arabella Strauss
Theater Altenburg Gera
Events for June
14
Parḗlios Cecilia Livingston
Opera 5
Elektra Strauss
San Francisco Opera
Events for June
15
Events for June
16
Events for June
19
Elektra Strauss
San Francisco Opera
Così fan tutte Mozart
Nuova Vocal Arts
Events for June
20
Così fan tutte Mozart
Nuova Vocal Arts
Rusalka Dvořák
Abridged Opera
Events for June
21
Arabella Strauss
Theater Altenburg Gera
The 3rd Space No. 1 Various
Cultureland Opera Collective
Così fan tutte Mozart
Nuova Vocal Arts
Events for June
22
Events for June
24
Opera by the Pint: Season 9 Various
Flipside Opera
Brigadoon Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
Nuova Vocal Arts
Events for June
25
Brigadoon Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
Nuova Vocal Arts
Events for June
26
Brigadoon Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
Nuova Vocal Arts
Events for June
27
Orpheus in the UnderworldOffenbach
Toronto City Opera
Ruth: A Musical Drama Ronald Beckett
Arcady Ensemble
Elektra Strauss
San Francisco Opera
Brigadoon Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
Nuova Vocal Arts
Events for June
28
Orpheus in the UnderworldOffenbach
Toronto City Opera
Opera 303 Various
The Redwood Theatre
Brigadoon Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
Nuova Vocal Arts
Events for June
29
Events for June
30
Events for July
2
BRAVA: A Cabaret of Devotions Various
Toronto Fringe Festival
The Wounds of Love and Other Gifts Bruce Dow
Toronto Fringe Festival
Events for July
3
BRAVA: A Cabaret of Devotions Various
Toronto Fringe Festival
The Wounds of Love and Other Gifts Bruce Dow
Toronto Fringe Festival
Events for July
4
Górecki Immersive Various
Brott Music Festival
BRAVA: A Cabaret of Devotions Various
Toronto Fringe Festival
The Wounds of Love and Other Gifts Bruce Dow
Toronto Fringe Festival
Events for July
5