After a three-month long international search, Edmonton Opera has named Joel Ivany as its new Artistic Director. In the weeks leading up to the company's reopening with La Bohème in February 2022, Ivany will be collaborating with the board and staff. Ivany also...
In our newest, exclusive Q&A series #BehindtheCurtain, we're going 'backstage' to ask Canadian opera artists to share their journey and what inspires them. In this installment, Canadian baritone Iain MacNeil shares his idea of a perfect day off, and reflects on...
Flipside Opera, Art Song Collective and GroundSwell have partnered to create Bloody Jack, a project they describe as "part art film, part documentary and part musical." Premiering Nov 19, the film explores the crime-ridden life of John “Bloody Jack” Krafchenko,...
Toronto City Opera (TCO) has announced its return to live performances, beginning its 2021-22 season with two in-concert showings Verdi's Nabucco on November 13 and 19. Although the opera is commonly performed worldwide, it is infrequently performed in Toronto due to...
Frankfurt-based production company Exsultate Project is partnering with streaming platform Helio Arts to release Obscura Nox, a bold retelling of Plato's Allegory of the Cave. Created by acclaimed Canadian mezzo-soprano Julia Dawson, this 26-minute “création lyrique”...
Opera Canada is proud to announce this year's four distinguished honourees who will be recipients of the 2021 Opera Canada Awards–The Rubies for their outstanding contributions to the industry: Paul Frey, tenor Sonja Frisell, director Allan Monk, baritone Erin Wall,...
Readers, if you're like the folks on our Opera Canada team, you have a running list of questions that you'd love to ask your favourite Canadian operatic artists. So, we're asking. In our series of interviews, called Shop Talk, we're checking in with Canada's singers,...
In our newest, exclusive Q&A series #BehindtheCurtain, we're going 'backstage' to ask leaders in Canadian music to share their journey and what inspires them. In our first installment, Canadian mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb reflects on her love of music, from her...
Jonathan Brandani, acclaimed conductor and rising star of the classical music world, has been named the new Artistic Director of Calgary Opera. Audiences will remember Maestro Brandani as the conductor of the company's celebrated production of Puccini's La Bohème in...
In a new series we’re running over here at Opera Canada, Artist’s Picks, we’re asking our favourite Canadian opera artists: what else are you into? In our call for artist-driven recommendations, Founder & Artistic Director of re:Naissance Opera,...
Canada's operatic community is mourning the loss of Quebec tenor, teacher and founding Opéra de Montréal artistic director Jean-Paul Jeannotte who has died at 95. His death was confirmed by Olivier Godin, pianist and protégé of Jeannotte. On Facebook he shared,...
The Association for Opera in Canada (AOC) is now accepting applications for the second iteration of its RBC Artist Fellowship program, an initiative designed to provide early-career artists across Canada with mentorship, a voice and professional skills training. The...