Tapestry Opera’s Fall 2020 season hopes to “push the boundary of the genre,” according to a press release on Oct. 13th. Tapestry’s program, a blend of live and live-streamed, offers local and international audiences access to free performances with the goal of...
Opera Canada continues our Behind the Scenes series, an exclusive look 'behind the curtain' with the talented people working at opera companies across the country... In this episode, you will find original inspiration boards and costume sketches for the characters...
Renowned Canadian singer Erin Marie Wall, 44, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 8th from complications caused by metastatic breast cancer. Wall, who was born in Calgary and grew up in Vancouver, is survived by her husband, Roberto Mauro, children Michael and Julia Mauro...
In an Oct. 8th news release, Calgary Opera announced that Artistic Director Bramwell Tovey will be resigning from his post to attend to the recurrence of ongoing health issues amidst a challenging season. “This health issue is not related to COVID-19,” the release...
An Experiment in opéra comique On Oct. 9th, 10th, and 11th, Opera Lafayette will present The Blacksmith to a live audience at Reddert Ranch in Mancos, Colorado. Real livestock, mountains and bales of hay will be the set for this 18th-century French opéra comique...
In a news release on Oct. 6th, the Canadian Opera Company announced that they have cancelled winter and spring programming for the 2020/2021 season. Included in the original plans--and now on the chopping block--are Bizet’s Carmen, Janáček’s Katya Kabanova, Verdi’s La...
The recent decision from the Government of Québec to shut performance halls as of Thursday, Oct. 1st has triggered another round of disappointing last minute changes. Included in the casualties is Opéra de Québec’s World Opera Day Gala on Oct. 25th. This plan for...
Loose Tea Music Theatre announced a two-year BIPOC Composer and Librettist Development Program to support diverse new creators in opera and music theatre in a press release on Oct. 1st. “Opera has a diversity problem. BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Colour)...
Opera Canada continues our Behind the Scenes series, an exclusive look 'behind the curtain' with the talented people working at opera companies across the country... Set designer Olivier Landreville had just finished working on Opéra de Montréal’s 2019 production of...
In a Sept. 16th press release, Canadian Opera Company announced a reimagined fall 2020 season of physically-distanced programming called Opera Everywhere. According to the COC release, this slate of digital and physical events will include live concerts, interactive...
Winnipeg arts lover Douglas MacEwan, 95, will be walking one kilometer every day for 96 days to raise $96,000 for local performing arts until his 96th birthday. The proceeds will be divided evenly between Winnipeg’s four major companies: Manitoba Opera, the Royal...
Edmonton Opera will celebrate 2020’s Alberta Culture Days by presenting events that are free and accessible to all ages, as usual, but this year with special considerations for audience health and safety. EO is presenting two drive-in concerts outside the Northern...