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_{Artist of the Week} 23 Qs for Amanda Testini

by Communications | Dec 5, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Our Artist of the Week is Canadian-Italian stage director, choreographer, and performer Amanda...

_{Artist of the Week} 20 Qs for Christina Thanisch-Smith

by Communications | Nov 29, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Canadian/German soprano Christina Thanisch-Smith is a first year member of the McPhee Artist...

_{Artist of the Week} 20 Qs for Evan Korbut

by Communications | Nov 22, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Toronto-based Anishinaabe baritone, Evan Korbut, is currently starring as Louis Riel/Robideau in...

_{Artist of the Week} 22 Qs for Emma Fekete

by Communications | Nov 15, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Canadian soprano Emma Fekete, a member of Opéra de Montréal's prestigious Atelier Lyrique program,...

_{Fall 2023 Print Issue} The Rubies: Michael Hidetoshi Mori & Jaime Martino—Change Makers

by Lev Bratishenko | Nov 5, 2023 | Fall 2023 Print Issue, Featured, News

On November 6, 2023, we will gather at The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto to celebrate the best in Canadian opera. This year we honour baritone Gino Quilico, soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, music librarian Wayne Vogan, and industry change makers, Jaime Martino and Michael Hidetoshi Mori.

_{Fall 2023 Print Issue} The Rubies: Wayne Vogan—Unsung Hero

by Joseph So | Nov 4, 2023 | Fall 2023 Print Issue, Featured, News

On November 6, 2023, we will gather at The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto to celebrate the best in Canadian opera. This year we honour baritone Gino Quilico, soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, music librarian Wayne Vogan, and industry change makers, Jaime Martino and Michael Hidetoshi Mori.

_{OPERA PLACES} Georgia Burashko takes us to New York, NY

by Communications | Nov 2, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Canadian tenor Adam Luther has just closed a run as Don José in Edmonton Opera‘s production of Bizet’s Carmen, which ran from October 19 to 24, and opened the company’s Diamond Anniversary Season (60!). This week, he takes us with him to explore the city, sharing some unique spots that he and the cast enjoyed while on contract, activities that are unique to the area and more.

_{Fall 2023 Print Issue} The Rubies: Isabel Bayrakdarian—Grace & Radiance

by Sylvia L'Écuyer | Nov 1, 2023 | Fall 2023 Print Issue, Featured, News

On November 6, 2023, we will gather at The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto to celebrate the best in Canadian opera. This year we honour baritone Gino Quilico, soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, music librarian Wayne Vogan, and industry change makers, Jaime Martino and Michael Hidetoshi Mori.

_{Artist of the Week} 17 Qs for Anna-Julia David

by Communications | Nov 1, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Canadian soprano Anna-Julia David is in Toronto, singing the role of Amour in Opera Atelier‘s production of Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice. The production opened Oct 26, with one show left on Nov 1. We caught up with her this week to chat all things opera, arts and life – from key sources of inspiration to the luckiest thing that has ever happened to her, including being rescued in a Galician forest by a friendly pup.

_{Fall 2023 Print Issue} The Rubies: Gino Quilico—Baritone of a Generation

by Bill Rankin | Oct 30, 2023 | Fall 2023 Print Issue, Featured, News

On November 6, 2023, we will gather at The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto to celebrate the best in Canadian opera. This year we honour baritone Gino Quilico, soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, music librarian Wayne Vogan, and industry change makers, Jaime Martino and Michael Hidetoshi Mori.