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_{Artist of the Week} 24 Qs for Frédéric Antoun

by Communications | Nov 9, 2022 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

The 2022/23 season will be a busy one for Quebec-born tenor Frédéric Antoun, marking a number of...

_{Artist of the Week} 17 Qs for Lizzy Hoyt

by Angie Bell | Nov 1, 2022 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Audiences can look forward to Lizzy Hoyt’s upcoming performance in Manitoba Opera’s La Cenerentola, a mid-century modern-inspired adaption of Rossini’s classic running from November 12-18.

_{Edmonton Opera} Rumbold Vocal Prize Winners Announced

by Communications | Oct 31, 2022 | Featured, News

On Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, Edmonton Opera (EO) held the finale for its first Rumbold Vocal Prize...

_{I Musici de Montreal} Continues Season with “Paris” ft. Valérie Milot & Tania Miller

by Communications | Oct 28, 2022 | Featured, News

I Musici de Montreal chamber orchestra continues its season this November, welcoming sought-after Quebec harpist Valérie Milot and renowned Canadian conductor Tania Miller with a Parisien-inspired program that fuses impressionism with romanticism.

_{Artist of the Week} 27 Qs for Karen Slack

by Angie Bell | Oct 26, 2022 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Our Artist of the Week is internationally acclaimed Philadelphia-born soprano Karen Slack, who...

_{Canadian Opera Company} Finalists Announced for Canada’s Biggest Emerging Opera Voice Competition

by Communications | Oct 21, 2022 | Featured, News

Following live auditions across the country, seven of Canada’s most promising new opera singers have been selected to compete in the Canadian Opera Company’s Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition on November 3, 2022 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.

_{Association for Opera in Canada} Awarded $434,000 for Training Programs from Canadian Heritage

by Communications | Oct 20, 2022 | Featured, News

Association for Opera in Canada (AOC) has been awarded $434,000 in training funds from the...

_{Artist of the Week} 19 Qs for Johan Reuter

by Angie Bell | Oct 19, 2022 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Danish baritone Johan Reuter is recognized as one of the foremost bass-baritones performing today....

_{New On The Scene} Rose Naggar-Tremblay

by Sylvia L'Écuyer | Oct 18, 2022 | Featured, Interviews, News

Even before hearing Rose Naggar-Tremblay’s sumptuous voice, I was reading her blog, fascinated by...

Editor’s Notebook: Fall Magazine Issue

by Elizabeth Bowman | Oct 18, 2022 | Featured, News

Over the past few months I have contacted people in and out of the opera business to try to ascertain how Opera Canada can better serve our readership, Canadian artists, and our homegrown opera companies.