It's showtime. As many provinces return to full-capacity events this month, indoor entertainment is finally reviving. For Canadian opera lovers, March offers an abundance of productions and activities—everything from virtual panels to world premieres to reimagined...
Canadian artists and creatives appear steadily throughout the Metropolitan Opera’s recently announced September-June 2022/23 season, starting on its opening night when soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes on the title role in a new production of Cherubini’s Medea. The...
The intensification of IBPOC (Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour) activism at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has put a halt to business-as-usual in classical music has prompted many to pause and reflect on the leadership and governance structures of the...
Following the departure of Editorial Director, Gianmarco Segato, Opera Canada is looking to fill two positions: Content Director & Grant Writer. Interested candidates are invited to submit a letter of interest, a resume, and a list of references to Margaret...
Curtains are finally rising again after a second prolonged COVID-19 shutdown. Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) has announced that it will mount an abridged, semi-staged adaptation of Bizet's Carmen, featuring mezzo‑soprano Julie Nesrallah in the title role and...
Toronto’s Opera Atelier returns to live performance Feb. 19/20 with All is Love, a 75-minute program that promises an intriguing musical and dramatic journey from Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel and Jean-Philippe Rameau to Reynaldo Hahn and Claude Debussy. With...
Love is in the air in February, and after a pandemic- and cold-filled January, we couldn't need a return to live music more. Thankfully, there's an exciting - and romantic - lineup of operas coming your way this month. As always, we don't want you to miss a thing....
The George London Foundation Competition, one of opera's oldest and most prestigious competitions for Canadian and American opera singers, returns this February to mark its 50th anniversary. Usually a public event, this year's final round will be held in-person for...
San Francisco Opera’s upcoming 2022/23 centennial season is a celebration of the company’s past and future, including world premieres, new commissions and co-productions. The season kicks off on Sept. 9 with a special centennial Opening Night Concert & Opera Ball,...
Shakespeare’s play Hamlet is available in more than 75 languages, so discovering there is a Latvian version should come as no surprise. What may be surprising is that there’s an opera based on this famous play by a Canadian composer and that this little-known...
For live performance in Canada—and here I’m including Canadian opera, ballet, ‘straight’ theatre, orchestras—things were looking cautiously optimistic since the start of the fall season. Canadian opera companies like Vancouver Opera and Manitoba Opera put on shows at...
Following the success of its live concert La compilation – The Mixtape, Opéra de Montréal has made the show available as a free webcast for a limited time. From Dec 16 to Jan 2, 2022, audiences can relive the unique concert experience, which features two great...