The Opera Canada Awards—‘The Rubies’ makes a return to ‘live’ on November 15, 2021. Click here for more details to secure your ticket to this wonderful celebration of Canadian opera talent. Long before anyone talked about finding a work/life balance, Canadian baritone...
While the Canadian Opera Company prepares for its return to live productions with Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in February, another Puccini opera is set to launch on the company’s virtual centre stage. The Italian master’s take on ‘Family Feud’, Gianni Schicchi, will be...
The Opera Canada Awards—‘The Rubies’ makes a return to ‘live’ on November 15, 2021. Click here for more details to secure your ticket to this wonderful celebration of Canadian opera talent. 2021 Rubies honouree, Canadian/American soprano Erin Wall (1975-2020) enjoyed...
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”...
The Opera Canada Awards—‘The Rubies’ makes a return to ‘live’ on November 15, 2021. Click here for more details to secure your ticket to this wonderful celebration of Canadian opera talent. 2021 Rubies honouree, Canadian tenor Paul Frey, enjoyed a career as one of the...
Emily D’Angelo may be best known for her performances in operas of Mozart and Rossini across the stages of North America and Europe, but on her debut album with Deutsche Grammophon, enargeia, the Operalia Award-winning mezzo takes a path which embraces far older, and...
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...
As the leaves start to change colours, Opera Canada is excited to keep you abreast of Canada's ever-evolving opera scene with our brand new Fall 2021 issue! Get exclusive access to the latest opera news, reviews, and inside scoops from our Opera Canada Top45 analysis...
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,...