On Friday it was announced that Joseph Rouleau passed away in Montréal. He was 90. The bass, born in Matane, Québec in 1929, enjoyed a long career singing star roles in an array of houses, including, notably, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where he made his house...
Opera Canada is excited to announce its new Opera Canada Emerging Opera Artist Program, sponsored by RBC. The program formalizes and brings under one umbrella Opera Canada's historic and continued mandate to highlight the extraordinary achievements of emerging...
Opera Canada is proud to announce the three distinguished honourees who will receive the 2019 Opera Canada Awards for their exemplary contributions to the industry: Benjamin Butterfield, tenor and vocal pedagogue Liz Upchurch, Head, Canadian Opera Company Ensemble...
Today, Opéra de Montréal released an end-of-season round-up of facts and figures, also looking forward to next season, which will include a cross-Québec screening of the company's recent Carmen production. As mentioned in their press release, "A presentation of...
What Is Intimacy Direction? Theatre and opera lovers alike are familiar with the feeling of sitting in an audience and uneasily watching an act of sexual violence take place on stage. “Is the performer safe?” we ask ourselves and resume watching uncertainly. For...
There are a lot of people working on Ghost Opera--the May 24th world premiere is a collaboration between Calgary Opera, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and the Old Trout Puppet Workshop. That’s why the Greek concept Ananke is how Judd Palmer, co-founder of...
In some circles, opera is perceived as a notoriously ‘colonial artform.’ But the creators of Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon's Shanawdithit don’t believe in the label. After all, examples of opera—any piece of theatre that combines singing, acting, and elements...
Opéra de Québec announced details of their upcoming 19/20 season on Saturday night at the premiere of their current production of Verdi’s Nabucco. The season begins on Oct. 19th with Verdi’s classic, La traviata. The cast features a mixture of Canadian veterans and...
Giacomo Puccini’s warhorse La Bohème is a tale about young artists’ whirlwind lives in the centre of the artistic world of 19th-century Paris. Audiences experience a window into their passion, ambition, and their poverty. Veiled behind Canadian Opera Company’s (COC)...
Early on in his career, a suggestion was made to tenor Russell Thomas that he only sing Mozart. “I thought that was the biggest insult,” he remembers, laughing. It turned out to be good advice. “When I was in college I sang a lot of repertoire that was probably...
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The recent passing of philanthropist Roger D. Moore sent shock waves through the Toronto opera scene. A beloved figure within the Canadian classical world, Moore was the recipient of a 2010 Opera Canada—‘The Rubies’ award, an honour which, as former Opera Canada...