The Canadian Opera Company announced their 19/20 season at a special, ‘season reveal’ event at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on Feb. 4th. To kick off the season, the COC presents Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot in late September. Conductor Carlo...
On Tuesday morning, The International Opera Awards announced their 2019 finalists, and several Canadian artists and productions were on the list! The gala event will be held at London’s Sadler’s Wells on April 29, 2019, celebrating achievement in opera around the...
A theatrical hybrid is making its way to the stage in late January and it’s not holding back. Tapestry Opera and Theatre Passe Muraille present the world premiere of Hook Up, a story of the complex freedom and responsibility of being a freshman, away from home for the...
The recent cold snap in Toronto isn’t bothering Wilhelm Schwinghammer. “I’m used to this being from Bavaria!” he says, his deep voice rumbling with a laugh. The busy bass is currently in the midst of rehearsals with the Canadian Opera Company for Elektra (opening...
OPERA America has recently announced the 2019 participants for their highly competitive Leadership Intensive program, including Canada’s own Jaime Martino of Tapestry Opera and Rebecca Hass of Pacific Opera Victoria. These women are two of 16 participants selected...
The Royal Conservatory announced today that it has appointed internationally celebrated Canadian soprano Adrianne Pieczonka as Vocal Chair and Head of the Vocal Department of The Glenn Gould School (GGS), its acclaimed school of professional performance training for...
Rent hikes of up to 160% by Victoria, BC's Royal & McPherson Theatre Society has already forced the Victoria Symphony to move half of its programming to the University of Victoria and could have serious budgetary repercussions for one of its other main tenants,...
October 22, 2018 - The 18th annual Opera Canada Awards — 'The Rubies,' was a stupendous success. Our sold out gala brought together members of the opera community from across the country including Winnipeg, Edmonton, Montréal, Victoria, as well as guests from across...
From the dark, brooding tale of punishment that is Charpentier's Actéon to the ethereal splendour of Rameau’s Pygmalion, this Opera Atelier two-in-one production will bring mystical worlds of darkness and delight to life on October 25th. In fact—make that a...
For the first time in its 18-year history, the 2018 Rubies is honouring one of its own. Fittingly it’s Wayne Gooding, the recently retired editor of Opera Canada. Wayne joined OC in 1992 as a volunteer board member. Soon he was drafted to assume the role of Chair of...
Hadrian, Rufus Wainwright’s all-new operatic creation, is days away from hitting the main stage. As all eyes train on Toronto for its highly anticipated world premiere, the Canadian Opera Company is hosting a conference called “Hearing Hadrian,” aimed at exploring the...
Soprano and vocal pedagogue Dominique Labelle feels honoured to receive one of this year’s Opera Canada Awards (a ‘Ruby’). “It is humbling but heart-warming to be recognised by your country and your peers.” Dominique Labelle adds with a wistful grin, “in addition the...