French-Canadian baritone Hugo Laporte is in Montreal, preparing to reprise the role of Conte d’Almaviva in Opéra de Montréal‘s production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, opening Sept 23. We caught up with him to reflect on early career beginnings, favourite composers, how he defines success and all things opera life. To Laporte, success is about “cultivating inner peace… and even better, sharing happiness with others!”
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Atom Egoyan
Seven Veils TIFF Avant-Première at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
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Manitoba Underground Opera
Castor et Pollux “an all-immersive, late summer treat”
Manitoba Underground Opera took audiences from heaven to hell this summer, with Rameau’s Castor et...
Artist of the Week 17 Qs for Jacqueline Woodley
Canadian soprano Jacqueline Woodley is in rehearsals in Vancouver preparing to sing one of Handel’s most ambitious cantatas, Apollo e Dafne with Early Music Vancouver. We sat down with Woodley to chat all things opera – from early career inspirations to what it means to be brave in music, and how she defines success.
OPERA PLACES Vartan Gabrielian takes us to San Jose, CA
Canadian-Armenian bass-baritone Vartan Gabrielian is in San Jose, CA rehearsing for Opera San Jose‘s production of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet and making his role and house debut as Friar Laurent. This week, he takes us to San Jose, CA and shares his favourite spots with us – from sunny coffeeshops to iconic flea markets, and everything in between.
Maritime Concert Opera
La Traviata Verdi “A major triumph”
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OrpheusPDX
Il Re Pastore Mozart “Whyte created a stellar Aminta”
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Halifax Summer Opera Festival
Serse and La Jolie Parfumeuse “Brought great pleasure to the audience”
This summer, in its 17th season, Halifax Summer Opera Festival brought enthusiastic young singers...
Highlands Opera Studio
Regeneration “stunning example of what collaboration between artists of different ethnicities, ages, and styles can produce”
On August 17 and 19, at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion in Haliburton, Ontario,...
Spring 2023 Print Issue Project Report: Women in Musical Leadership — Redefining leadership in classical music
Wayne Gooding provides an overview of the existing gender inequalities on the podium, and shines a spotlight on Tapestry Opera’s Women in Musical Leadership program – a three-year conducting program designed to nurture the next generation of women and non-binary conductors. This text was originally published in the Spring 2023 print version of Opera Canada magazine.