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_{Edmonton Opera Stabat Mater} “musically powerful”

by Bill Rankin | Apr 19, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

Edmonton Opera wrapped its 59th season with four intimate performances of an apt sacred work on...

_{Pacific Opera Victoria Così fan tutte} “this cast was a joy to listen to”

by Robin J. Miller | Apr 18, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

With Pacific Opera Victoria’s latest mounting of Mozart’s Così fan tutti (seen April 12), the...

_{Artist of the Week} 27 Qs for Jean-Philippe Lazure

by Communications | Apr 18, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Canadian tenor Jean-Philippe Lazure is in Winnipeg this week preparing to sing Ferrando in Manitoba Opera’s reimagined “Canuck-rendition” of Mozart’s Così fan tutte. We caught up with Lazure to reflect on the beginning of his operatic career, what it means to be brave with music & more.

_{Artist of the Week} 21 Qs for Hongni Wu

by Communications | Apr 11, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Our Artist of the Week is Chinese mezzo-soprano Hongni Wu. This week, she’s in Victoria, BC preparing to make her Canadian debut as Dorabella in Pacific Opera Victoria‘s Così fan tutte. She sits down with us to reflect on her career as an opera singer — favourite opera houses, how she prepares to get into character and more.

_{OPERA PLACES} Baritone Iain MacNeil takes us to Frankfurt

by Communications | Apr 5, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Canadian baritone Iain MacNeil gives us a tour of scenic Frankfurt, sharing his favourite go-to spots and activities, from a “crispy honky tonk” bar in the heart of Alt-Sachsenhausen to harvesting wild Bärlauch.

_{New Music Edmonton Le Désert Mauve} Quebec Multidisciplinary Artist Symon Henry’s New Experimental Opera

by Bill Rankin | Apr 4, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

New Music Edmonton (NME), founded in 1985, under a different name, by the Canadian composer Violet...

_{Against the Grain Theatre Bluebeard’s Castle} “A truly arresting take on the Bluebeard story”

by Joseph So | Apr 1, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

Hungarian composer Béla Bartók wrote only one opera, Bluebeard’s Castle (A kékszakállú herceg...

_{Artist of the Week} 20 Qs for Colin Ainsworth

by Communications | Mar 31, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Our Artist of the Week is internationally acclaimed Canadian tenor Colin Ainsworth. He is in Toronto this week, opening Opera Atelier‘s long-awaited production of Handel’s The Resurrection singing the role of Saint John. We caught up with him to reflect on his career in opera, roles that had the greatest impact on him, dad jokes and more.

_{Winter 2022/23 Print Issue} The New Patronage

by Lucia Cesaroni | Mar 29, 2023 | Featured, News

When we look at the future of the performing arts, we need to delve deeper into what inspires private donations from patrons.

_{Artist of the Week} 34 Qs for Rihab Chaieb

by Communications | Mar 28, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Rising star Tunisian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb is our Artist of the Week. Her 2022/23 season is a busy one, filled with anticipated returns and debuts. This week, she is in Geneva opening the world premiere of Christian Jost’s Journey of Hope/ Voyage vers l’espoir at Grand Théâtre de Genève singing La mère Meryem (running until April 4).