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_{Artist of the Week} 20 Qs for Andrew Haji

by Communications | Apr 25, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Canadian tenor Andrew Haji is in Calgary performing the role of Macduff in Calgary Opera's new...

_{OPERA PLACES} Soprano Sarah Dufresne takes us to London

by Communications | Apr 21, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Canadian soprano Sarah Dufresne, who joined Royal Opera House's prestigious Jette Parker Artists...

_{Amici Chamber Ensemble From Strauss to the Orient} “Joyce El-Khoury’s soaring soprano was even more impressive than usual”

by Joseph So | Apr 20, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

The 2022-23 season of the Amici Chamber Ensemble drew to a glorious close with From Strauss to the...

_{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.