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_{Artist of the Week} 24 Qs for Joshua Hopkins

by Communications | Dec 20, 2022 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Juno Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins is recognized as one of the finest singer-actors of his generation, and he is using his voice to raise awareness for the global epidemic of gender-based violence. A number of notable appearances have been announced for his 2022-23 season, including the orchestral world premiere and Ontario tour of Songs for Murdered Sisters – conceived by Hopkins, and by composer Jake Heggie and author Margaret Atwood.

_{March 9, 1927–December 5, 2022} Canadian Composer John Beckwith

by Larry Beckwith | Dec 17, 2022 | Featured, News

The celebrated Canadian composer/writer/teacher John Beckwith, O.C., died December 5, 2022 in...

_{Paris Opera Tosca} Gerald Finley: “magnificent tone and varied nuance, endowing his character with more interiority and complexity than I’ve ever seen in this role”

by Denise Wendel-Poray | Dec 14, 2022 | Featured, Reviews

Pierre Audi's production of Tosca, which premiered in 2014, has become a staple of the Paris Opera...

_{Watershed Music Festival} Announces 2023 New Works Showcase and Call for Proposals

by Communications | Dec 14, 2022 | Featured, News

Kingston-based Watershed Music Festival has announced the return of its New Works Showcase in...

_{Artist of the Week} 24 Qs for Gerald Finley

by Communications | Dec 13, 2022 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Grammy-award winning Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley has announced a number of exciting projects to come in 2022/23, most recently, singing Il Conte di Almaviva in Opéra National de Paris’ new production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro running until Dec 28. We had the chance to sit down with Finley and chat all things opera, from life lessons to craziest stage mishaps.

_{Royal Opera House Alcina} Emily D’Angelo’s “art is unequaled in ‘Verdi Prati'”

by Denise Wendel-Poray | Dec 9, 2022 | Featured, Reviews

Handel's 1735 opera Alcina is one of the most popular baroque operas in the repertoire and is...

_{ALBUM: Candide London Symphony Orchestra} “Cunegonde’s “Glitter and Be Gay”…a coloratura extravaganza knocked off with aplomb by Archibald”

by John Gilks | Dec 8, 2022 | Featured, Reviews

The recent hybrid CD/SACD release of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide on the London Symphony...

_{Artist of the Week} 17 Qs for Cameron Shahbazi

by Communications | Dec 6, 2022 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Hamilton-born countertenor and activist Cameron Shahbazi is quickly gaining acclaim. If you’re in Frankfurt this week, don’t miss him in Oper Frankfurt’s charity concert for Iran, “Woman. Life. Freedom.”, singing alongside Ambur Braid, Lilian Farahani, Kristine Opolais, Giulia Semenzato and Anna Bonitatibus.

_{Messiah & Other Festive Holiday Events} You Won’t Want to Miss This December

by Communications | Dec 2, 2022 | Featured, News

Snow is starting to fall, the nights are getting longer, and holiday trees are starting to go up. To help get you into the spirit, we’ve rounded up some of the most festive events from across Canada including of course, Handel’s beloved masterpiece.