Canadian soprano Emma Fekete, a member of Opéra de Montréal's prestigious Atelier Lyrique program, will perform the title role in their production of Monteverdi's L’incoronazione di Poppea November 18 and 19 (tickets and details here). Emma has performed in Canada and...
Omar ibn Said was a rich Senegalese man and devoted Muslim scholar, learned in the Qur’an and several disciplines. In 1807, he was seized in Futa Toro, transported via the slave trade’s horrible “middle passage” to Charleston, S.C. and sold to a cruel master. In...
On November 6, 2023, we will gather at The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto to celebrate the best in Canadian opera. This year we honour baritone Gino Quilico, soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, music librarian Wayne Vogan, and industry change makers, Jaime Martino and Michael Hidetoshi Mori.
On November 6, 2023, we will gather at The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto to celebrate the best in Canadian opera. This year we honour baritone Gino Quilico, soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, music librarian Wayne Vogan, and industry change makers, Jaime Martino and Michael Hidetoshi Mori.
Jean-François Lapointe, directeur général et artistique de l’Opéra de Québec est, on le sait, très attaché au répertoire lyrique chanté en français. En ouvrant la saison avec Lucie de Lammermoor, la version française du célèbre opéra de Donizetti, il a fait d’une...
Canadian tenor Adam Luther has just closed a run as Don José in Edmonton Opera‘s production of Bizet’s Carmen, which ran from October 19 to 24, and opened the company’s Diamond Anniversary Season (60!). This week, he takes us with him to explore the city, sharing some unique spots that he and the cast enjoyed while on contract, activities that are unique to the area and more.
On November 6, 2023, we will gather at The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto to celebrate the best in Canadian opera. This year we honour baritone Gino Quilico, soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, music librarian Wayne Vogan, and industry change makers, Jaime Martino and Michael Hidetoshi Mori.
Canadian soprano Anna-Julia David is in Toronto, singing the role of Amour in Opera Atelier‘s production of Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice. The production opened Oct 26, with one show left on Nov 1. We caught up with her this week to chat all things opera, arts and life – from key sources of inspiration to the luckiest thing that has ever happened to her, including being rescued in a Galician forest by a friendly pup.
On November 6, 2023, we will gather at The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto to celebrate the best in Canadian opera. This year we honour baritone Gino Quilico, soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, music librarian Wayne Vogan, and industry change makers, Jaime Martino and Michael Hidetoshi Mori.
Canadian tenor Adam Luther has just closed a run as Don José in Edmonton Opera‘s production of Bizet’s Carmen, which ran from October 19 to 24, and opened the company’s Diamond Anniversary Season (60!). This week, he takes us with him to explore the city, sharing some unique spots that he and the cast enjoyed while on contract, activities that are unique to the area and more.
Edmonton Opera opened its 60th anniversary season on October 19, a Thursday, rather than its traditional Saturday night, with Bizet’s Carmen. The company last did Carmen in 2016, and they enlisted the same director, Maria Lamont, for this three-show production. This...
Belgian operatic coloratura soprano Jodie Devos is in Quebec City, singing Lucie in the Opéra de Québec‘s production of Donizetti’s Lucie de Lammermoor. This week, we sit down with her to talk about opera, important lessons learned from childhood, and everything in between. As Devos says: “If you want something, give yourself the means to achieve it.”