On August 17 and 19, at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion in Haliburton, Ontario, patrons of Highlands Opera Studio witnessed a remarkable artistic creation. Regeneration, a multi-textured work designed and directed by Valerie Kuinka, was inspired by the...
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.
Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Bowman sits down with Timothy Myers, Artistic Advisor at Austin Opera, to talk innovation in opera: how to craft a sustainable future for the arts, the big questions we should be asking, and placing power in the hands of the artists. This text was originally published in the Spring 2023 print version of Opera Canada magazine.
Lucia Cesaroni sits down with Deborah Lau-Yu, founder and principal at PALETTERA Inc., an award-winning design studio that specializes in storytelling and branding. They reflect on the arts, design and entrepreneurship — how we can best bridge these worlds, make room for more diverse voices, and do better.
Mozart's Così fan tutte is emblematic of the Festival d'Aix en Provence. It's the opera that opened the festival in 1948 and has been one of the most frequently performed over the 75 years of the festival. It has also received the most prestigious treatment, with the...
Jenna Simeonov shines the spotlight on Canadian composer Cecilia Livingston’s melody-driven, genre-mixing musical world and her creative process. This text was originally published in the Spring 2023 print version of Opera Canada magazine.
Denise Wendel-Poray travels to La Scala in Milan where it’s all about opera, power, and politics. This text was originally published in the Spring 2023 print version of Opera Canada magazine.
Sylvia L‘Écuyer reports on the success and importance of Opéra de Montréal‘s community-minded programs. This text was originally published in the Spring 2023 print version of Opera Canada magazine.
Pianist and music psychotherapist Renate Rohlfing explores how musicians working in the community can foster the creation of a healthier society, when community members engage with them and the resulting music they create. This text was originally published in the Spring 2023 print version of Opera Canada magazine.
Save the date: November 6, 2023. We will host our annual Rubies Gala honouring five well-deserving (soon-to-be announced) Canadian contributors to opera at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts—it is sure to be a magical evening.
Patricia Yates tells us why it’s time to ditch the voice classification system used heavily in the opera industry to cast roles. This text was originally published in the Spring 2023 print version of Opera Canada magazine.
On July 13 and 14, Brott Opera presented La traviata in the 470 seat Peller Hall at Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre. Director of Development for Brott music, Jacqui Templeton Muir, mentioned in her opening remarks that it was the Peller Hall’s “baptism by opera”, the...