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_{Halifax Summer Opera Festival ARMIDE} “a magical show”

by Daphna Levit | Aug 24, 2022 | Featured, Reviews

Over the years to 2019 Halifax Summer Opera Festival evolved into an exciting annual August...

_{ALBUM: La Zingarella Through Romany Songland} Bayrakdarian’s “musicality shines through”

by Wayne Gooding | Aug 19, 2022 | Featured, Reviews

Bayrakdarian handles the 27 numbers with great aplomb. Her musicality shines through all the material, and her voice has retained the silvery tone and flexibility that were hallmarks at the outset of her career…

_{Summer 2022 Print Issue} Letter from New York

by Patrick Dillon | Aug 18, 2022 | Featured, News, Summer 2022

New York City’s rich opera and theatre scene is back in full swing after the long pandemic silence; Patrick Dillon explores its awakening.

_{Santa Fe Opera The Barber of Seville} A Crowd-pleasing Mix of Slapstick Comedy and Superb Vocalism

by Joseph So | Aug 15, 2022 | Featured, Reviews

After two seasons of cancellations and restricted offerings due to COVID-19, the Santa Fe Opera...

_{Chants Libres} Names Marine Theunissen as its New Executive Director

by Communications | Aug 10, 2022 | Featured, News

Montreal-based vocal creation company Chants Libres has announced Marine Theunissen as the company’s new Executive Director.

_{Ottawa Chamberfest} Mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb’s shows off her “versatile artistry”

by Natasha Gauthier | Aug 9, 2022 | Featured, News

Canadian mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb showed off a different side of her artistry at Ottawa Chamberfest, delighting audiences with more subtle, sensitive vocal qualities of shading and luminosity.

_{Edmonton Opera} Announces Inaugural Rumbold Vocal Prize To Canadian Emerging Professional Opera Singers

by Communications | Aug 2, 2022 | Featured, News

Edmonton Opera is pleased to announce the inaugural Rumbold Vocal Prize (October 24–30, 2022) to...

Second Act: Suzie LeBlanc

by Sylvia L'Écuyer | Aug 1, 2022 | Featured, Interviews, News, Summer 2022

Pivoting from a 35-year international singing career, soprano and early music specialist Suzie LeBlanc took up the post of Artistic and Executive Director of Early Music Vancouver (EMV) in January 2021.

Viewpoint: Honesty Resonates

by Frédérique Vézina | Aug 1, 2022 | Featured, News, Summer 2022

Frédérique Vézina, voice teacher and soprano, talks about unleashing your ‘It’ factor.

Yourcenar—une île de passions

by Sylvia L'Écuyer | Jul 28, 2022 | Featured, News

Belgian-born Marguerite Yourcenar is a novelist who left her mark on the French literary world of the 20th century. In the summer of 2022, Yourcenar’s passionate life will be brought to the stage in a new opera co-produced by L’Opéra de Québec, L’Opéra de Montréal and Les Violons du Roy. The creative team includes composer Éric Champagne and director Angela Konrad.