The Canadian Opera Company has announced that Canadian compsoer Cecilia Livingston will be the company’s new Composer-in-Residence.
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Artist of the Week 17 Qs for Jana Miller
Nova Scotia-born, Berlin-based Canadian soprano Jana Miller has received numerous awards, studied under influential teachers including Marie Daveluy and Sanford Sylvan, and is an alumnus of McGill's prestigious Schulich School of Music. This week, she returns to the...
San Francisco Opera Eugene Onegin “Few opera productions live as long and travel as widely as this one has”
When Tchaikovsky based his lushly Romantic, quite personal, opera on Alexander Pushkin's then already classic novel in verse, he bravely cut both against the grain of its iconic author's scintillating, ironic manner (inspired by the English poet Lord Byron) and...
Artist of the Week 15 Qs for John Relyea
Our Artist of the Week is acclaimed, award-winning Canadian bass baritone John Relyea. Relyea has appeared on many of the world’s celebrated opera stages including The Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House Convent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Canadian Opera Company,...
The Glenn Gould Foundation Gustavo Dudamel Awarded the Glenn Gould Prize
Celebrated conductor, violinist and music education activist One of the world’s foremost conductors, renowned for his dynamic presence on the podium and his unwavering belief that music has the power to transform lives and change the world, Venezuelan-born conductor,...
Tapestry Opera Box Concerts “A lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon”
If you’re a die-hard Toronto voice/opera fan like yours truly, you may well have heard of “Box Concerts.” It’s a 30-minute long, packaged show offered by Tapestry Opera. Simply put, it’s music on wheels—a singer performing on a travelling stage that goes to wherever...
Artist of the Week 21 Qs for Brett Polegato
Our Artist of the Week is seasoned-veteran Canadian baritone Brett Polegato. Soon to celebrate three decades in the business, he has appeared on major international stages including at The Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, the Concertgebouw, Opéra National de Paris,...
Artist of the Week 19 Qs for Spencer Britten
Our Artist of the Week is Spencer Britten: a tenor, an actor and a dancer—a triple threat. Britten has been busy performing on international stages, most recently with Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Royal Opera Versailles, Bregenzer Festspiele, The...
Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes Opera Creator $50,000 Winners Announced
The 2022-23 winners for the third edition of the $50,000 Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes announced today in Montreal will create four new contemporary Canadian operas to be premiered in 2024. Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes 2022-23 is awarded to teams of emerging Canadian...
Ashkenaz Festival Bas-Sheve A Curious Yet Worthy Addition to the Operatic Canon
It’s not everyday that opera fans get to experience a premiere, let alone a Yiddish opera that had been forgotten for nearly a Century. The 2022 Ashkenaz Festival (Aug 30–Sept 5) has done that, presenting the North American premiere of Bas-Sheve as its centrepiece. It...
Highlands Opera Studio Eugene Onegin “An exciting era of new talent”
Highlands Opera Studio’s return to a full season with masterclasses, concerts, community events, and operas, culminated with a fully staged version of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. In order to showcase the artists in Valerie Kuinka’s and Richard Margison’s unique...
Artist of the Week 25 Qs for Soprano Nicole Car
Australian Soprano Nicole Car is one of the leading singers on today's opera stages. Her voice has been heard at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, The Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera Australia and Opéra national de Paris (to name a few)—and on...