The George London Foundation Competition, one of opera's oldest and most prestigious competitions for Canadian and American opera singers, returns this February to mark its 50th anniversary. Usually a public event, this year's final round will be held in-person for...
It’s Chapter 6 of Lauren Margison‘s series, The Cardinal Diaries: A New Year & Uneasy Sense of Déjà Vu! If you missed the first four instalments, you can read them here: chapter one, chapter two, chapter three, chapter four, and chapter five. Below, our titular...
San Francisco Opera’s upcoming 2022/23 centennial season is a celebration of the company’s past and future, including world premieres, new commissions and co-productions. The season kicks off on Sept. 9 with a special centennial Opening Night Concert & Opera Ball,...
With its sumptuous melodies coupled to a tale of unrequited love culminating in a dramatic suicide on Christmas Eve, Massenet’s Werther has long been a precious jewel in the operatic repertoire. How à propos that OperaVision.eu began a six-month livestream of...
Shakespeare’s play Hamlet is available in more than 75 languages, so discovering there is a Latvian version should come as no surprise. What may be surprising is that there’s an opera based on this famous play by a Canadian composer and that this little-known...
Offenbach's La Vie Parisienne is perfect holiday fare, bubbly, joyful, and whimsical, especially when designed and directed by French fashion designer Christian Lacroix. We know that the famous couturier is a magician of colours, a lover of shimmering fabrics, a...
For live performance in Canada—and here I’m including Canadian opera, ballet, ‘straight’ theatre, orchestras—things were looking cautiously optimistic since the start of the fall season. Canadian opera companies like Vancouver Opera and Manitoba Opera put on shows at...
In our newest, exclusive Q&A series #BehindtheCurtain, we're going 'backstage' to ask Canadian opera artists to share their journey and what inspires them. In this installment, soprano Jonelle Sills shares what sparked her career in opera, and the mentors that...
Following the success of its live concert La compilation – The Mixtape, Opéra de Montréal has made the show available as a free webcast for a limited time. From Dec 16 to Jan 2, 2022, audiences can relive the unique concert experience, which features two great...
In our newest, exclusive Q&A series #BehindtheCurtain, we're going 'backstage' to ask Canadian opera artists to share their journey and what inspires them. In this installment, bass-baritone Philippe Sly shares what the opera genre has taught him about life. First...
Bonne nouvelle du Festival d'opéra de Québec, l’Opéra de Montréal et Les Violons du Roy: les trois compagnies ont annoncé un création et la présentation prochaine d’un opéra québécois en première mondiale, Yourcenar – Une île de passions. Le production comporte deux...
So much press hoopla has been lavished on the Met’s two new operas, Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones and Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice—Fire alone inspired four feature articles in The New York Times, not to mention an opinion column and an actual review—that...