Manitoba Underground Opera (MUO) is presenting an exciting line-up of hybrid productions for their 2021 festival season titled To Have and To Hold for their first return to live performances since the pandemic. Two shows will headline the festival including a live...
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Canada’s largest producer of opera, the Canadian Opera Company, has announced a fully digital fall 2021 season. Today, the COC announced a program of regular monthly offerings combining opera classics, renowned and emerging voices, as well as new commissions and...
In a new series we’re running over here at Opera Canada, Artist’s Picks, we’re asking our favourite Canadian opera artists: what else are you into? In our call for artist-driven recommendations, award-winning Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan offers up...
Soundstreams is welcoming audiences back to live performances with a 21/22 season themed renewal and rebirth. “While the pandemic did bring a temporary end to live performance, it provoked us to develop new ways of engaging with audiences through programming on...
After two summers of online performances, Highlands Opera Studio (HOS) is launching a short season of live shows between August 12 and 20, 2021. Featuring four productions, limited audiences will have the chance to experience HOS concerts, operas and musical theatre...
Toronto City Opera (TCO) is bringing the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) to the city as part of several innovative initiatives coming during the next year. This collaboration establishes an exciting connection for Toronto audiences with the major Italian opera Festival...
Ottawa’s Chamberfest, back after cancelling its 2020 edition, has been offering Ottawa audiences their first consistent dose of live, in-person concerts since Covid. Although leaner than in past seasons, this year’s Chamberfest—with new artistic director Carissa...
In a new series we're running over here at Opera Canada, Artist's Picks, we're asking our favourite Canadian opera artists: what else are you into? In our call for artist-driven recommendations, Canadian composer Cecilia Livingston offers up her Artist's Picks for...
Pacific Vitoria Opera (POV) and the Victoria Symphony present this summer's exciting 10-day music festival, Open Air. Bringing fans back to live performances between July 22 and August 2, 2021, 20 concerts and recitals will rotate between The Butler's Garden and The...
On May 16th, 1970, Annon Lee Silver, the soprano from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, sang her first Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier at Oper Frankfurt. This was an exceptional début as indeed was reported by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: “The new Sophie, Annon Lee Silver,...
Manitoba Opera's 21/22 season announces a return to the stage for the first time since November 2019 for three exciting performances. “Everyone associated with Manitoba Opera - the board of trustees, staff, the artists, crew, and patrons - are so excited at the...