Introducing Lauren Margison's new series on Opera Canada, The Cardinal Diaries! The series follows the fictional adventures of the titular songbird soprano. In Chapter 1, Cardinal struggles as she prepares for opening night... The blistering heat radiating from the...
Oh the agony: to see a practically perfect chocolate cake made right in front of you but not be able to taste it! If only Pacific Opera Victoria had thought to offer viewers of their filmed version of Lee Hoiby’s Bon Appetit! the option of DoorDash delivery … but no....
Opéra national de Paris has unveiled a 2021/22 season intriguing in its variety, and peppered with Canada's top talent. Solid Canadian representation on the Parisian stage will, hopefully continue and expand with Alexander Neef at the helm; his move to Paris came in...
Manitoba Opera is capping off its 2020/21 season with a five-part series of video concerts, The Solo Sessions, featuring the work of five Manitoba-based artists, recorded live at Winnipeg's Centennial Concert Hall. The concert series features Manitoban operatic talent...
Since March of last year, more and more opera houses have turned to digital means to continue to entertain and engage their audiences. Yet, while technology provides opera fans with a safe way to enjoy their favourite arias, its limitations have, of course, forced...
Due to the pandemic, the last opera to be performed in Québec City was La traviata in October 2019. Having started his role as Opéra de Québec's artistic director soon thereafter, Jean-François Lapointe had to rethink the entire 2020-2021 season. Turning to webcasts,...
On Sunday, June 20, 2021, Opera Lafayette presents 12 hours of free performances with its Fête de la Musique. The line-up, running from 8amET to 8pmET, features a mix of vocal and instrumental concerts, family-centric education programs, world premieres, and...
Now that Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2021/22 season, Canada's opera fans can get excited about the Canadian presence in their mainstage lineup. Canadian dynamic duo Robert Carsen and Michael Levine present their Don Giovanni from March 27-April 12, 2022,...
George Frideric Handel’s The Resurrection is really an oratorio in name only. Discounting its liturgical basis, the piece has all the hallmarks of a baroque opera seria: dramatic characters, a clear—albeit skimpy—plot and a theatricality in the libretto that demands...
Your summertime operatic adventure is on its way with the Summer 2021 issue of Opera Canada! Get special access to subscriber-only stories including an exclusive interview with acclaimed soprano Jane Archibald, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of Canada's...
Tapestry Opera is reintroducing live performances in a new way with an exciting announcement about their upcoming seasons through 22/23. Unveiling their upcoming projects for the next few years, Tapestry is promising five premiere productions in the works as a part of...
Mozart's La clemenza di Tito is currently undergoing a process of reappraisal by reinterpretation, the most radical in a flurry of recent productions being Peter Sellars' for the 2017 Salzburg Festival. That turned librettist Metastasio's "traitors" into "terrorists"...