Opera Canada continues our Behind the Scenes series, an exclusive look 'behind the curtain' with the talented people working at opera companies across the country... In this episode, you will find original inspiration boards and costume sketches for the characters...
Opera Canada is proud to announce the four distinguished honourees who will receive Opera Canada Awards--The Rubies 2020 for their exemplary contributions to the industry: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Music Director, Metropolitan Opera Barbara Hannigan, soprano...
In Opera Canada's new Q&A series, we've asked arts writers across the country to weigh in on how the Canadian opera industry is handling the prolonged pandemic environment. First up...Lydia Perović. What are your feelings on the types of programming being offered,...
Coming this November...the Opera Canada Awards, Rubies 2020 goes digital! On Monday, November 23rd @8PM ET, join us for a digital streaming of the 2020 Opera Canada Awards! Celebrate by joining opera lovers across Canada to watch the digital premiere of the event on...
Renowned Canadian singer Erin Marie Wall, 44, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 8th from complications caused by metastatic breast cancer. Wall, who was born in Calgary and grew up in Vancouver, is survived by her husband, Roberto Mauro, children Michael and Julia Mauro...
Opéra de Montréal The biggest factor in determining a company’s mood during these turbulent times seems to be the size of its overhead. “I’m very happy not to own an opera house right now,” says Patrick Corrigan, General Director of Opéra de Montréal. Like everyone...
In an Oct. 8th news release, Calgary Opera announced that Artistic Director Bramwell Tovey will be resigning from his post to attend to the recurrence of ongoing health issues amidst a challenging season. “This health issue is not related to COVID-19,” the release...
An Experiment in opéra comique On Oct. 9th, 10th, and 11th, Opera Lafayette will present The Blacksmith to a live audience at Reddert Ranch in Mancos, Colorado. Real livestock, mountains and bales of hay will be the set for this 18th-century French opéra comique...
In a news release on Oct. 6th, the Canadian Opera Company announced that they have cancelled winter and spring programming for the 2020/2021 season. Included in the original plans--and now on the chopping block--are Bizet’s Carmen, Janáček’s Katya Kabanova, Verdi’s La...
The recent decision from the Government of Québec to shut performance halls as of Thursday, Oct. 1st has triggered another round of disappointing last minute changes. Included in the casualties is Opéra de Québec’s World Opera Day Gala on Oct. 25th. This plan for...
Loose Tea Music Theatre announced a two-year BIPOC Composer and Librettist Development Program to support diverse new creators in opera and music theatre in a press release on Oct. 1st. “Opera has a diversity problem. BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Colour)...
Saddled with reviving an Oper Frankfurt production not compliant with pandemic restrictions, Director Caterina Panti Liberovici and her team faced a nearly impossible task: in two weeks, re-stage and rehearse Le nozze di Figaro such that the characters never sing...