In a press release on August 17th, San Francisco Opera Company announced the appointment of PEI native Carrie-Ann Matheson as Artistic Director of the San Francisco Opera Center (SFOC). The internationally-renowned Canadian pianist and vocal coach will succeed Sheri...
On Friday, August 28th, Black Opera Productions will be presenting ‘Black Opera Live: Canada.’ At 7p.m. EST, the 90-minute Facebook Live broadcast will be hosted by baritone Kenneth Overton, featuring beloved Canadian sopranos Measha Brueggergosman, Othalie Graham and...
As Canada's artists ready themselves for far-reaching cancellations in the 2020-21 opera season, Opera Canada is checking in. What is the ripple effect of an opera-free season? How many Canadians will call themselves professional artists in a year's time? How bad has...
As Canada's artists ready themselves for far-reaching cancellations in the 2020-21 opera season, Opera Canada is checking in. What is the ripple effect of an opera-free season? How many Canadians will call themselves professional artists in a year's time? How bad has...
As Canada's artists ready themselves for far-reaching cancellations in the 2020-21 opera season, Opera Canada is checking in. What is the ripple effect of an opera-free season? How many Canadians will call themselves professional artists in a year's time? How bad has...
With the world slowly opening up again, perhaps you’ve seen the resurgence of upcoming event announcements in your inbox. To help out, here's our news roundup of some of the most exciting opera announcements to come our way for your audio and visual pleasure: Opera...
Opera Canada’s 60th anniversary collector’s edition has been released! This lavish, 94-page issue features conversations between Canada’s new generation of opera stars and legendary greats; our writers’ greatest Canadian opera moments; an ‘opera icon’ hall of fame and...
Probably nothing could have nudged me out of my semi-confinement in Normandy and reluctantly onto my first plane since January, if it weren’t an invitation to hear Jonas Kaufmann as Radames in an outdoor concert performance of Aida given by Teatro di San Carlo in...
Vancouver Opera announced the six participants of this seasons’ Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program in a news release on Thursday, August 6th. The 20-21 cohort of artists will include tenor Ian Cleary, stage director Dana Fradkin, baritone Luka Kawabata, pianist...
Manitoba Opera has unveiled the four faces of its very first Digital Emerging Artists Program (DEAP), a four-week online intensive that kicked off August 4. Soprano Sydney Baedke (Medicine Hat, AB), mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Hoyt-Surdhar (Edmonton, AB), tenor Kaden...
As Canada's artists ready themselves for far-reaching cancellations in the 2020-21 opera season, Opera Canada is checking in. What is the ripple effect of an opera-free season? How many Canadians will call themselves professional artists in a year's time? How bad has...
As Canada’s artists ready themselves for far-reaching cancellations in the 2020-21 opera season, Opera Canada is checking in. What is the ripple effect of an opera-free season? How many Canadians will call themselves professional artists in a year’s time? How bad has...