Zoom trivia & missed culinary experiences: baritone and Prince Edward Island native Nathan Keoughan answers our latest Quarantine Questions. What is something you've lost to the pandemic? "Besides losing a few debuts in my budding young opera career, what I am...
Pacific Opera Victoria is joining the ranks of opera companies turning to digital content in lieu of their cancelled productions. It's not quite as exciting as live opera, but there's plenty of video and audio content to take in over the next few weeks: Friday, April...
In a special installment of our Quarantine Questions, we chat with coloratura soprano Claire de Sévigné about her whirlwind 48 hours out of Switzerland, and with her partner, David Bozzi, a paramedic with York Region Paramedic Services, about the combined value of the...
For pianist-vocal coach Carrie-Ann Matheson, the biblical saying that ‘a prophet is not honoured in his own land’ has a certain ring of truth, in her case musically. She’s virtually unknown in Canada, even though she’s that rare bird—a Canadian pianist/opera coach...
Tune in for Against the Grain Theatre’s first original offering of online opera.
Pocket Concerts has made its name providing "intimate, extraordinary listening experiences" with top-notch concerts in cozy settings. And now, they're going virtual. Dubbed Pocket Concerts Live, co-directors Rory McLeod and Emily Rho have unveiled a line-up of online...
This feature on Canadian Indie Opera appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of Opera Canada, Vol. 60 #3 Every business enterprise, large or small, faces similar challenges. Where is the market for what they’re selling? How do they generate cash flow to keep the company...
These are troubling times and Tapestry Opera’s decision to go ahead with a live stream version of its Songbook X program on Mar. 21st was a welcome diversion. Traditionally, the Songbook concert is the culmination of a week in which a group of young singers work with...
POV's Flight, English composer Jonathan Dove’s 1998 collaboration with librettist April De Angelis, soared high enough on Feb. 20th at Pacific Opera Victoria that it may even have converted die-hard contemporary opera haters into new music believers. It's a production...
Far too many recent adaptations of Brothers Grimm fairy tales adhere to the belief that the ideal presentation of a children’s story emphasizes adult themes and dark undertones—but Canadian Opera Company’s new production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel...
When Pacific Opera Victoria (POV) Artistic Director Timothy Vernon picked up a score of Flight at an Opera America conference, it immediately piqued his interest. After all, Vernon had met composer Jonathan Dove at the Banff Centre a few years previously, where the...
Canadian Opera Company announced its 20-21 season on Monday evening, Feb. 10 at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts at what has become an annual, celebratory event open to subscribers and donors. There is much to look forward to in COC 20/21,...