Manitoba Underground Opera took audiences from heaven to hell this summer, with Rameau’s Castor et...
Canadian soprano Jacqueline Woodley is in rehearsals in Vancouver preparing to sing one of Handel’s most ambitious cantatas, Apollo e Dafne with Early Music Vancouver. We sat down with Woodley to chat all things opera – from early career inspirations to what it means to be brave in music, and how she defines success.
Canadian-Armenian bass-baritone Vartan Gabrielian is in San Jose, CA rehearsing for Opera San Jose‘s production of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet and making his role and house debut as Friar Laurent. This week, he takes us to San Jose, CA and shares his favourite spots with us – from sunny coffeeshops to iconic flea markets, and everything in between.
When La Traviata was first performed in Venice in 1853 it was a major disappointment. This was the...
Operagoers may have been tempted to think that an opera from the likes of a teenage Mozart would...
This summer, in its 17th season, Halifax Summer Opera Festival brought enthusiastic young singers...
On August 17 and 19, at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion in Haliburton, Ontario,...
Wayne Gooding provides an overview of the existing gender inequalities on the podium, and shines a spotlight on Tapestry Opera’s Women in Musical Leadership program – a three-year conducting program designed to nurture the next generation of women and non-binary conductors. This text was originally published in the Spring 2023 print version of Opera Canada magazine.
Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Bowman sits down with Timothy Myers, Artistic Advisor at Austin Opera, to talk innovation in opera: how to craft a sustainable future for the arts, the big questions we should be asking, and placing power in the hands of the artists. This text was originally published in the Spring 2023 print version of Opera Canada magazine.
Lucia Cesaroni sits down with Deborah Lau-Yu, founder and principal at PALETTERA Inc., an award-winning design studio that specializes in storytelling and branding. They reflect on the arts, design and entrepreneurship — how we can best bridge these worlds, make room for more diverse voices, and do better.
