Readers, if you're like the folks on our Opera Canada team, you have a running list of questions that you'd love to ask your favourite Canadian operatic artists. So, we're asking. In our series of interviews, called Shop Talk, we're checking in with Canada's singers,...
Italian-Canadian soprano and Opera Canada contributor Lucia Cesaroni sits down for an exclusive interview with Perryn Leech, the Canadian Opera Company's new General Director. In her latest "Voice Leading" column in our Summer 2021 issue, Cesaroni raises questions of...
In our new interview series, Artist's Picks, we're asking our favourite Canadian opera artists: what else are you into? In our call for artist-driven recommendations, Canadian mezzo-soprano Julie Boulianne offers up her current picks for film, television, books, &...
Readers, if you're like the folks on our Opera Canada team, you have a running list of questions that you'd love to ask your favourite Canadian operatic artists. So, we're asking. In a new series of interviews, called Shop Talk, we're checking in with Canada's...
In a new series we're running over here at Opera Canada, we're asking our favourite Canadian opera artists: what else are you into? In our call for artist-driven recommendations, Canadian stage director Tom Diamond offers up his picks for film, television, books,...
In this time of great uncertainty, art has been a soothing balm to the worries and fears felt by many. In its purest form, art is the expression of human connection, of establishing community and understanding for one another. Within the opera realm, never has this...
In our upcoming Summer 2021 issue, contributor Joseph So reviews Houston Grand Opera's recording of the world premiere production of Tarik O'Reagan and John Caird's The Phoenix, released on PENTATONE Music in late 2020. Among the star cast led by Thomas Hampson and...
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...
For a second year in a row, Tapestry Opera is bringing curbside concerts to Toronto in their summer Box Concerts program from June 15 to September 15, 2021. The brand new one-person show showcases opera, musical theatre and original songs to tell a story of...
Since March 2020, opera's relationship with film has grown leaps and bounds. Opera on screen may not be the average fan's preferred way to consume the artform, but without the opera-friendly work done by artists like photographer and videographer Taylor Long, the...
In a fresh focus on opera-friendly recording technicians, we're continuing our series of "opera on screen" Q&As with Toronto-based audio and video recording engineer, Ryan Harper. From his work with Opera in Concert: VOICEBOX, to collaborations with UofT Opera,...
Though stages still feel deserted, the pandemic inspired an extraordinary boom for videographers with a fondness for the classical arts. Among these is Stephen Bell, UX/UI Designer, videographer, tenor, and founder of Coffeeshop Creative. Bell and his team have been...