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Canadian Opera Company Welcomes Four Artists to its Ensemble Studio
The COC has welcomed four new artists to its Ensemble Studio: soprano Ariane Cossette, mezzo-sopranos Queen Hezumuryango and Alex Hetherington, and pianist Brian Cho.
Edmonton Opera Announces Sue Fitzsimmons as New Executive Director
Sue Fitzsimmons joins the Edmonton Opera having recently held executive leadership roles at both Medicine Hat College and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT).
Soprano Joyce El-Khoury Wins Maria Callas Award
The Dallas Opera has named soprano Joyce El-Khoury as the 2022 "Maria Callas Debut Artist of the Year" for her triumphant Dallas Opera debut as Leïla in Bizet's The Pearl Fishers. The prestigious award, named for the unofficial "godmother" of The Dallas Opera, is...
Orchestre Classique de Montréal Announces 2022/23 Season
The Orchestre Classique de Montréal (OCM) has announced the lineup for its 83rd season, and highlights include two new guest conductors Geneviève Leclair and Alain Trudel, a number of world premieres, and more.
Catching up with Philippe Sly
Philippe Sly started his career in the world of opera as something of a wunderkind. At the age of 21, while still an undergraduate at Montreal’s McGill University, he was awarded one of the Grand Prizes in the 2011 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. The...
Final Word: Joel Ivany
For my entire career, opera has been as reliable as Monday mornings. It just happens. Opera is big, with so many moving parts, with artists booked years in advance, so nothing could get in its way. The last two years has shown us otherwise. Postponements,...
Operas & Events You Need to See in June 2022
Spring is well underway, and so is Canada's opera scene. June offers an exciting lineup of events for opera lovers, many in celebration of Pride Month. Whether you're looking to enjoy an in-person production, a virtual...
Canadian Opera CompanyAnnounces 2022/23 season
The Canadian Opera Company has announced its first full mainstage lineup after three seasons of COVID-forced closures. The 2022/2023 season is a solidly 19th-century affair, with the two temporal outliers being Mozart’s 1786 Le nozze di Figaro and Richard Strauss’s...
Opera Atelier announces its 2022/23 Season
Opera Atelier has announced the company's 2022/23 season, with a return to a live subscription series titled Passion Returns. The powerful lineup includes Purcell's iconic Dido and Aeneas, followed by the Canadian premiere of the company's own fully-staged, live...
Best in Show: Canada’s Opera Pets featuring John Fanning, Maria Vetere & Alexandra Lennox
In our next instalment of Dawn Marten's series "Best in Show", we meet a baritone’s long lineup of feathers and fur and two opera-loving dogs that drop everything to listen—they even like to sing along. If you have missed previous chapters of the series, you can read...
Elizabeth Bowman Joins Opera Canada as Editor
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 2, 2022 TORONTO — Opera Canada Publications is pleased to announce the hiring of Elizabeth Bowman as the next Editor of Opera Canada magazine—effective May 1, 2022. Ms. Bowman, a Canadian, has over 15 years of experience in...
OperaQ to premiere Medusa’s Children: a modern retelling of an ancient Greek myth
Toronto-based independent queer opera collective OperaQ is on June 3 premiering Medusa's Children, a new musical film that delivers a modern retelling of the Greek myth. Scored by composer Colin McMahon and featuring text by award-winning Canadian poet Charlie...