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Loose Tea Music Theatre administrative boost including Tim Crouch as General Manager
Loose Tea Music Theatre (LTMT) has announced the building of a new team, with three positions that are brand new for the organization: the appointment of Tim Crouch as the new General Manager, Rochelle Smith as Director of Marketing, and Francesco Corsaro as Director...
Toronto Operetta Theatre Returns with Straus, Offenbach & Rose
Toronto Operetta Theatre (TOT)'s General Director Guillermo Silva-Marin has announced the company's return with a live 2021/22 season that offers a mix of operetta classics and Canadian — and World — Premieres. A Waltz Dream will open the season, followed by Orpheus...
10 Messiah productions you don’t want to miss!
The curtains are finally lifting. Holiday festivities - and productions - are live, once again. In contrast to last year's predominantly digital celebrations, relaxed pandemic restrictions have allowed Canadian presenters to open their doors and bring live music to...
Pacific Opera Victoria announces their 2022 return to live
Pacific Opera Victoria (POV) has announced its return, with a 2022 season that offers a mix of live and digital performances. Staged and filmed productions of Carmen and Don Giovanni will open the season, complemented later by two more screened productions, The Garden...
Calgary Opera honours Bob McPhee, renames its artist development program
Calgary Opera has renamed its artist development program to honour the late W.R. Bob McPhee, past General Director and CEO of Calgary Opera, and 2015 Rubies Honouree. The program will now officially be named the McPhee Artist Development Program. During McPhee's...
AtG & COC’s Requiem reimagines a Mozart classic
Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) has collaborated with the Canadian Opera Company (COC) to present a timely film that reinterprets Mozart's enduring classic. Requiem reflects a musical passage out of the darkest days of the global pandemic towards hope and a brighter...
Edmonton Opera names Joel Ivany as its new Artistic Director
After a three-month long international search, Edmonton Opera has named Joel Ivany as its new Artistic Director. In the weeks leading up to the company's reopening with La Bohème in February 2022, Ivany will be collaborating with the board and staff. Ivany also...
Flipside Opera & Art Song Collective premieres ‘truly Manitoban’ Bloody Jack
Flipside Opera, Art Song Collective and GroundSwell have partnered to create Bloody Jack, a project they describe as "part art film, part documentary and part musical." Premiering Nov 19, the film explores the crime-ridden life of John “Bloody Jack” Krafchenko,...
Toronto City Opera returns live with Verdi’s tragedy, Nabucco
Toronto City Opera (TCO) has announced its return to live performances, beginning its 2021-22 season with two in-concert showings Verdi's Nabucco on November 13 and 19. Although the opera is commonly performed worldwide, it is infrequently performed in Toronto due to...
Sonja Frisell, Rubies 2021: “I lived with the characters in opera for years…”
The Opera Canada Awards—‘The Rubies’ makes a return to ‘live’ on November 15, 2021. Click here for more details to secure your ticket to this wonderful celebration of Canadian opera talent. Note our venue change to the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145...
Allan Monk, Rubies 2021: The Wayne Gretzky of Opera
The Opera Canada Awards—‘The Rubies’ makes a return to ‘live’ on November 15, 2021. Click here for more details to secure your ticket to this wonderful celebration of Canadian opera talent. Long before anyone talked about finding a work/life balance, Canadian baritone...
COC’s virtual Gianni Schicchi gets a 1950s fashion makeover
While the Canadian Opera Company prepares for its return to live productions with Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in February, another Puccini opera is set to launch on the company’s virtual centre stage. The Italian master’s take on ‘Family Feud’, Gianni Schicchi, will be...