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The Cardinal Diaries: Wardrobe Mayhem Ensues
It's Chapter 3 of Lauren Margison's new series, The Cardinal Diaries: Wardrobe Mayhem Ensues! If you missed the first two installments, you can read chapter one here and chapter two here. Below, the fictional adventures of our titular soprano continue as she prepares...
Artist’s Picks: Othalie Graham: “Mare of Easttown”
In a new series we’re running over here at Opera Canada, Artist’s Picks, we’re asking our favourite Canadian opera artists what they're into, watching and listening to. In our call for artist-driven recommendations, Canadian-American soprano Othalie Graham offers up...
Martha Collins Named Director of Education for Sarasota Opera
Martha Collins, celebrated Canadian stage director and operatic performer, has been named the new Director of Education at Sarasota Opera. In her new role, she will oversee development of Sarasota Opera's Youth Opera and Adult Education Programs, alongside community...
To Have and To Hold: MUO’s hybrid festival season
Manitoba Underground Opera (MUO) is presenting an exciting line-up of hybrid productions for their 2021 festival season titled To Have and To Hold for their first return to live performances since the pandemic. Two shows will headline the festival including a live...
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Canadian Opera Company announces all-digital Fall 2021
Canada’s largest producer of opera, the Canadian Opera Company, has announced a fully digital fall 2021 season. Today, the COC announced a program of regular monthly offerings combining opera classics, renowned and emerging voices, as well as new commissions and...
Artist’s Picks: Barbara Hannigan
In a new series we’re running over here at Opera Canada, Artist’s Picks, we’re asking our favourite Canadian opera artists: what else are you into? In our call for artist-driven recommendations, award-winning Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan offers up...
Soundstreams 21/22 season: strong on song
Soundstreams is welcoming audiences back to live performances with a 21/22 season themed renewal and rebirth. “While the pandemic did bring a temporary end to live performance, it provoked us to develop new ways of engaging with audiences through programming on...
Highlands Opera Studio announces short live season
After two summers of online performances, Highlands Opera Studio (HOS) is launching a short season of live shows between August 12 and 20, 2021. Featuring four productions, limited audiences will have the chance to experience HOS concerts, operas and musical theatre...
Toronto City Opera launches links with Pesaro’s Rossini Opera Festival
Toronto City Opera (TCO) is bringing the Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) to the city as part of several innovative initiatives coming during the next year. This collaboration establishes an exciting connection for Toronto audiences with the major Italian opera Festival...
POV goes live with the Open Air music festival
Pacific Vitoria Opera (POV) and the Victoria Symphony present this summer's exciting 10-day music festival, Open Air. Bringing fans back to live performances between July 22 and August 2, 2021, 20 concerts and recitals will rotate between The Butler's Garden and The...
Annon Lee Silver: A tribute to a Nova Scotian soprano
On May 16th, 1970, Annon Lee Silver, the soprano from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, sang her first Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier at Oper Frankfurt. This was an exceptional début as indeed was reported by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: “The new Sophie, Annon Lee Silver,...