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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,...
Manitoba Opera’s 21/22 season of live performances
Manitoba Opera's 21/22 season announces a return to the stage for the first time since November 2019 for three exciting performances. “Everyone associated with Manitoba Opera - the board of trustees, staff, the artists, crew, and patrons - are so excited at the...
Shop Talk: Wallis Giunta: “I’ve been DYING to fly…”
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,...
Back on track: Opera Atelier’s 36th season
Wings of Desire is the title for Opera Atelier's 36th season, newly announced for 2021/22. The season gets a preview this summer, with the return of OA's filmed production of Handel's The Resurrection, streaming July 29 to August 21, 2021. Viewers can receive a link...
Shop Talk: Joshua Hopkins: “I heard a distracting commotion…”
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,...
Lydia Perović asks “Who’s to blame?” as the classical journo beat shrinks
This piece by Lydia Perović was originally published in the Final Word section of our summer 2021 issue. To check out the full issue, or to see our subscription options for exclusive content, click here. I had a lot of time this year to think about what factors...
Lucia Cesaroni’s exclusive interview with Perryn Leech
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...