News
Manitoba Opera launches The Solo Sessions video series
Manitoba Opera is capping off its 2020/21 season with a five-part series of video concerts, The Solo Sessions, featuring the work of five Manitoba-based artists, recorded live at Winnipeg's Centennial Concert Hall. The concert series features Manitoban operatic talent...
Claire de Sévigné on performing ‘big opera’ in France during a pandemic
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...
Canadians featured in Opera Lafayette’s Fête de la Musique
On Sunday, June 20, 2021, Opera Lafayette presents 12 hours of free performances with its Fête de la Musique. The line-up, running from 8amET to 8pmET, features a mix of vocal and instrumental concerts, family-centric education programs, world premieres, and...
Canadians in Milan: Radvanovsky, D’Angelo, Carsen, Lepage headline 21/22 at Teatro alla Scala
Now that Teatro alla Scala has announced its 2021/22 season, Canada's opera fans can get excited about the Canadian presence in their mainstage lineup. Canadian dynamic duo Robert Carsen and Michael Levine present their Don Giovanni from March 27-April 12, 2022,...
It’s time for Opera Canada’s Summer 2021 Issue
Your summertime operatic adventure is on its way with the Summer 2021 issue of Opera Canada! Get special access to subscriber-only stories including an exclusive interview with acclaimed soprano Jane Archibald, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of Canada's...
Tapestry upcoming seasons offer experiential live performances
Tapestry Opera is reintroducing live performances in a new way with an exciting announcement about their upcoming seasons through 22/23. Unveiling their upcoming projects for the next few years, Tapestry is promising five premiere productions in the works as a part of...
Emily D’Angelo earns ovation in ROH Clemenza
Mozart's La clemenza di Tito is currently undergoing a process of reappraisal by reinterpretation, the most radical in a flurry of recent productions being Peter Sellars' for the 2017 Salzburg Festival. That turned librettist Metastasio's "traitors" into "terrorists"...
Rising star Emily D’Angelo signs with Deutsche Grammophon
Highly celebrated mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo has signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon. The news comes a week after D’Angelo’s Covent Garden debut in the role of Sesto in La clemenza di Tito, in a new production directed by Richard Jones and...
Megan Latham heads back in time in new POV double-bill
In the latest online offering out of Pacific Opera Victoria, Canadian mezzo Megan Latham steps into two old-world moments of beauty: 1920s New York, and Julia Child's kitchen. The digital double-bill pairs Lee Hoiby's delightful one-woman operas, The Italian Lesson,...
Canadian stars part of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 21/22 season
Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced their 21/22 season featuring 7 new opera productions, several of which feature some of Canada's greatest opera stars. Aiming to return to the theatre, live performances for their 67th season are set to start on September 17, 2021....
Philippe Sly & Jana Miller to headline webcast recital at Bourgie Hall
If you can't snag in-person tickets to the two indoor concerts, given at Bourgie Hall on May 29 and 30 by bass-baritone Philippe Sly, soprano Jana Miller, and pianist Jean Marchand, don't fret. The all-Robert Schumann programme is set to be webcast from June 5-19, for...
Tapestry revives Summer Box Concerts & reflects on their pandemic strategy
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...