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Festival d’opéra de Québec is back, live this summer!
Festival d'opéra de Québec has just announced its 10th annual festival celebrating the art of French opera through an amazing lineup of concerts, opera performances and outdoor activities this summer. As part of the 12-day festival happening from July 27 to August 7,...
Toronto Summer Music Festival: 2021 virtual vocal highlights
A key event in Canada's summer music scene, the Toronto Summer Music Festival is going into its second virtual line-up. The Festival's series of concerts runs from July 15 to August 1, and boast a healthy range of concerts, all available for free streaming. The...
Tim Yakimec to step down from Edmonton Opera
Edmonton Opera announced yesterday that General Director Tim Yakimec will depart from the company, effective June 30, 2021. Tim Yakimec took over EO in 2013; under his tenure, the company has positioned itself in good financial shape, and offered Albertan audiences...
Mezzo Megan Latham: Canada’s digital opera Queen
In this time of great uncertainty, art has been a soothing balm to the worries and fears felt by many. In its purest form, art is the expression of human connection, of establishing community and understanding for one another. Within the opera realm, never has this...
Opéra de Montréal 21/22 season: The Return to Live
The first major Canadian opera company to venture a return to live for the coming season, Opéra de Montréal has announced their 21/22 program with brand new operas, thrilling productions and an exciting double bill presented alongside the company's training arm,...
Rihab Chaieb on creating new roles in The Phoenix
In our upcoming Summer 2021 issue, contributor Joseph So reviews Houston Grand Opera's recording of the world premiere production of Tarik O'Reagan and John Caird's The Phoenix, released on PENTATONE Music in late 2020. Among the star cast led by Thomas Hampson and...
Across the pond: Canadian artists in Munich, Madrid for 21/22
Munich's Bayerische Staatsoper and Madrid's Teatro Real have unveiled their 2021/22 seasons, each with a small-but-mighty dose of Canadian artists onstage. Canadian-American powerhouse soprano Sondra Radvanovsky will head to Munich for two of her signature Verdi...
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The Cardinal Diaries: Opening Night Jitters
Introducing Lauren Margison's new series on Opera Canada, The Cardinal Diaries! The series follows the fictional adventures of the titular songbird soprano. In Chapter 1, Cardinal struggles as she prepares for opening night... The blistering heat radiating from the...
Parigi, o cara, & full of Canadians: Opéra national de Paris unveils 21/22 season
Opéra national de Paris has unveiled a 2021/22 season intriguing in its variety, and peppered with Canada's top talent. Solid Canadian representation on the Parisian stage will, hopefully continue and expand with Alexander Neef at the helm; his move to Paris came in...
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...