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Vancouver Opera announces alternate 20/21 season plans
Vancouver Opera has postponed original plans for its 60th anniversary season to 21/22 but plans to present an alternative 20/21 season online. “We are exploring digital subscription packages and single ticket options for these productions,”says Tom Wright, VO’s...
Missing In Action: Where is live opera in Canada?
We’ve all seen the pictures: Salzburg Festival defied the odds and put on two staged operatic productions this summer. The festival had a COVID-testing clinic in situ, tight protocols for testing, masking, foot traffic, as well as who could work closely with whom....
COC announces reimagined fall 2020 season of physically-distanced programming
In a Sept. 16th press release, Canadian Opera Company announced a reimagined fall 2020 season of physically-distanced programming called Opera Everywhere. According to the COC release, this slate of digital and physical events will include live concerts, interactive...
Samuel Chan–What’s next?
As Canada’s artists ready themselves for far-reaching cancellations in the 2020-21 opera season, Opera Canada is checking in. What is the ripple effect of an opera-free season? How many Canadians will call themselves professional artists in a year’s time? How bad has...
Orchestre Métropolitain goes live with Frédéric Antoun & Michèle Losier
Orchestre Métropolitain opens their 20/21 season with Mahler's Das Lied Von Der Erde presented by a star-studded, all-Canadian team Canadian opera singers Frédéric Antoun and Michèle Losier have both spent much of the year planning, practising, and, like many artists,...
95-year-old Douglas MacEwan walks 96 km for Manitoba Opera
Winnipeg arts lover Douglas MacEwan, 95, will be walking one kilometer every day for 96 days to raise $96,000 for local performing arts until his 96th birthday. The proceeds will be divided evenly between Winnipeg’s four major companies: Manitoba Opera, the Royal...
Drive-in concerts & opera for toddlers presented by Edmonton Opera
Edmonton Opera will celebrate 2020’s Alberta Culture Days by presenting events that are free and accessible to all ages, as usual, but this year with special considerations for audience health and safety. EO is presenting two drive-in concerts outside the Northern...
Jean-François Lapointe steps in as Artistic Director of Opéra de Québec
Opéra de Québec recently announced that Jean-François Lapointe has entered into his role as Artistic Director, beginning with the 2020-21 season. His tenure will overlap with current director Grégoire Legendre who plans to retire in December 2020. Legendre is...
Behind the Scenes Part I: Opera Atelier’s Enchanting Sets
Opera Canada launches our new Behind the Scenes series, an exclusive look 'behind the curtain' with the talented people supporting opera companies across the country... The paintings below were created by artist and set designer Gerard Gauci for Opera Atelier’s fall...
Ernesto Ramírez–What’s next?
As Canada’s artists ready themselves for far-reaching cancellations in the 2020-21 opera season, Opera Canada is checking in. What is the ripple effect of an opera-free season? How many Canadians will call themselves professional artists in a year’s time? How bad has...
Opera.ca announces launch of brand-new Emerging Artist Fellowship
In a press release on Sept. 2nd, opera.ca announced the launch of a new Emerging Artist Fellowship, the first initiative of their Leadership, Innovation, Networking, Knowledge (LINK) Emerging Artist Programs. The initiative by opera.ca, created by emerging artists for...
Columbia Artists Management Inc. shuts doors after 90 years on Aug. 31st
Columbia Artists Management Inc., a leading agency representing classical musicians, announced its closure with little notice in a statement on Aug. 29th. After “having endured a prolonged pandemic environment,” CAMI will close effective August 31, 2020. CAMI was...