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Black Opera Live: Canada–with Measha Brueggergosman & Othalie Graham
On Friday, August 28th, Black Opera Productions will be presenting ‘Black Opera Live: Canada.’ At 7p.m. EST, the 90-minute Facebook Live broadcast will be hosted by baritone Kenneth Overton, featuring beloved Canadian sopranos Measha Brueggergosman, Othalie Graham and...
Jean-Philippe Lazure–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...
News Roundup: This week’s top Canadian opera news
With the world slowly opening up again, perhaps you’ve seen the resurgence of upcoming event announcements in your inbox. To help out, here's our news roundup of some of the most exciting opera announcements to come our way for your audio and visual pleasure: Opera...
Happy 60th Anniversary Opera Canada!
Opera Canada’s 60th anniversary collector’s edition has been released! This lavish, 94-page issue features conversations between Canada’s new generation of opera stars and legendary greats; our writers’ greatest Canadian opera moments; an ‘opera icon’ hall of fame and...
Vancouver Opera announces participants of 20-21 Young Artists Program
Vancouver Opera announced the six participants of this seasons’ Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program in a news release on Thursday, August 6th. The 20-21 cohort of artists will include tenor Ian Cleary, stage director Dana Fradkin, baritone Luka Kawabata, pianist...
DEAP: Manitoba Opera Digital Emerging Artists Program
Manitoba Opera has unveiled the four faces of its very first Digital Emerging Artists Program (DEAP), a four-week online intensive that kicked off August 4. Soprano Sydney Baedke (Medicine Hat, AB), mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Hoyt-Surdhar (Edmonton, AB), tenor Kaden...
Jonelle Sills–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...
Othalie Graham shares post-pandemic podcast wisdom
In the latest episode of The Everything Will Be Okay Podcast, host Jenna Simeonov chats with Canadian soprano Othalie Graham. Graham, known for her signature Turandots, Aidas, and Minnies, spoke from her base in Philadelphia on opera's resilience, its weak points, and...
Box Concerts: Tapestry Opera’s latest great idea
Tapestry Opera has unveiled its latest innovation: Box Concerts! Through October 1, Canada's leaders in new opera are delivering curbside concerts throughout Toronto, performed live from Tapestry's custom-made "box stage". The concerts will be free for communities,...
Andrew Adridge–What’s next? Our new Q&A series
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...
Joel Allison–Summer Issue Teaser!
Opera Canada's Summer 2020 issue is now available! The issue is dedicated in large part to conversations with Canadian opera artists and company administrators, and how they are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. A special "Letters from home" section focuses on...
Loose Tea Music Theatre new AD Joanna Diindiisikwe Simmons
Toronto-based indie opera company Loose Tea Music Theatre has announced a new Artistic Director, Joanna Diindiisikwe Simmons. Diindiisikwe Simmons is a Canadian opera singer (Louis Riel, Missing) and an active figure in the province's opera, dance, and theatre scenes;...