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Quarantine Questions: Simone McIntosh
Mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh spent some scary weeks in San Francisco at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but she managed a flight home and now continues her work as a San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow, remotely. She answers our Quarantine Questions: Between...
Barbara Hannigan: Canadian favourite on latest podcast
A brand new episode of The Everything Will Be Okay Podcast has dropped, and this week's guest is the tireless new music champion, Barbara Hannigan. Host and Opera Canada Social Media Manager Jenna Simeonov spoke with Hannigan in the earlier weeks of the pandemic,...
From the Vault: full-length, streamed COC productions
After a good amount of anticipation, the Canadian Opera Company has announced their new series of full-length productions, From the Vault. Each Thursday the COC releases an item from its archives, beginning with Tim Albery's 2017 staging of Arabella. "Nothing can...
Quarantine Questions: Lawrence Wiliford
Tenor Lawrence Wiliford takes on our Quarantine Questions, and responds with some sober truths about the opera and classical music industries, pre- and mid-pandemic. Between mid-March and the present, how have you adjusted to this 'new normal'? "The beginning of...
Opera Singers with Kids: Finding the Balance
The feature, "Finding the Balance: Opera Singers with Kids" originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of Opera Canada, Vol. 60 #1 About 25 years ago, Richard Margison was homesick in Berlin. It was a familiar feeling in those years, when the Canadian tenor’s robust...
Opera Makers: COC’s new video series for the young
The Canadian Opera Company has just launched Opera Makers, an 8-week video series designed for young people aged 7-12. The series kicked off on May 20 with "Tongue Twisters", featuring soprano Karine White highlighting the fun side of a singer's diction exercises; as...
Quarantine Questions: Teiya Kasahara
In our latest round of Quarantine Questions, Canadian soprano Teiya Kasahara is dealing with the loss of safety and security, but they're picking up new skills and finding trust in relationships: What is something you've lost to the pandemic? "The opportunity to sing...
Calgary Opera 20/21: a comfy, Canadian season
Calgary Opera 20/21 has been revealed: the details of the company's upcoming 2020-21 season, and it's a showcase of the country's on, and offstage talent. The three-show season begins in November with Beethoven's Fidelio, in a production directed by Michael Cavanagh...
Christine Goerke: Superstar soprano latest podcast guest
Courtesy of host and Opera Canada Social Media Manager Jenna Simeonov, the latest episode of The Everything Will Be Okay Podcast is available now. Jenna chats with American soprano Christine Goerke, who is a welcome face at the Canadian Opera Company, her most recent...
Quarantine Questions: Elliot Madore
Baritone Elliot Madore is missing the catharsis of being a performer, but he's gained new purpose at home with his family: What is something you've lost to the pandemic? "The suddenness and acceleration of my cancellations has led me to, initially, lose my sense of...
Quarantine Questions: Michael Schade
Despite the lost gigs, Canadian tenor Michael Schade is busier than ever. Michael Schade answers our Quarantine Questions from his home base in Vienna: What is something you've lost to the pandemic? "I suppose the best thing I can report is luckily not my health and...
The Everything Will Be Okay Podcast–Tune In!
Exciting news: Jenna Simeonov, our Social Media Manager and editor of Schmopera, has started a new podcast! It's called The Everything Will Be Okay Podcast, and it's a series of interviews with artists as they grapple with the ripple effect of the global pandemic. How...