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We’re all invited to AtG La Bohème Watch Party
On Tuesday, May 5 at 8pm EDT, Against the Grain Theatre partners with the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and CBC Arts to present their AtG La Bohème via CBC Arts on Facebook. The award-winning production has been a Toronto favourite since its 2011 premiere, and...
Canadians in Vienna: Wiener Staatsoper unveils its 20/21 season
Standing out from the wave of cancellation announcements is the reveal of the Wiener Staatsoper 2020/21 season line-up. Among the 40+ operas gracing the stage are ten productions coming to Vienna for the first time, including Calixto Bieito's Carmen, Simon Stone's La...
Quarantine Questions: Étienne Dupuis & Nicole Car
A lost gig together, a new puppy, and going philanthropic: our next set of Quarantine Questions goes to Canadian baritone Étienne Dupuis, and his wife, Australian soprano Nicole Car: What is something you've lost to the pandemic? Étienne: "Our Werther at The Met was...
Amplified Opera welcomes two new co-founders
Toronto-based independent opera company Amplified Opera is announcing the recruitment of two new Co-Founders, mezzo-soprano Marion Newman and tenor Asitha Tennekoon. Newman and Tennekoon are poised to help Amplified grow as an organization with core values of equity,...
Royce Vavrek, Canadian librettist’s works stream online
As opera companies worldwide move to virtual content, Canadian librettist Royce Vavrek (Jacqueline, Proving Up) will see two of his works presented online next month. Starting May 1, Los Angeles Opera was supposed to put up Angel's Bone, the Pulitzer Prize-winning...
La Scena Musicale launches CORONA Serenades
Canadian classical music magazine La Scena Musicale has launched a new initiative, CORONA Serenades, to help spread cheer during self-isolation - and support musicians suffering loss of income. CORONA Serenades offers tailor-made videos by trained singers, featuring...
Pacific Opera Victoria — online programming
Pacific Opera Victoria is joining the ranks of opera companies turning to digital content in lieu of their cancelled productions. It's not quite as exciting as live opera, but there's plenty of video and audio content to take in over the next few weeks: Friday, April...
Carrie-Ann Matheson: voice coach to the stars
For pianist-vocal coach Carrie-Ann Matheson, the biblical saying that ‘a prophet is not honoured in his own land’ has a certain ring of truth, in her case musically. She’s virtually unknown in Canada, even though she’s that rare bird—a Canadian pianist/opera coach...
Against the Grain Theatre offers Virtual Opera Salon
Tune in for Against the Grain Theatre’s first original offering of online opera.
Pocket Concerts goes Live with Fenlon & Fenlon
Pocket Concerts has made its name providing "intimate, extraordinary listening experiences" with top-notch concerts in cozy settings. And now, they're going virtual. Dubbed Pocket Concerts Live, co-directors Rory McLeod and Emily Rho have unveiled a line-up of online...
Indie Opera: Canada’s Key Indie Players
This feature on Canadian Indie Opera appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of Opera Canada, Vol. 60 #3 Every business enterprise, large or small, faces similar challenges. Where is the market for what they’re selling? How do they generate cash flow to keep the company...
Flight gets set to soar at Pacific Opera Victoria
When Pacific Opera Victoria (POV) Artistic Director Timothy Vernon picked up a score of Flight at an Opera America conference, it immediately piqued his interest. After all, Vernon had met composer Jonathan Dove at the Banff Centre a few years previously, where the...