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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...
COC 20/21 Season: Parsifal & star-studded revivals
Canadian Opera Company announced its 20-21 season on Monday evening, Feb. 10 at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts at what has become an annual, celebratory event open to subscribers and donors. There is much to look forward to in COC 20/21,...
Under 30? We’ve got a special offer for you…
Anyone who says opera is old-fashioned just isn’t paying attention. We love that there’s an amazing, vital, and engaged community of young opera fans here in Canada. You’re the ones championing our artists and the work they do. You're literally the future of opera!...
Edmonton Opera announces their 2020/21 season
Edmonton Opera announced their 2020/21 season today and here are the exciting details! EO kicks off their 2020/21 season when La Bohème comes to the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium on Oct. 24, 27 & 30, 2020 in a revival of their 2010 production. The cast...
Hansel and Gretel: COC’s new Toronto-based staging
Canadian Opera Company is gearing up for their staging of Hansel and Gretel, a classic German opera that will be given a modern-day Toronto twist. The COC’s production, the fourth in their 2019-2020 season, is set in a present-day Toronto apartment complex brought to...
Best Opera of the Decade: Opera Canada’s Definitive List
As this long decade comes to a close, we at Opera Canada look back at the best operas of the decade. Cataloging 10 years worth of opera from across the world is no small task. So we reached out to our contributors, and asked them to reflect on their favourite opera of...
Drag, opera, and how their marriage shatters convention
“My voice teacher was verbally abusing me,” explains Emily Bilton, drag artist and opera alum. "I ended up failing my third-year recital by 2 percent. I had to get a 65 and I got a 63. And the only explanation they could give me was that my tone wasn’t what they...
Midori Marsh awarded first prize at COC’s Ensemble Studio Competition
At long last, the Canadian Opera Company's Ensemble Studio Competition has drawn to a close, and with it Canada's top young opera singer has been found: Midori Marsh, the super soprano from Cleveland, Ohio took home both the First Prize ($5000) and the Audience Choice...
The Heart’s Obsession sheds light on an obscure corner of Canadian opera history
The Heart’s Obsession: An Intimate Biography of Newfoundland Songstress Georgina Stirling. By Tonia Evans Cianciulli with Calvin D. Evans; 342 pp. ISBN: sc 978-1-77117-759-7, $24.95. St. John’s, Newfoundland: Flanker Press (2019) www.flankerpress.com When we think...