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News: Manitoba Opera 19/20 season
Manitoba Opera recently released details of their upcoming 19/20 season—their 47th— featuring an American classic and an iconic French opera. The season kicks off in November with the Manitoba premiere of Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah. Loosely based on the Apocryphal tale...
News: L’Opéra de Montréal’s Twenty-Seven brings Gertrude Stein’s salon to life
The lives of infamous arts patrons Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas are making their way to the opera stage and they’re bringing the City of Lights with them. L’Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal presents Twenty-Seven, from March 23-31, as a part of the L’Opéra...
News: L’Opéra de Montréal 19/20 Season
The time has come for the L’Opéra de Montréal 19/20 season to be announced! Tchaikovsky opens the season on September 14 with his most famous opera, Eugene Onegin. The ultimate opera of lost love and bitter regret will feature real life couple Étienne Dupuis and...
News: Pacific Opera Victoria 19/20 Season
It’s the time of year for season announcements and the Pacific Opera Victoria 19/20 details have been released! The season opens with Puccini’s last completed stage work, Il trittico. Rarely staged anywhere, but especially in Canada, this trio of one-act operas...
News: Jessye Norman sings at Glenn Gould Prize “glittery” gala
We are only in the second month, but already, one of the most significant Canadian classical music events of the New Year is history. On Feb. 20th, in a glittery gala concert at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, the musical-operatic community...
News: 19/20 Vancouver Opera season announced!
The 19/20 Vancouver Opera season has recently been announced, and here's what you can look forward to! Kicking off their season in October is Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata. This will be the fourth stop for a production inspired by the decadent music hall scene of 1920s...
Opera with Fangs: Vera Causa Opera brings Dracula to the stage
An operatic twist on a classic tale is making its way to the stage and it comes with a bite. The fickle fanged creature that is Dracula is set for its world premiere on Feb. 15th in Cambridge, ON before heading to Waterloo and Guelph. Composer and Artistic Director of...
News: Glenn Gould Prize celebrates Jessye Norman
Through a series of events beginning Feb. 11, 2019, Toronto will be celebrating the life, art and work of Jessye Norman. The legendary American opera star is the winner of the twelfth Glenn Gould Prize. The prize is awarded to an individual who has made a unique and...
News: Edmonton Opera announces 2019/20 season
Big news for Edmonton Opera—on Feb. 2nd they announced their 2019/20 season at opening night of their recent, new production of Hansel and Gretel. To kick off their 2019/20 season, Rigoletto comes to the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium on October 19, 22 and 25,...
Defying “big pageant” opera: Alexander Neef on the COC’s 19/20 Season
The first thing to know about the 2019-2020 Canadian Opera Company season is this: Parsifal is coming to Toronto, but not quite yet. The lauded Metropolitan Opera/Opéra National de Lyon/COC co-production, which premiered in Lyon in 2012 and New York in 2013, has been...
News: Canadian Opera Company Announces 19/20 Season
The Canadian Opera Company announced their 19/20 season at a special, ‘season reveal’ event at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on Feb. 4th. To kick off the season, the COC presents Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot in late September. Conductor Carlo...
News: 2019 International Opera Awards—Canadian Finalists
On Tuesday morning, The International Opera Awards announced their 2019 finalists, and several Canadian artists and productions were on the list! The gala event will be held at London’s Sadler’s Wells on April 29, 2019, celebrating achievement in opera around the...