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La Bohème: How accurate is the ‘starving artist’ trope?
Giacomo Puccini’s warhorse La Bohème is a tale about young artists’ whirlwind lives in the centre of the artistic world of 19th-century Paris. Audiences experience a window into their passion, ambition, and their poverty. Veiled behind Canadian Opera Company’s (COC)...
Profile: Russell Thomas takes on Otello and talks representation
Early on in his career, a suggestion was made to tenor Russell Thomas that he only sing Mozart. “I thought that was the biggest insult,” he remembers, laughing. It turned out to be good advice. “When I was in college I sang a lot of repertoire that was probably...
Take Note! Announcing Opera Canada’s emerging artists recital series
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In memoriam: Roger Moore (1939-2019)
The recent passing of philanthropist Roger D. Moore sent shock waves through the Toronto opera scene. A beloved figure within the Canadian classical world, Moore was the recipient of a 2010 Opera Canada—‘The Rubies’ award, an honour which, as former Opera Canada...
Feature: Claude Vivier: A cosmic seeker’s star ascends
In 1801, Goethe wrote to Felix Mendelssohn that “where nothing new is actually produced, an art cannot make itself vividly felt.” Innovation and impact are ideas Canadian composer Claude Vivier took to heart. Born in 1948 to unknown parents,Vivier studied at the...
News: 19/20 Calgary Opera Season Reveal!
This morning, the 19/20 Calgary Opera season details were released, the first under the new senior leadership team of Artistic Director, Bramwell Tovey, and Managing Director and CEO, Heather Kitchen. Here's our season rundown: The 19/20 Calgary season opens in...
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...