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Calgary Opera announces innovative 18-19 season under new GD Keith Cerny
This evening at 8 pm MST Calgary Opera unveiled their first new season under recently-appointed General Director & CEO Keith Cerny. Of all the recent 18/19 season announcements by Canadian opera companies, this was perhaps the most anticipated, with many curious...
Start-up Vera Causa Opera is all-inclusive
On April 6th, the new, emerging company, Vera Causa Opera, based in Waterloo, Ontario will premiere their third—and biggest—show of the season, The Italian Girl in Algiers. After much success with their previous productions, Don Pasquale and Little Red Riding Hood,...
Canadian artists front and centre in Metropolitan Opera’s 18/19 season
Canadians artists are firmly ensconced in the recently-announced Metropolitan Opera 18/19 season! Some of Canada’s leading stars will be returning to the Met stage, and others making their company debuts in operas such as La Bohème, Aida, Tosca and more! Met Debuts...
Opéra de Montréal announces their 18/19 season
Opéra de Montréal has announced their 18/19 season which includes a chamber opera at the Centaur Theatre, a concert with one of Canada's biggest opera stars at L’Opéra au Festival du Monde Arabe (Arab World Festival), along with four operas at Place des Arts. In...
Pacific Opera Victoria announces 18/19 season
Pacific Opera Victoria has announced their compelling 18/19 season, which includes the classic operas: Fidelio by Beethoven, Verdi’s La Traviata, and Emmerich Kálmán’s light-hearted operetta, Countess Maritza. All of the productions will be presented at Victoria’s...
Vancouver Opera announces 18/19 season & 3rd annual VO Festival
Vancouver Opera has just announced their 2018-2019 season and festival! The season will open with the comic operetta, The Merry Widow (Die Lustige Witwe) by Franz Lehár and conclude with a "Fairytales & Fables" themed Vancouver Opera Festival in 2019 featuring...
Canadian Opera Company GD Alexander Neef appointed Artistic Director of Santa Fe Opera
The Canadian Opera Company has announced today that General Director Alexander Neef is to become the new Artistic Director of Santa Fe Opera. Neef will continue as COC General Director along with his new seasonal role in Santa Fe. SFO is also welcoming Robert K. Meya...
Special preview: Tap:Ex Forbidden, Tapestry Opera
Tapestry Opera’s Tap:Ex series will take the stage with their latest piece, Forbidden, from Feb. 8th until Feb. 11th at the Ernest Balmer Studio in Toronto’s Distillery District. Iranian-born composer, Afarin Mansouri has created a blend of Persian, opera, rap, and...
Special Preview: Another Sunrise and Farewell, Auschwitz, The Electric Bond Opera Ensemble
Toronto-based company The Electric Bond Opera Ensemble present two one-act operas, Another Sunrise and Farewell, Auschwitz, both by American composer Jake Heggie, on Feb. 10th and 11th. The program centres around Krystyna Zywulska, the Polish dissident, writer and...
Five Canadians are Finalists in The International Opera Awards, Jan. 29, 2018
This morning, the International Opera Awards revealed their 2018 finalists, five of them renowned Canadian artists. Opera Canada correspondent, Victoria Stappels, is also a jury member. The Awards will be presented at the London Coliseum by BBC Radio 3 on April 9th...
Canadian Opera Company announces 18/19 season headed by Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian
This morning at 10 a.m. E.S.T. the Canadian Opera Company released its plans for the 18/19 season. The highlight has to be the much-talked about premiere of Canadian singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright's new opera Hadrian. When the COC first announced this commission...
Black voices matter: Lawrence Brownlee on driving change in opera
Babbling brooks, young love, broken hearts: standard topics for classical song cycles from Schubert onward, and for most opera singers a key part of their concert hall careers. Not for the 45-year-old US tenor Lawrence Brownlee, one of the...