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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...
Calgary Opera announces Keith Cerny as new General Director and CEO
Calgary Opera has announced the appointment of a new General Director and CEO, effective January, 2018. Dr. Keith Cerny will come to Calgary in January from The Dallas Opera, where he acted as General Director and CEO from 2010 until present. “We are very pleased to...
Classical music must protect the vulnerable from harassment
The seriousness of the allegations swirling around James Levine, the erstwhile music director of the Metropolitan Opera, has precipitated the classical music industry to ask uncomfortable questions of itself, in particular about the cultural legitimisation of abusive...
New York Met opera suspends James Levine over sexual allegations
New York’s Metropolitan Opera is suspending its relationship with longtime conductor James Levine pending an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against him. “Mr Levine will not be involved in any Met activities, including conducting scheduled...
JFK the opera to have Canadian premiere at Opéra de Montréal in January
Once again this year, the Opéra de Montréal is continuing with the breakthrough portion of its program by presenting another new work, the opera JFK by American composer David T. Little and Canadian librettist Royce Vavrek. Praise for this opera—jointly commissioned...
Opéra de Montréal’s Atelier lyrique to welcome five new recruits!
The Opéra de Montréal held its very first Atelier lyrique National Auditions Gala in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts on November 15. This prestigious event, entitled TALENT 2017, brought together over three hundred music lovers who gathered to celebrate...
Atelier lyrique Talent 2017 : Opéra de Montréal Selects Stars of Tomorrow
Every year the Atelier Lyrique holds auditions to find the operatic talents of the future. This year they are betting on a slightly new formula: Talent 2017. Instead of holding the entire audition process behind closed doors, the public can assist (with the purchase...