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Artist of the Week 29 Qs for Miriam Khalil

Artist of the Week 29 Qs for Miriam Khalil

This week’s Artist of the Week is Canadian-Lebanese soprano, Miriam Khalil. Miriam is in Victoria starring as Margarita Xirgu in Golijov’s Ainadamar with Pacific Opera Victoria, running Feb 21 – 27. In between rehearsals, Miriam sat down with us to talk about when she knew she wanted to be an opera singer, what she thinks is the goal of opera, and how to deal with the rejection that comes with this career: “don’t let it take anything from your self esteem or your drive, instead use it as momentum to get better each day”. Read on to find out more.

OPERA PLACES Vartan Gabrielian takes us to San Jose, CA

OPERA PLACES Vartan Gabrielian takes us to San Jose, CA

Canadian-Armenian bass-baritone Vartan Gabrielian is in San Jose, CA rehearsing for Opera San Jose‘s production of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet and making his role and house debut as Friar Laurent. This week, he takes us to San Jose, CA and shares his favourite spots with us – from sunny coffeeshops to iconic flea markets, and everything in between. 

Identity Wijeratne/Grant Edmonton Opera

Identity Wijeratne/Grant
Edmonton Opera

Text is from the Edmonton Opera website. AN ARTISTIC EXPLORATION OF SELF February 23 & 24, 2024 Westbury Theatre Edmonton Opera is thrilled to present the new work: Identity. Originally commissioned as a film for Against the Grain Theatre in Toronto, Identity tells...

Artist of the Week 22 Qs for Scott Rumble

Artist of the Week 22 Qs for Scott Rumble

Canadian tenor Scott Rumble is in Vancouver making his role debut singing Steuermann in Vancouver Opera’s new production of The Flying Dutchman, which opened April 29 and has two performances left on May 4 and 7. In this Artist of the Week, he reflects on what inspired him to sing, favourite operatic inspirations and more.

Edmonton Opera Stabat Mater “musically powerful”

Edmonton Opera Stabat Mater “musically powerful”

Edmonton Opera wrapped its 59th season with four intimate performances of an apt sacred work on the cusp of the Christian Holy Week. Artistic director Joel Ivany programmed Pergolesi’s 1736 treatment of the 13th-century hymn Stabat Mater to cap off his first full...

Artist of the Week 24 Qs for Gerald Finley

Artist of the Week 24 Qs for Gerald Finley

Grammy-award winning Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley has announced a number of exciting projects to come in 2022/23, most recently, singing Il Conte di Almaviva in Opéra National de Paris’ new production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro running until Dec 28. We had the chance to sit down with Finley and chat all things opera, from life lessons to craziest stage mishaps.

Messiah Handel Newfoundland Symphony

Messiah Handel
Newfoundland Symphony

Text is from the Newfoundland Symphony website. A Christmas tradition; the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Martin MacDonald, together with the Philharmonic Choir of the NSO presents Handel’s Messiah. Set in the historic and captivating Basilica,...

Canadian Opera Company Carmen A “fine ensemble cast”

Canadian Opera Company Carmen A “fine ensemble cast”

In his 1888 polemic, The Case Against Wagner: A Musician’s Problem, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche cites Bizet’s Carmen as the perfect opera: “With it” he writes, “one bids farewell to the damp north and to all the fog of the Wagnerian ideal.” Beyond its...

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