Our Artist of the Week is Spencer Britten: a tenor, an actor and a dancer—a triple threat. Britten has been busy performing on international stages, most recently with Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Royal Opera Versailles, Bregenzer Festspiele, The...
There’s no shortage of young classical artists at Canada’s conservatories and music schools, but how well prepared are they for the realities of a singing career. Lucia Cesaroni finds some support for a rethink of the status quo Canadian opera training may need a...
Spring is well underway, and so is Canada's opera scene. June offers an exciting lineup of events for opera lovers, many in celebration of Pride Month. Whether you're looking to enjoy an in-person production, a virtual...
The Canadian Opera Company has announced its first full mainstage lineup after three seasons of COVID-forced closures. The 2022/2023 season is a solidly 19th-century affair, with the two temporal outliers being Mozart’s 1786 Le nozze di Figaro and Richard Strauss’s...
Canadian opera collective Opera InReach is calling on artists to share their voices in an upcoming streamed concert, Art for Peace, which will raise support for those impacted by the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine. The concert will take place on March 15 at 6:30pm EST,...
It's showtime. As many provinces return to full-capacity events this month, indoor entertainment is finally reviving. For Canadian opera lovers, March offers an abundance of productions and activities—everything from virtual panels to world premieres to reimagined...
In our newest, exclusive Q&A series #BehindtheCurtain, we're going 'backstage' to ask Canadian opera artists to share their journey and what inspires them. In this installment, soprano Jonelle Sills shares what sparked her career in opera, and the mentors that...
Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) has collaborated with the Canadian Opera Company (COC) to present a timely film that reinterprets Mozart's enduring classic. Requiem reflects a musical passage out of the darkest days of the global pandemic towards hope and a brighter...
After a three-month long international search, Edmonton Opera has named Joel Ivany as its new Artistic Director. In the weeks leading up to the company's reopening with La Bohème in February 2022, Ivany will be collaborating with the board and staff. Ivany also...
Award-winning Canadian opera collective Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) has announced it will be partnering with nationwide opera outreach collective Opera InReach (OIR) for its upcoming 2021/22 season. The partnership will allow for the development of educational...
Canada’s largest producer of opera, the Canadian Opera Company, has announced a fully digital fall 2021 season. Today, the COC announced a program of regular monthly offerings combining opera classics, renowned and emerging voices, as well as new commissions and...
When I first watched Against the Grain Theatre’s production of Gustav Holst's Sāvitri I wasn’t sure what to expect. I knew I was excited to be watching an opera about the Sāvitri story, one of the first Hindu myths I learned about, and a favourite of mine. Sāvitri, a...