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Jul 09 2022

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SHADOWS OF THE PAST:
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Jul 11 2022

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Summer opera festivals are back at last! ☀️🎶 We're happy to report that July's calendar is delightfully stacked, and we've got you covered with a cheat sheet on what not to miss.

Here’s what to catch and where — click the 🔗 in bio!

@glyndebourne @westben @operanuova @glimmerglassfestival @underthespire @torontosummermusic @brottmusicfestival @bregenzerfestspiele @chamberfest @halifaxopera @operadequebec @earlymusicvancouver @highlandsopera

📸 Tristram Kenton

#opera #operasingersofinstagram #operanews #whatsnew #operafestival #musicfestival #singerlife #july #liveperformance

“One percent, maybe, can have some kind of a car

“One percent, maybe, can have some kind of a career.”

Lucia Cesaroni (@luciasee) reexamines the state of opera and opera training in Canada, connecting with many of country’s leading voices, agents, associate professors, and coaches who weigh in on how the industry has changed. Read at the 🔗 in bio‼️

*This story originally appeared in our Spring 2022 print issue

#opera #singerlife #operanews #magazine #soprano #operatraining #musicschool #canada #operasingersofinstagram #careeradvice #training #summerprogram

Our review is up for @ubcopera’s #Rusalka produc

Our review is up for @ubcopera’s #Rusalka production starring @catherine.thornsley in the title role opposite @ianmccloy as the Prince.

🔗 in bio‼️

#opera #operasingers #ubc #britishcolumbia #stage

#Germany’s @opusklassik Awards have announced th

#Germany’s @opusklassik Awards have announced their 2022 nominees. Congrats to all the artists, especially our #Canadians— @thee.dangelo, @nezetseguin, @lisieckijan, and Marc-André Hamelin 🇨🇦🥳 🔗in bio for more info + sound clips‼️

📸 Mark Pillai / Hans van der Wörd / Stefano Galuzzi / Sim Cannety-Clarke #canada #classicalmusic #classicalmusucians #performance #recordingartist

Happy birthday Canada! 🇨🇦🎶 Your music is

Happy birthday Canada! 🇨🇦🎶

Your music is beautiful, your artists are talented, and today we celebrate all that it means to live in this beautiful, diverse country. What opera makes you feel most Canadian? 🍁

#opera #canadaday #operasingers #proudlycanadian #ocanada #operanews #canadian #operasingersofinstagram

“I like to start from a human place.”  Can

“I like to start from a human place.”  Canadian soprano @jamiegroote shares how she approaches her character work in our next #BehindtheCurtain. In her words: It feels like meeting a new friend.
 Groote is in her third and final year with the @canadianopera’s Ensemble Studio. She made her cinematic debut as La Ciesca in the COC’s digital production of Gianni Schicchi in 2021, and looks forward to the company’s winter and spring season. She is an alumnae of numerous young artist programs, including @operatheatrestl' Gerdine Young Artist Program, and @banffcentre and @atgtheatre's Opera in the 21 century, among others.
 More on her schedule at jamiegroote.com

#opera #soprano #operanews #interview #operasingerslife #singerlife #operasingersofinsta #careeradvice #sopranolife #performance #liveperformance

Emerging composers looking for mentorship & profes

Emerging composers looking for mentorship & professional development: @canadianopera is accepting applications for its Composer-in-Residence program! Submission deadline is JULY 5.

The program offers space to grow in the craft of operatic composition, providing access to hands-on training, workshops, mentorship & more.

For details & eligibility criteria, go to our 🔗 in bio‼️

#opera #emergingvoices #emergingartists #composers #operanews #canadianopera #canada #diversevoices #composersofinstagram #coc

Try Opera Canada, risk free! Sign up today for you

Try Opera Canada, risk free! Sign up today for your FREE TRIAL ISSUE of Canada’s go-to source for all things opera.

🔗in bio‼️  #opera #canadianopera #magazine #freetrial #operasingers #trial #canadianoperasingers #publication #operalife

Our review for @torontooperetta’s A Waltz Dream

Our review for @torontooperetta’s A Waltz Dream #OscarStraus (#Canadian premiere) is up ✨ Click the 🔗 in bio!

#review #opera #toronto #performingarts #operetta 📸 Gary Beechey, BDS Studios

“I feel like I am giving a piece of my soul.”

“I feel like I am giving a piece of my soul.”

In our next #BehindtheCurtain, Canadian-Cameroonian lyrico-spinto soprano Monika Mazanka shares her process with us including how much of her own experience she borrows for performance.

Mazanka was a 2022 @cmimontreal competitor in the Art Song Division, and is a former winner of the 375th City of Montréal Prix Special. She was also a semifinalist at the 2014 OSM Standard Life Competition. MazankA is an alumnae of the @conservatoires_du_quebec.

More on her schedule at monikam.com

#opera #soprano #operasingers #operasingerlife #quebec #interview #careeradvice #sopranolife #performance

Patrick Dillon’s review of @operalafayette’s S

Patrick Dillon’s review of @operalafayette’s SILVAIN #Grétry production done recently at @elmuseo in #NYC is up on our website. 🔗 in bio.

📸 Jen Packard

#opera #performance #review

Today is #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay. We recogn

Today is #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay.

We recognize and celebrate the many contributions, the unique heritage & diverse cultures of Canada’s Indigenous peoples. Join us in celebrating just a few of Canada's many talented Indigenous artists who continue to shape, redefine and innovate opera in Canada.

Scroll 👉 to celebrate them with us.

#opera #indigenous #nipdcanada #operasingers #indigenouspeoplesday #singer #ontario #canada #cultureday #operasingersofinstagram

“Sue Fitzsimmons joins the Edmonton Opera having

“Sue Fitzsimmons joins the Edmonton Opera having recently held executive leadership roles at both
@mhcollege and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT). She is a long-time Edmontonian who believes in the power of creativity and the arts to build and sustain community.” Read on 🔗in bio🥳

Congrats, Sue 👏👏

📸 provided by Edmonton Opera

#operanews #business #womeninbusiness #opera #edmonton #alberta #pressrelease

Congratulations, @joyce.el.khoury 🇨🇦👏🥂

Congratulations, @joyce.el.khoury 🇨🇦👏🥂🔗 in bio❗️+ she’s singing Un ballo in maschera #Verdi with maestro Riccardo Muti and @chicagosymphony (Jun 23-28).

“@thedallasopera has named soprano Joyce El-Khoury as the 2022 “Maria Callas Debut Artist of the Year” for her triumphant Dallas Opera debut as Leïla in Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers.”

📸 Fay Fox

#opera #soprano #operasinger #mariacallas #bizet #pearlfishers

ANNOUNCEMENT: @chantslibres names Marie-Annick Bé

ANNOUNCEMENT: @chantslibres names Marie-Annick Béliveau as its new Artistic Director 🍁🎉

Read more at 🔗 in bio!

#opera #newopera #operalife #operasingers #newmusic #montreal #opéracontemporain #operasingersofinstagram

Coming down from the high that was the @cmimontrea

Coming down from the high that was the @cmimontreal finals on Thursday night🥂 what a competition! Congrats to all of the singers, the pianists, the @osmconcerts, maestro Jacques Lacombe, the jury, the administrative team, the tech team (yesss #livestream!), @tamlanphoto (lovely photography capturing the emotion and energy of the event!), and our reviewer, Lev Bratishenko (there for every note!! Plus, a quick turnaround for our readers!) 👏👏❤️❤️

Our review is up and the 🔗 is in the bio 🎉 For the full list of winners, visit the @cmimontreal website concoursmontreal.ca

#operasinger #operasingers #aria #operasingersofinstagram #voices #soprano #montreal #canadian #singingcompetition #ohcanada #canada

Our #NewOnTheScene artist in our spring print issu

Our #NewOnTheScene artist in our spring print issue is @jbrsuperstar ✨ soon the feature will be available on our redesigned website 🎉 but for now you can purchase the print issue on @zinio via 🔗 in bio 💫

Hint: if she wasn’t an #opera singer, she’d be a mermaid. She loves @theoffice, loved performing in Die Fledermaus at @operamcgill, and is currently based in #Munich.

📸 @chrisvongold

#opera #soprano #operasingersofinstagram #operasinger #singer #voice

Our review is up for the @cmimontreal Aria SEMIFIN

Our review is up for the @cmimontreal Aria SEMIFINALS (part 2) on operacanada.ca 📸 @tamlanphoto

The finalists are ⬇️

💫 Valerie Eickhoff, mezzo-soprano #Germany
💫 Nils Wanderer, countertenor #Germany
💫 Simone McIntosh, mezzo-soprano #Canada
💫 Sarah Dufresne, soprano #Canada
💫 Hugo Laporte, baritone #Canada

The FINALS take place JUNE 9 at 730pm EST #montreal ✨ you can #livestream it from anywhere in the world! Join us on our Facebook page or website.

Bravo to the singers, @osmconcerts and maestro Jacques Lacombe 👏

#montreal #singing #operasinger #operasingersofinstagram #performingarts #listen #voices #stagepresence

“The career ebbs and flows.” ✨ Canadian sop

“The career ebbs and flows.” ✨

Canadian soprano @sarahdufresnesoprano shares some wise words of advice with us in our next #BehindtheCurtain. Dufresne is a finalist of @cmimontreal, and part of @royaloperahouse’s Jette Parker Artists Programme. She looks forward to her debut on the stage of Covent Garden in 2022/23 🔥

More on her upcoming schedule at sarahdufresne.com

@deanartistsmanagement

#opera #soprano #sopranosofinstagram #operalife #operasingers #careeradvice #operanews #CMIM2022 #singers #operasingersofinstagram

Our review is up for the @cmimontreal Aria SEMIFIN

Our review is up for the @cmimontreal Aria SEMIFINALS (part 1) on operacanada.ca Part 2 continues TONIGHT and you can #livestream it from anywhere in the world! Join us on our Facebook page or website.

Bottom line ➡️ the singers are sounding fabulous. Also, lovely work by the @osmconcerts and maestro Jacques Lacombe 👏

#montreal #singing #operasinger #operasingersofinstagram #performingarts #listen #voices #stagepresence

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