DO MI SI LA DO RÉ Contest announces prestigious coast-to-coast jury
Montreal, April 29, 2020 – After launching the Do Mi Si La Do Ré (“Home Sweet Home”) Contest, which will award $10,000 in grants to the grand prizewinner,…
Yearly Archives: 2020
Corona Serenades: Q&A with Valérie Poisson, soprano (Canada)
Meet Valérie Poisson, soprano (Canada), singer for Corona Serenades Valérie Poisson is a lyric soprano from Quebec. She has been seen in Don Giovanni in…
Virtual Goldberg Variations
Tafelmusik premieres excerpts from Elisa Citterio’s new orchestral arrangement of Bach’s The Goldberg Variations Toronto, April 30, 2020 … Tafelmusik takes the music of Bach…
Metropolitan Opera At-Home Gala highlights
“We’re going low-tech,” Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb said in an introduction to the company’s At-Home Gala broadcast on the internet on Saturday afternoon…
Amplified Opera to Increase Impact by Recruiting New Co-Founders
How one indie opera company is looking to the future, and doubling down on its value of empowering diverse voices Toronto, ON. (April 29, 2020)…
Vancouver Opera mobilizes costume department to make non-surgical grade masks for workers in essential positions
April 28, 2020, VANCOUVER, B.C. – Vancouver Opera is mobilizing to answer the public need for non-surgical grade masks during COVID-19. The costume shop is…
Music Monday Performers Announced for May 4, 2020
TORONTO, April 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Monday, May 4th, thousands of Canadians will once again celebrate Music Monday. Produced by the Coalition for…
Opera Philadelphia Launches Digital Streaming Festival, Featuring Four Recent World Premiere Productions (May 1–29)
“The HBO of the opera world.” – San Francisco Classical Voice on Opera Philadelphia Over the past five years, Opera Philadelphia has presented no fewer…
Music for Pandemics in the Time of St. Philip (1515-1595)
“St. Philip knew…closed churches, abandoned marketplaces, widespread anxiety and uncertainty, and the suffering experienced by the sick and dying.” By Aaron James The Toronto Oratory…
Corona Serenades: Christopher Dunham, baritone (Canada)
Meet Christopher Dunham, baritone (Canada), singer for Corona Serenades A native of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Christopher Dunham has captivated audiences with his lyric baritone voice…
