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It is not everyday that Toronto experiences the world premiere of a new opera. What makes Aportia Chryptich even more special is its quintessential Canadian connection.
Toronto Summer Music (TSM) announced programming details for the TSM Free Concert Series, presented by TD Bank Group (TD) at the 2024 Toronto Summer Music Festival, which runs July 11 to August 3.
The Canadian Opera Company, Canada’s largest opera company, has announced the resignation of their General Director Perryn Leech. David Ferguson, a past President and Chair of the company’s Board of Directors has been named Interim General Director. Leech joined the COC as its General Director in March 2021. Previously, he was Managing Director of Houston Grand Opera from 2011 having joined that company in 2007. Leech took over from Alexander Neef, who led the COC from 2008-2020 and left to become Director of l’Opéra national de Paris. More news to follow as this story develops.
The Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) has bestowed Dr. Peter Simon with the inaugural title of President Emeritus, which will take effect upon his retirement on September 1, 2024.
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s (TSO) eclectic June 6 program pulled together a disparate selection of works by Canadian, German, Hungarian and Austrian composers ranging over four centuries. If it was difficult to ascertain a dramaturgical connection between them, individually, they each had something to offer. TSO CAMH Art of Healing To start, TSO CEO Mark Williams took the stage alongside President & CEO of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Sarah Downey to speak about their Art of Healing program, in collaboration with Shkaabe Makwa—the Centre for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Wellness. Art of Healing brings together…
Alexander Brose, Michael and Sonja Koerner President & CEO Designate of The Royal Conservatory of Music, Executive Director of Performing Arts Mervon Mehta, and Dean of The Glenn Gould School James Anagnoson, today revealed programming details of the 16th season at Koerner Hall.
In the summer of 2022 William Christie appeared at Canada’s Festival de Lanaudière with his orchestra, Les Arts Florissants, and proteges of his youth academy, Le Jardin des voix. Bolstered by the success of those performances of Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, he won over audiences at the Quebec festival once again in 2023, with the same composer’s comic opera, Partenope. This summer, Christie is back again, this time with a production of Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, with performances at the Toronto Summer Music Festival on July 11 and two days later, back at the Festival de…
The University of Toronto Faculty of Music is pleased to announce the commissioning of a new opera, Fall River, the legend of Lizzie Borden, slated for premiere in November 2026 by U of T Opera.
The Canadian Opera Company’s (COC) Ensemble Studio is a major training ground for opera singers of the future.
How does the Canadian Opera Company end its 2023-24 season of high calibre singing and vibrant productions? With a bang, not a whimper.
