Eight Competitors for Centre Stage Gala’s 2018 Ensemble Studio Competition
Toronto – Eight young opera singers from across Canada have been selected to compete as finalists in the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio Competition, the…
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Canadian Opera Company’s Eugene Onegin Showcases Canadian Talent
The Canadian Opera Company opened its 2018-19 season with a new production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, originally premiered by the Metropolitan Opera. It…
An Opera for Our Time: Hadrian Conference Explores Opera’s Place in the 21st Century
Toronto – Tickets are now available for Hearing Hadrian: An Opera for Our Time, a conference on Sunday, October 14, 2018. Just one day after…
Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian is a bacchanalian banquet of sight and sound
Toronto – When the curtain rises for the Canadian Opera Company’s world premiere of Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian on October 13, 2018 audience members will be…
COC’s Anna Bolena High on Music, Staging Confusing
On April 28 COC premiered to a full house the last production of their 2017-18 season with Gaetano Donizetti’s Anna Bolena. Directed by British Stephen…
Sondra Radvanovsky: Queen of Opera
The first time I heard Sondra Radvanovsky was in 2010 in Montreal’s Salle Wilfrid Pelletier. She was a guest artist alongside the headliner of the…
COC’s 2018/2019 season features world premiere of Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian
Hadrian Anchors a Star-Studded Season that Explores the Many Facets of Love Toronto – The Canadian Opera Company’s 2018/2019 season presents the world premiere of…
Contract extension of general director Alexander Neef
CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY ANNOUNCES CONTRACT EXTENSION OF GENERAL DIRECTOR ALEXANDER NEEF AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING COC Posts Modest Surplus and Record-Breaking Fundraising High for 2016/2017…
Opera Creations in Canada
This year, the Montreal landscape will be particularly animated by the creations of operas, thanks to the dedication of the ECM + and Chants Libres.…
Deciphering Harry Somers’ Opera Louis Riel
Louis Riel is one of the most important Canadian operas ever written. It was inspired by the life of controversial Métis hero Louis Riel (1844-1885)…
