Canadian Opera Company Names Finalists for Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition

The Canadian Opera Company (COC) has announced the finalists for its Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition. The artists include: Chelsea Kolic, soprano – Hamilton, ON Olivia LaPointe, soprano – Fredericton, NB Ariana Maubach, mezzo-soprano – Toronto, ON Nicholas Murphy, bass-baritone – Charlottetown, PEI Emma Pennell, soprano – South River, ON / Corner Brook Indian Band – Mi’kmaq Mikelis Rogers, baritone – London, ON Ilanna Starr, mezzo-soprano {…}

Canadian Opera Company Announces the Return of ‘Musical Flights’

(Photo credit: Gaetz & IMG Artists) This summer, the Canadian Opera Company will once again present “Musical Flights,” the company’s casual community concert series. Artists of the COC Ensemble Studio will perform a program of operatic showstoppers that preview the COC’s upcoming productions of “Nabucco,” “Faust,” “Madama Butterfly,” and “Eugene Onegin.” A variety of Broadway hits including selections from “Oklahoma!,” {…}

Canadian Opera Company to Present ‘Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White’

The Canadian Opera Company is set to world premiere “Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White” from Canadian director and librettist HAUI and composer Sean Mayes. White was a Nova Scotian contralto who was the first Black Canadian concert performer to achieve international fame in the mid-20th century. In a statement, HAUI said, “What a poetic justice to share Portia’s {…}