Canadian Opera Company will host its annual “Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition & Gala” fundraiser on Oct. 22, 2026, at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto. The evening, themed around the “Art of Opera,” benefits the company’s Ensemble Studio program for emerging artists and pairs a vocal competition with an onstage gala dinner. The event is {…}

(photo by: Nadya Kwandibens/Red Works Photography) The Canadian Opera Company has named Anishinaabe multidisciplinary artist, muralist, and cultural educator Que Rock (Quentin Commanda) as the next artist collaborator in its Land Acknowledgement Commissioning Program. The company initiative invites Indigenous artists to reimagine land acknowledgement through artistic creation and community engagement. Commanda, who is from Nipissing First Nation, will create a {…}

The Canadian Opera Company (COC) will host a one-night-only concert on Sept. 17, 2026 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto. “A Concert Celebration: 20 Years at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts” will feature the COC Orchestra and COC Chorus under Music Director Johannes Debus, with the COC {…}