On March 22, 2023, Canadian Opera Company will celebrate World Water Day with the debut of “noondaadiwag,” a digital concert recording from Anishinaabe-Irish artist Olivia Shortt. The concert features Canadian soprano Alexandra Smither and the musical duo Orbit, comprised of Aliayta Foon-Dancoes and Isidora Nojkovic. The program includes new works written for voice, strings, and saxophone, and employs a background {…}

The COC Ensemble Studio has welcomed four rising artists starting in the company’s 2023-24 season. The rising artists chosen were soprano Karoline Podolak, tenor Wesley Harrison, baritone Korin Thomas-Smith, and pianist Mattia Senesi. The four will officially join the highly specialized development program for Canadian opera professionals this August, alongside returning sopranos Ariane Cossette and Charlotte Siegel, mezzo-sopranos Alex Hetherington {…}

The Canadian Opera Company has announced the return of The Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre: City Sessions. The series will begin on Nov. 22, 2022 and run through June 2023. One concert will be released every month, showcasing a new artist or ensemble filmed in the COC’s performance space. In a statement, Meaghan Froh Metcalf, Manager of {…}

Soprano Karoline Podolak took home both First Prize and Audience Choice Award at the Canadian Opera Company’s Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition. The finale, which was held on Nov. 3 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Podolak, a Toronto native, won a $7,500 award, as well as the Audience Choice Award, which was matched on this night {…}

The Finalists have been announced for the Canadian Opera Company’s Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition. The finals will be held on Nov. 3, 2022 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts with all proceeds from the evening supporting the COC’s groundbreaking artist development program. This year the theme of the evening is “A Night in the Spotlight.” The {…}