The Canadian Opera Company’s free concert series at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre runs September through May. This article only includes classical vocal works. First up is “Meet the Ensemble Studio.” The company’s artistic development program is comprised of emerging professional Canadian opera artists. Performance Date: September 20, 2023 “Mostly Mozart” is performed by UofT Opera. Performance Date: September 27, 2023 {…}
Canadian Opera Company has announced a series of community concerts as part of its 2023-24 season. First up, the company will present “Opera’s Greatest Hits” at George West Recital Hall in North York’s Meridian Arts Centre. The event will feature music by Puccini, Beethoven, Donizetti, Cherubini, and Janácek, among others. Performance Date: Sept. 7, 2023 That will be followed up by {…}
The Canadian Opera Company has announced a cast change for its production of “Macbeth.” The company said that soprano Tracy Cantin will step into the role of Lady Macbeth for the remainder of the run, replacing an ailing Liudmyla Monastyrska. Cantin will perform on May 17 and 20, 2023. Cantin made her role debut as Lady Macbeth during the Sunday, May {…}
Composer Kye Marshall and librettist Amanda Hale’s “Pomegranate” will make its world premiere at the Canadian Opera Company as a major cultural event at Pride Toronto 2023. The co-production with Vancouver Opera stars mezzo-soprano Adanya Dunn and soprano Danielle Buonaiuto (they/she). The two portray young lovers, Suzie and Cass who wish to express themselves freely but are constrained by social {…}
The Canadian Opera Company’s season is set to conclude with Puccini’s “Tosca.” The opera, which is set to be performed eight times at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts from May 5 to 27, 2023, is set to star Sinéad Campbell-Wallace and Keri Alkema in the title role. Campbell-Wallace will make her company debut, while Alkema will reprise her {…}
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 Canadian Opera Company is set to present Verdi’s “Macbeth” in a new production Sir. David McVicar. The production, which will star Quinn Kelsey in the title role and Sondra Radvanovsky as Lady Macbeth, will be performed at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts between April 28 and May 20, 2023. Kelsey will make his role debut as {…}
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 unveiled its 2023-24 season. “The Canadian Opera Company is a beacon for the very best in operatic storytelling and experience,” said Canadian Opera Company General Director Perryn Leech in an official press statement. “In creating this season, we collaborated extensively with creators and companies from all over the world to share new programming with our audiences. {…}
The Canadian Opera Company has announced that filming is set to begin next week in Toronto on “Seven Veils,” a new feature film from acclaimed filmmaker Atom Egoyan and Rhombus Media. The production will star Amanda Seyfried who will play Jeanine, an earnest theatre director, who has been given the daunting task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, {…}
The Canadian Opera Company is set to present “The Marriage of Figaro.” The Mozart masterpiece will be performed eight times at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts between Jan. 27 and Feb. 18, 2023. The acclaimed Claus Guth production will be revived by Marcelo Buscaino of Brazil; the production had a previous run in 2016 and has also {…}