Essential Opera is set to stream “Etiquette” starting on March 26, 2024. The short opera film by Monica Pearce and John Terauds is described as a “delicious morsel of the Gilded Age washed down with a swig of the Roaring Twenties.” Tom Belding directs a cast starring Maureen Batt as Dorothy Parker, Erin Bardua as Emily Post, and Lucy Hayes-Davis {…}
Canadian-based Essential Opera has announced that it will be present “December” digitally this holiday season. The opera was originally set to be performed live at airports all around the Atlantic region, but had to reframed in light of continued concerns over the spread of COVID-19. The opera, which features a libretto and score by Monica Pearce, stars Erin Bardua, Maureen {…}
Everyone says opera has no audience or that it simply cannot sustain itself in a culture that quickly rejects classical music for quicker hits. However, in Toronto, the indie opera scene continues to thrive today with 11 companies having formed part of Indie Opera Toronto. After having much success in 2011 with “La Bohème” on Tranzac Club on Brunswick Ave, the {…}