Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” is set to return to the Canadian Opera Company for 10 performances from Sept. 18 to Oct. 17, 2026 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The opera will be revived by Mo Zhou and conducted by Paolo Carignani. Soprano Kathryn Lewek makes her Canadian Opera Company debut as Violetta Valéry and will share the {…}
Vancouver Opera is set to conclude its 2025-26 season with Puccini’s “La Bohème” at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. In a statement, Tom Wright, Vancouver Opera General Director said, “This season has been an extraordinary journey for Vancouver Opera, and there could be no more fitting a finale than ‘La Bohème.’ Puccini’s music captures youthful love and loss with breathtaking immediacy {…}
The Canadian Opera Company has announced its 2026-27 season. Verdi’s “La Traviata” opens the season with a cast that includes Kathryn Lewek, Lucia Cesaroni, Long Long, Luke Norvell, Russell Braun, and Reginald Smith, Jr. Paolo Carignani conducts Arin Arbus’ production. Performance Dates: Sept. 18-Oct. 17, 2026 Laurence Kilsby, Joel Alison, Daniel Okulitch, Lauren Fagan, Martina Myskohlid, and Tracy Dahl lead {…}
Off Centre Music Salon has announced its 30th anniversary season. This article only features vocal performances. The season opens with the inaugural collaboration with the Glenn Gould School. Soprano Alyssa Bartholomew, mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabo, tenors Nicholas Kluftinger and Jeffrey Liu, and baritone James Coole-Stevenson perform under the baton of Mark Skazinetsk. Performance Date: October 19, 2025 Tenor Benjamin Butterfield, baritone {…}
Calgary Opera is set to present Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” The opera, which is set to be performed on Feb. 1, 5, and 7, 2025, will be showcased in a Hollywood cinematic production at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. The all-Canadian cast will include John Fanning in his role debut as Don Pasquale, Lucia Cesaroni as Norina, John Tessier as Ernesto, {…}
North Carolina Opera has announced its 2022-23 season, featuring two company premieres and audience favorites. Here’s what the company has in store for audiences. NCO will present its season opener and company premiere of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” in concert for one night only. The presentation stars Marina Costa-Jackson, Jonathan Burton, Levi Hernandez, and Donald Hartmann. NCO’s presentation of Puccini’s devastating {…}
The North Carolina Opera has announced its 2021-22 season featuring four works. Alexandra LoBianco stars as Leonore in Beethoven’s “Fidelio“ alongside Mark Delavan, Kenneth Kellogg, Takaoki Onishi, and Jason Karn. Arthur Fagen conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 14, 2021 Lucia Cesaroni and Scott Quinn take the lead roles in Puccini’s “La Bohème“ with Shannon Kessler Dooley, Steven LaBrie, and Adam Lau. {…}
The Opéra de Montréal has announced that the company will launch its online season on October 22 with Puccini’s “La Bohème.” This production first premiered in 2011, and returned in 2017 in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts; it was also recorded and broadcast to an audience in Percival Molson Stadium to celebrate the City of Montreal’s 375th anniversary. The {…}
