Calgary Opera is set to open its 2024-25 season with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” The performances which will be held from November 2 to 8, 2024 at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, will be directed by Canadian Anna Theodosakis and conducted by Jonathan Brandani. In the new production, Theodosakis challenges the audience to confront the more unsettling aspects of the story, {…}
(Photo credit: Gaetz & IMG Artists) This summer, the Canadian Opera Company will once again present “Musical Flights,” the company’s casual community concert series. Artists of the COC Ensemble Studio will perform a program of operatic showstoppers that preview the COC’s upcoming productions of “Nabucco,” “Faust,” “Madama Butterfly,” and “Eugene Onegin.” A variety of Broadway hits including selections from “Oklahoma!,” {…}
(Credit: Canadian Opera Company official website) The Canadian Opera Company has announced its 2022 January performances and online productions. “Voices of Mountains” features the world premiere of “Fire” by former COC Composer-in-Residence Ian Cusson. Mezzo-sopranos Rebecca Cuddy and Marion Newman perform with pianist Gordon Gerrard. Aria Evans is a dancer and choreographer. Streaming dates: Jan. 15 – June 15, 2022 {…}
Against the Grain Theatre has partnered with the Canadian Opera Company to present a contemporary film version of Mozart’s Requiem. The new film will be offered for free to audiences around the world starting on Nov. 27 on AtG TV. The production by Joel Ivany was conducted by Johannes Debus with soloists Midori Marsh, Marion Newman, Andrew Haji, and Vartan {…}
The Canadian Opera Company announced that four new opera artists will join its Ensemble Studio training program for the 2020-21 season including soprano Midori Marsh, baritone Jonah Spungin, bass-baritone Alex Halliday, and pianist/intern coach Frances Thielmann. Marsh has won the First Prize and the Audience Choice Award at the 2019 Ensemble Studio Competition. At the same competition, Halliday claimed the {…}