The Canadian Opera Company releases the details of its 2025 Free Concert Series. This article only features classical vocal events. All performances are held in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre. “Meet the Ensemble Studio” opens the season. Soprano Emma Pennell, mezzo-soprano Ariana Maubach, tenor Angelo Moretti, baritone Ben Wallace, and bass-baritone Nicholas Murphy will introduce themselves by singing one of their {…}
Vancouver Opera is set to open its 2023-24 season with Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” The opera is set to open on Oct. 21 and will star Audrey Luna in her acclaimed turn as the Queen of the Night, Owen McCausland as Tamino, Kirsten MacKinnon as Pamina, Clarence Frazer as Papageno, Neil Craighead as Sarastro, and Roger Honeywell as Monostatos. In {…}
In collaborative performances with the TD Concert Hall and the University of Toronto, McGill University, and Tafelmusik, the Theatre of Early Music will present “Love, Beauty and Death in Venice – A Baroque Pasticcio” and Handel’s “Jephtha.” In the first concert, “Love, Beauty and Death in Venice,” Daniel Taylor will direct faculty and graduate students from the University of Toronto {…}
On Thursday, the Canadian Opera company has just announced its 2017-18 season which features six opera spanning from October 5, 2017 to May 26, 2018. The works selected for the new season feature mainly staples of the canonical repertoire though there is one rare work making an appearance this season. Jane Archibald is this season’s artist in residence. The announcement {…}