Home-grown soprano, Emily D’Angelo not only takes home the grand prize of $5,000, but was also picked as the audience’s choice winner (last year’s winner, Charles Sy was also picked by the audience), worth $1,500. The first and second runners up, each collecting $3,000 and $1,500 respectively, were Lauren Eberwein and Bruno Roy. In total, […]
As a member of the Canadian Opera Company‘s (COC) Ensemble Circle, I had the opportunity to attend last night’s announcement of the COC’s upcoming season. I have to admit that I am very excited. Many old favourites are back, as are new productions, including Pyramus and Thisbe, an opera by Canadian composer Barbara Monk Feldman […]
The Canadian Opera Company’s Centre Stage will be holding its sophomore event on Tuesday, November 25 at its home, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The purpose of the event is to discover the “next opera star” and will feature seven singers, picked out of a pool of 175 from across Canada. The […]
Soprano Karine Boucher, who sang “E pur cosi in un giorno… Piangerò la sorte mia” from Giulio Cesare by Handel was not only this year’s first place winner at the Ensemble Studio Competition and inaugural Centre Stage Gala, but also the audience choice winner. This means that Ms. Boucher won not only the $5,000 grand […]
On November 26, 2013, the Canadian Opera Company has a new addition to its event family. Centre Stage, a party held in conjunction with their Ensemble Studio competition and hosted by Rufus Wainright (a performer at the COC’s Operanation in 2011) will include a cocktail party in addition to performances of the nine finalists at […]
I first saw La Bohème in the form of a musical called Rent, back in 1997. I had taken OAC music the year before, where we studied the Giacomo Puccini opera, which was the musical’s source. One of the differences between the musical and the opera, was, of course, the setting (1980s New York versus […]
Recently, I asked readers on Facebook what they’d like to see more of on this site. Possible answers included the usual fashion, dining and travel…as well as “arts and culture,” which encompasses theatre, classical music, dance and so forth. As many online “style” publications, ones that seem to get the most press (in my world, […]
The masquerade ball from this year’s production of Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus is the inspiration behind Opernation 9: Sweet Revenge, the annual fundraiser for the Canadian Opera Company (COC) to be held on Thursday, October 18 at the Four Seasons Centre for Performing Arts. The plot, which was based on sources both sources from […]
The Canadian Opera Company’s most fun and exciting event of the year in one week! Operanation VII: Cinderella Rock The Ball will be celebrating this season’s production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola – Cinderella. NExt week’s to be a good one, as not only will attendees enjoy delicious delights from Rose Reisman Catering, but will enjoy live entertainment […]
