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Hadrian: An Ancient Rulebreaker

The Canadian Opera Company premieres An Opera For Our Time The Canadian Opera Company took a exciting risk by commissioning an opera from Rufus Wainwright about the fascinating history of the Roman Empire, and one of...

ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL: THE OPERA

ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL: THE OPERA Based on the lyrics and music of Roger Waters’ The Wall Operatic version composed by Julien Bilodeau Concept & Stage direction by Dominic Champagne Toronto – Award-winning Another Brick In The Wall:...

Screening of Verdi’s Due Foscari

Festival Verdi For the series of operas from ‘Festival Verdi’, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura presents Due Foscari by director Joseph Franconi Lee and conductor Donato Renzetti. In the cast: Leo Nucci (Francesco Foscari), Roberto de...

What does opera in the age of Trumpism look like? #AtGBOUND

Toronto's acclaimed indie opera company Against the Grain Theatre present Kevin Lau’s newly commissioned opera BOUND v. 2 in a concert performance TORONTO – Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) has matched one of opera's most dramatic...

8 (Opera and Classical) Things to Do: October

  1. Tuesday, October 9, 2018 Canadian Opera Company: Free Lunchtime Concert The Best of Rossini Artists of the COC Ensemble Studio VOCAL SERIES Artists of the COC Ensemble Studio present a show-stopping program of works by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini,...

Review: I Call Myself Princess

Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone was born in 1882, of the Muscogee Creek Nation. Born to Creek and Cherokee parents, she was sponsored by Alice Robertson to study classical singing in Denver, Colorado. A successful artist and activist...

Kickass Comedy: An Interview with Matteo Lane

Interview by Diana Di Mauro This month JFL42, a Just for Laughs festival, arrives in Toronto. 42 hilarious, riveting and relevant comedians and 9 amazing headliners will be cracking people up over a 10-day period in Toronto. Every...

No Replacement Named as Cerny Steps Down from Calgary Opera

August 27, 2018 (Calgary, Alberta) – Calgary Opera announced today that General Director & CEO Dr. Keith Cerny will step down from the organization in January 2019 to pursue a new musical leadership opportunity. Dr. Cerny...

Rustic Charm at Symphony in the Barn

  Concerts within the setting of a living farm, where chickens lay their eggs and horses graze, give a completely different ambiance to what culture is all about; AGRI-Culture." — Michael Schmidt, Founder & Co-Artistic Director   Every once and...

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Iris van Herpen’s Innovative Haute Couture Arrives at the High Museum of Art

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Spend Your Valentine’s Day Hangover With Liszt

Studio Theatre February 19, 2012 Presented by Neapolitan Connection 3:00 PM A ROMANTIC MUSIC TRYST WITH LISZT! Angela Park - Piano Eve Rachel McLeod - Soprano Rachel Mercer - CelloIntroducing young...

Aida is calling, will you answer?

How many times have you watched an opera and wanted desperately to tell the director what you really thought about the production? Or perhaps...

The ALS mystery and Wagner and Puccini’s toughest critics

Every once and a while I find myself having to take a small break from writing and maintaining this wonderful site because something has...