Member News
Upcoming Performances
On December 8, Opéra de Québec will hold their annual Fundraising Gala at the Grand Théâtre de Québec, and it promises to be an exciting night! Soloists from Québec and across Canada will be featured, and the evening will also include performances by the Choeur de l’Opéra de Québec and l’Orchestre symphonique de Québec. For more information, click here.
As part of their New Voices series, Queen of Puddings Music Theatre will present Canadian soprano Betty Allison on December 7th at the Tank House Theatre. She’ll be singing Sofia Gubaidulina’s Galgenlieder à 3 (Gallows Songs) – a dramatic and satirical 15-song cycle featuring the whimsical text of German poet Christian Morgenstern. Betty can currently be seen in the title role of Pacific Opera Victoria’s Mary’s Wedding, and more information about her Queen of Puddings appearance can be found here.
A Poulenc double-bill is set to open December 1st at the University of Toronto: the opera program at U of T’s Faculty of Music will present two of Poulenc’s one-act works, La Voix Humaine and Les Mamelles de Tirésias, back-to-back. Performances run from December 1st through 4th at MacMillan Theatre, and more information can be found here.
Canadian Opera Company Reports Modest Surplus for 2010/2011 Season
At the Canadian Opera Company’s Annual General Meeting on November 9th, COC Board President Philip C. Deck announced the COC achieved another successful performance year in 2010/2011, recording a modest surplus of $10,000. In its fifth season at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, the COC generated ticket revenue of $12.3 million and recorded an average attendance of 94%.
To read the full release, click here.
Finalists From Across Canada come to Toronto for Inaugural COC Ensemble Studio Competition
Following auditions in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and New York City attended by Canadian Opera Company administrators, 10 out of a pool of over 160 young, aspiring opera singers have been selected to compete in the final auditions at the inaugural COC Ensemble Studio Competition. For the first time in the history of the COC, the final auditions for singers seeking to join the Ensemble Studio training program will be made public as a vocal competition. Lindsay Barrett (Sudbury, ON), Claire de Sevigne (Montreal, QC), Sasha Djihanian (Montreal, QC), Rachel Fenlon (Victoria, BC), Aviva Fortunata Wilks (Calgary, AB), David Gibbons (Red Deer, AB), Danielle MacMillan (Toronto, ON), Owen McCausland (Saint John, NB), Laura McLean (New Glasgow, NS), and Cameron McPhail (Brandon, MB) are the finalists who will be competing for an offer of a coveted position in the 2012/2013 Ensemble Studio as well as one of four cash prizes.
To read more (and for information on buying tickets to the competition), click here.
People
On October 31st, the Ontario Arts Foundation announced that Opera.ca member Dean Burry has won the 2011 Louis Applebaum Composers Award. This year’s $10,000 award recognizes excellence in a body of work by an artist in the field of music composition for young people, and was presented to Mr. Burry at a dress rehearsal his opera, Isis and the Seven Scorpions, which is currently touring Southern Ontario with the Canadian Opera Company.
To read the full release, click here.
The Ontario Arts Council has announced the appointment of Peter Caldwell as Director and CEO of the OAC. Current OAC Executive Director John Brotman will be retiring in January 2012.
It’s Not Too Late to Donate your Aeroplan Miles to Opera.ca!
Opera.ca is now in the middle of our first annual Aeroplan Donation Campaign! The campaign will run until the end of November, and donated miles will directly support Opera.ca’s Travel Support Program. Your donated Aeroplan miles will allow us to bring field experts and keynote speakers to Opera.ca meetings and conferences, and fund travel to sector meetings that serve the organization.
To learn more or to make a donation of Aeroplan Miles, please click here.
Director of Marketing and Communications, Chants Libres
Overseen by the Artistic and General Director, the chosen candidate will be responsible for the implementation of a marketing and touring plan, the development of new markets, the promotion of company activities and all communications.
The position is open immediately, 3 days a week, at a salary level commensurate with market rates. Please send your C.V. by December 15th, 2011, by mail: Chants Libres, 1908 Panet, suite 303, Montreal (Quebec) H2L 3A2 or by email: creation@chantslibres.org
General Manager, Opera Atelier
Reporting to the Board of Directors, the General Manager will provide leadership on all administrative matters, including budgeting and fiscal management, contracts, operations, human resources, marketing, and development.
Please send resume and cover letter with salary requirements and a list of references by Wednesday, January 11, 2012 to: Margaret Genovese, Senior Partner, Genovese, Vanderhoof & Associates, 77 Carlton Street, Suite 1103, Toronto, ON, M5B 2J7 or e-mail: gvasearch@gmail.com
For more information, click here.
December 1, 2011: Canada Council for the Arts Opera/New Opera Program: Annual and Project Funding
December 1, 2011: Ontario Arts Council Premier’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts Nomination Deadline