Discover Opera in Canada

From Artist and Organization listings, to development opportunities and Canadian new works, the Discover Opera in Canada Portal is your primary source for information on Canada’s opera sector.

Opera in Canada: Performance & Event Listings

Discover upcoming Performances, Workshops and other Events hosted by AOC member organizations.

View AOC’s Canadian New Works Showcase

Featuring works in development

Member Organizations

Discover and connect with Canada’s Opera Companies, Educational Programs, Agents and managers and more.

Canadian Opera Artists & Independent Arts Workers

Discover and connect with the many-faceted artists and technicians ready to make your productions a success.

Student Members

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ArtsBoost

A partnership among Association for Opera in Canada, Canadian Dance Assembly, Orchestras Canada, CAPACOA, the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT), Kickframe and The Arts Firm, ArtsBoost is a platform focused on modern skills development for the arts.

BIPOC Voices

Rich Coburn’s project BIPOC Voices aims to make it easy to program works for voice and instruments (orchestra or ensemble) by diverse composers. Currently under construction, The BIPOC Voices Library will be an easy-to-use database of works for voice and orchestra or ensemble.

Women in Musical Leadership

A project of Tapestry Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria and led by Jennifer Szeto, Women in Musical Leadership is a three-year, full-time, practicum-based conducting program designed to cultivate the next generation of women and non-binary conductors in Canada.

Membership

The Association for Opera in Canada offers a broad range of services and benefits to its members and affiliates at all levels. Through our unique arrangement with OPERA America, when you join Association for Opera in Canada, you also gain access to a broad range of OPERA America benefits and services as well, extending the value of your membership throughout North America and around the world.

Support

Your support helps us deliver our mandate to advance the interests of Canada’s opera and music theatre community and to create greater opportunity for opera audiences and professionals alike. Together, we can create and sustain an environment that makes opera and music theatre central to Canadian life.