BRIAN JAMES DAWSON, BOARD CHAIR, TAPESTRY OPERA Toronto, ON – The Association for Opera in Canada (AOC) is delighted to announce that Brian Dawson, Board Chair of Tapestry Opera, has been named the recipient of the 2024 AOC Best in…
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International Explainer: What is Opera CoPro?
Opera Co-Pro is the only existing and largest global Marketplace that connects Opera Producing Companies to sell, rent and co-produce shows. Our stakeholders are top managers from the opera industry: Opera Companies, Orchestras, Independent Producers, Record Companies, Publishers, Festivals &…
International Explainer: What is Operabook?
Operabook was developed as a response to the need expressed by Opera Europa members for an independent and objective search tool gathering data from over 450 opera companies worldwide. A group of representatives of our members – artistic administrators, heads…
International Explainer: What is Operabase?
Operabase has documented operatic activity worldwide since 1996, with over 800,000 performances on file. It records the work of artists in over 3000 theatres, and publishes season information to opera-goers in 34 languages. The majority of Operabase’s information is provided…
Ticket Sales Survey – How are sales doing so far in 2024? (Deadline September 11)
operaamerica.org/TicketSalesSurvey. As summer festival season comes to a close and the fall season begins, our colleagues at OPERA America are putting together some numbers for audience attendance for 2024. OPERA America invites you to complete a very short, 10-question survey…
Advocacy Update: Federal Pre-Budget Brief for the Opera Sector
AOC Executive Director Christina Loewen serves as a volunteer member of the steering committee of the Canadian Arts Coalition, a collaborative non-partisan advocacy movement of national associations, arts organizations and artists In August we submitted our pre-budget brief aligned with…
Quebec Roundtable 2024
The Association for Opera in Canada is collaborating with the Réunion des Opéras de Québec on a roundtable, to be held in Montréal on Tuesday October 1, 2024. Registration deadline Wednesday September 25, 5pm Eastern. Planned by a committee of…
International Explainer: What is OMAI?
The cornerstone of OMAI is to represent our profession (Opera Management) as a unified voice and to act as advocates for the members’ common interests to producers, artists, political and governmental authorities, and other organizations in the opera and concert…
Exciting Career Opportunity : Director of Engagement
Director of Engagement Are you looking for an opportunity to make a real impact in the opera sector in Canada? This might be for you! The Director of Engagement is a full-time remote, member-facing position, responsible for membership renewal, recruitment…
Staffing Announcement
Joel Klein, our inimitable General Manager has announced that he will be leaving AOC for an exciting new opportunity (to be announced shortly). While we are so sad to see him go, we are excited for his next opportunity and…
International Explainer: What is IETM?
IETM – International network for contemporary performing arts is one of the oldest and largest international cultural networks, representing the voice of over 500 performing arts organisations and individual professionals working in the contemporary performing arts worldwide. We create opportunities…
Summit Survey Findings and Announcement
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Future of Convenings Webinar and to those who completed our Future of Convenings Survey. We are pleased to share the results of those consultations in the following report: AOC Executive Summary Convenings…