OPERA America’s Awards for Digital Excellence in Opera recognize the best projects created for digital platforms and encourage further investment in this vibrant aspect of opera. This year’s Canadian Finalists include: In the category of Artistic Creation: Identity: A Song…
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Essential Opera releases a new EP!
Essential Opera is releasing Monica Pearce’s one-act opera Etiquette with Leaf Music. It features three influential 1920s women: author, critic and satirist Dorothy Parker, author and socialite Emily Post, and politician Nancy Astor. Emily Post’s book Etiquette was published in…
AOC welcomes two new Professional Company Members
Association for Opera in Canada is delighted to welcome two new Professional Company Members: City Opera Vancouver is a professional chamber opera company under the leadership of Artistic Director Gordon Gerrard. We believe in the power of great operatic storytelling,…
Book Release: AN OPERA IN 3 ACTS STARRING GINO QUILICO A fictionalized biography by Connie Guzzo-McParland
AN OPERA IN 3 ACTS STARRING GINO QUILICO A fictionalized biography by Connie Guzzo-McParland “Open the curtain to a vivid retelling of the almost mythical yet very real story of the Quilicos. Guzzo-McParland finds the balance between runaway fame,…
National Auditions l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal Deadline TOMORROW September 6, 2023
REGISTER NOW Dear colleagues, There are just under 2 weeks left to register for the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal’s 2024-25 National Auditions, with in person auditions in Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal. Thank you for sharing this application…
Pacific Opera Victoria opens applications for 2023/24 Civic Engagement Artist Residency Program
A note from the program director: Today’s singer is entering a very different professional world than singers at any other time. Singers are now encouraged and valued not only for the craft they bring to performance on traditional stages, but…
Essential Opera launches survey on systemic issues that limit equity and belonging in our industry. Deadline September 15, 2023
Essential Opera, an indie producer of live and filmed opera based in the Maritimes, will be facilitating a series of conversation sessions on the topics of equity and belonging in the fields of Western opera/classical voice. These community chats will…
AOC Announces Canadian participants in Leadership Intensive 2023-24
Association for Opera in Canada partners with OPERA America to support the participation of two Canadians in their Leadership Intensive through tuition and travel subsidy. The Leadership Intensive, OPERA America’s signature leadership development initiative, is a yearlong program for rising…
Celebrating Nominess & Recipients of Toronto’s 2023 Dora Awards!
The 43rd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards ceremony and award presentation hosted by Craig Lauzon occurred at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, Koerner Hall, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. The celebration happened at 7:30 PM EST where the recipients of the 46…
Applications Open for Rumbold Vocal Prize (deadline August 15)
THE RUMBOLD VOCAL PRIZE: EMPOWERING EMERGING CANADIAN ARTISTS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT Edmonton Opera proudly presents the 2nd annual Rumbold Vocal Prize for outstanding emerging professional opera singers, generously supported by Grace and Arnold Rumbold. This prestigious competition supports emerging Canadian…
Special Feature: Artist Deantha Edmunds
In Honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, Association for Opera in Canada is delighted to feature Deantha Edmunds, one of Canada’s busiest classical singers, and among the most prolific emerging creators of performance and new media works. Deantha is widely…
Semi-Annual Leadership Meeting: Post Secondary Institutions: May 2023
A recent Zoom meeting brought together Post Secondary Educator (EPA) members of the Association for Opera in Canada, from across the country. Universities present at the meeting included University of Toronto, Wilfrid Laurier, Universite de Montreal, Western University & Queens…