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- Across Canada, indie opera companies are making the art form cool again; daring and provocative again. Pre-pandemic, the collective mass of these companies was on the verge of something truly special: making opera mainstream, something to be wafted over a crowded pub, or poured out freely in church basements and makeshift venues coast to coast.
www.cbc.ca/music/how-independent-companies-are-saving-opera-1.5944339
Mar 31, 2023 · According to a 2022 study by Opera America only one-fifth of opera administrators in Canada and the United States were Black, Indigenous or people of colour, while a new a new program by that...
- Independent Companies Are Diversifying Opera
- Indie Companies Are Producing New Canadian Operas
- Indie Opera Companies Are Fostering Rising Stars
Vancouver's re:Naissance Opera understands the necessity of diversity. Led by the tireless effort of artistic director Debbie Wong — a cohesive force in Vancouver's opera scene — the company's mission is a focus on equity and intersectionality in opera. Its 2017 production of Handel's Acis and Galatea, for example,rebranded 18th-century sensibiliti...
Independent companies are also at the forefront of mobilizing composers and librettists in the creation of original Canadian content. Operas inspired by current events, for contemporary sensibilities, will always be the genre's lifeline toward relevance and accessibility. Perhaps no other company has been more dedicated to this mission than Toronto...
Sarah Pelzer and Caitlin Fysh, co-founders of the aforementioned Lucky Penny Opera in Vancouver, are especially keen on the role of companies like theirs in fostering growing talents and new faces in opera. In terms of what a company can do for emerging artists, for Pelzer, "it's better to have space than to have scale," as in space for artists to ...
Jun 19, 2024 · On June 12, the Canadian Opera Company announced that Perryn Leech “will be moving on from the organization by mutual agreement,” and that effective immediately, David C. Ferguson would act as...
Apr 9, 2024 · Opera America’s 2023 Annual Field Report reveals an alarming reality: a 27 percent drop in attendance and a 20 percent decline in productivity compared to pre-pandemic levels. As ticket sales and...
18 hours ago · Opera companies everywhere are being tested by reductions in income or falling audience figures, or both. In being forced to take radical action now, ENO may find it is ahead of the pack.
Feb 10, 2024 · Opera appears to be in serious trouble, with recovery from the pandemic exacting a brutal toll on companies that were already struggling.
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Jan 4, 2020 · Just as in 1970, American opera companies are keeping opera’s heritage alive: Mozart, Verdi, Wagner and Puccini are all holding their own on the nation’s stages. Still, the dazzling abundance of new works has transformed the field, giving it a vitality and connection to contemporary culture that would have been all-but-unthinkable in 1970.
