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Canadian operas are typically influenced by the history of the country. Many deal with First Nations and immigration themes or concern specific historical events and figures. Canada's diversity is thus very much reflected by the operatic works of its composers.
- 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 ...
Aug 30, 2024 · In many ways, the 2024-25 Canadian opera season represents post-pandemic reality. Government subsidies that helped companies survive the horrors of more than two years of disruption are now a thing of the past. The new season sees Canada’s opera companies proceeding with a degree of caution, but even in a sea of Bohèmes, Fledermice and The new season sees Canada’s opera companies ...
Feb 25, 2022 · The intensification of IBPOC (Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour) activism at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has put a halt to business-as-usual in classical music has prompted many to pause and reflect on the leadership and governance structures of the Canadian opera industry, the repertoire that is performed and how it is performed, and the artists who perform it and how they are ...
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Mar 31, 2023 · A new opera in Toronto is making history as the first large-scale production with an all-Black ensemble both in front and behind the scenes. Of The Sea follows a man, his daughter and fellow ...
Sep 28, 2023 · It was last mounted in 2018 by the Canadian Opera Company and the National Arts Centre, and the co-production took steps to fix and address some of the glaring problems with the 50-year-old work.
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Dec 23, 2021 · For live performance in Canada—and here I’m including Canadian opera, ballet, ‘straight’ theatre, orchestras—things were looking cautiously optimistic since the start of the fall season. Canadian opera companies like Vancouver Opera and Manitoba Opera put on shows at their large, mainstage, venues; the National Ballet of Canada returned to Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the […]
