Festival Opera Reveals Recital Series in Piedmont
by Stephi Wild - Aug 8, 2024
Festival Opera’s 33rd season will continue into autumn with a trio of Sunday afternoon artist recitals at the intimate Piedmont Center for the Arts, 801 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont.
Interview: Measha Brueggergosman-Lee of Opera Atelier's ALL IS LOVE
by Ilana Lucas - Apr 8, 2024
BroadwayWorld Toronto spoke to ALL IS LOVE star Brueggergosman-Lee about her love for the show and the company, the importance of taking risks, and how her upcoming Governor General’s Lifetime Achievement Award is really an encouragement to keep creating.
PUCCINI, BUSONI, OFFENBACH and ROSSINI Announced Among the Attractions of Theatro Sao Pedro's 2024 Season
by Claudio Erlichman - Mar 12, 2024
The lyrical season will feature 12 titles, such as Turandot, by Busoni, Gianni Schicchi, by Puccini, Le Comte Ory, by Rossini, among others. The program also includes ballets, cinema and music, and concerts in a year in which São Pedro establishes partnerships with the Cinemateca, the São Paulo Companhia de Dança and guest orchestras.
VIDEO: Go Inside The Making Of An Opera With Opera Atelier
by Joshua Wright - Jan 9, 2024
Go inside the making of an opera with a new featurette from Opera Atelier. All is Love will be presented in the superb acoustics of Toronto’s Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, April 11 and 13 at 7:30 pm, and April 12 and 14 at 2:30pm.
Baritone Will Liverman Announces New EP 'The Dunbar/Moore Sessions - Volume I'
by Michael Major - Oct 9, 2023
Following the hugely successful releases of his albums Dreams of a New Day – Songs by Black Composers (released by Cedille in 2021; GRAMMY nominee for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album) and Whither Must I Wander (released by Odradek in 2020), GRAMMY Award winning baritone Will Liverman announces his first EP.
Opera Atelier Reveals 2023/24 Season Lineup
by Stephi Wild - May 30, 2023
Opera Atelier's founding Co-artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg announced the company's celebratory 2023/24 season, featuring the 1774 French version of Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice - written expressly for Marie Antoinette - on stage October 26 to November 1, 2023, followed by the groundbreaking mixed program, featuring music by Debussy, Hahn, Handel, Lully, Purcell and Rameau in All Is Love, on stage April 11 to 14, 2024.
VIDEO: Susan Graham On How She Got Her Start
by Alan Henry - Mar 29, 2023
Legendary mezzo-soprano and LAO Young Artist Artist Director Susan Graham is back on the DCP stage in her role debut as Geneviève in 'Pelléas and Mélisande.' We sat down with her to ask about her inspiring start in opera, her role as a mentor, and the advice she has for the up-and-coming generation of singers.
St John's Smith Square Presents BELLE EPOQUE FESTIVAL, 24- 27 November
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 15, 2022
New to St John's Smith Square for 2022, the Belle Epoque Festival is a tantalising peek into a musical world turning its back on heavy symphonic styles. Over four days, the festival will celebrate the gorgeous music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.Â
Peninsula Ballet Theatre to Present CARMINA BURANA This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 18, 2022
Peninsula Ballet Theatre (PBT) will launch the company’s 55th anniversary season Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25 with the premiere of Artistic Director Gregory Amato’s fully staged production of Carl Orff’s epic cantata, Carmina Burana.