Canadian Opera Company Launches App

Single tickets to the Canadian Opera Company are easier to purchase than ever before as the opera company introduces afree new app in time for its spring 2016 productions of Carmen and Maometto II. TheCanadian Opera Company app is now available in Apple's App Store and Google's Google Play.

"Our vision for the Canadian Opera Company app is to create a platform for sustained engagement with the company's work," saysCOC Chief Communications Officer Steve Kelley. "In its current form, the app gives us a basic way for users to connect with the COC via their mobile device and elevate the already rich online COC experience. Features and objectives for the app will continue to evolve as we anticipate the needs of mobile patrons of the COC."

With the easy to use mobile application, users can:

Purchase tickets to all COC mainstage production performances

Explore upcoming performances

Get up-to-the-minute information about performance dates and times, ticket prices, promotions and venue information

Watch performance clips and behind-the-scenes videos, as well as browse image galleries

View purchase history and access ticket information

Engage with the COC across all its social media channels, sharing information with friends and followers

Learn more about the largest producer of opera in Canada and one of the largest in North America

To download the COC's new free app, search Canadian Opera Company on the App Store and Google Play.

About the Canadian Opera Company
Based in Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company is the largest producer of opera in Canada and one of the largest in North America. The COC enjoys a loyal audience support-base and one of the highest attendance and subscription rates in North America. Under its leadership team of General Director Alexander Neef and Music Director Johannes Debus, the COC is increasingly capturing the opera world's attention. The COC maintains its international reputation for artistic excellence and creative innovation by creating new productions within its diverse repertoire, collaborating with leading opera companies and festivals, and attracting the world's foremost Canadian and international artists. The COC performs in its own opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, hailed internationally as one of the finest in the world. Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects, the Four Seasons Centre opened in 2006. For more information on the COC, visit its award-winning website,coc.ca.