The Canadian Opera Company has unveiled its 2026/2027 season, featuring a Canadian world premiere, two new-to-Toronto productions on its mainstage at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, and an additional new work from Opera 5, the COC’s Company-in-Residence, to be performed at the Canadian Opera Company Theatre.
The Canadian Opera Company's prestigious Ensemble Studio has invited two of the country's most talented sopranos to join its resident artists for a 46th season of highly specialized professional career development.
The Canadian Opera Company’s Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre will return this fall with 70 performances. See the full lineup here and learn more!
Audiences are invited on an odyssey into the mystery and splendour of Blindness in this multidisciplinary world premiere by Outside the March Theatre in co-production with The National Ballet of Canada and Peripheral Theatre. Learn more!
The Canadian Opera Company will welcome Opera 5 as its newest Company-in-Residence. COC is able to offer support and industry guidance to local opera companies, helping to ensure a flourishing environment for the art form to evolve. Learn more!
The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) has announced that the 45th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards will be held on Monday, June 30 at Toronto's Meridian Hall. The show will be hosted by one of Canadian theatre's busiest and beloved actors, Peter Fernandes.
The Canadian Opera Company's Ensemble Studio for artistic career development has invited five of the country's most talented artists to join next season, marking the 45th anniversary of the COC's innovative program for singers and pianists.
Jean-Philippe Sylvestre announced his return with a musical journey blending New York jazz and 19th-century Romanticism. Discover the details of his upcoming performances and what to expect from this fusion.
The Canadian Opera Company's free concert series will return in September, featuring a diverse lineup of classic and genre-bending performances.
The Canadian Opera Company welcomes three emerging Canadian artists who will join the company’s highly specialized development program for Canadian opera professionals in the 2024/2025 season.
Get ready for the return of COC's highly anticipated Free Concert Series, featuring thrilling musical collaborations. Find out the dates and locations for this must-see event.
The COC Ensemble Studio welcomes four rising artists starting in the company's 2023/2024 season: soprano Karoline Podolak, tenor Wesley Harrison, baritone Korin Thomas-Smith, and pianist Mattia Senesi. The four officially join the highly specialized development program for Canadian opera professionals this August, alongside returning sopranos Ariane Cossette and Charlotte Siegel, mezzo-sopranos Alex Hetherington and Queen Hezumuryango, and pianist Brian Cho.
The National Ballet of Canada has announced this season’s lineup of Cannon Dolls for The Nutcracker. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, star of Netflix’s Never Have I Ever and Disney’s Turning Red, will make her debut as a Cannon Doll on the opening night of The Nutcracker, December 10 at 7:00 pm.
Canadian Opera Company's 2021/2022 season was marked by sold-out shows, an average mainstage attendance capacity of 94%, and impressive growth in the company's online community as reported yesterday by COC Board Chair Jonathan Morgan and COC General Director Perryn Leech.
Following a successful first season of supporting local artists with invaluable performance opportunities, the Canadian Opera Company has announced the return of The Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre: City Sessions. Beginning November 22, 2022 and running through June 2023, one concert will be released every month, showcasing a new artist or ensemble filmed in the COC's breathtaking, city-facing performance space.
Following his success at the Berlin Philharmonie, pianist Jean-Philippe Sylvestre returns to Quebec this fall for two thrilling concerts: Montréal's Maison symphonique and Quebec City's Salle Raoul-Jobin.
At a press conference held at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 235 nominations for the 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which recognize excellence in professional theatre, dance and opera in Toronto.
The Canadian Opera Company's Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, returns to live performances for the first time in three seasons on September 20, 2022. The company's 15th season as Toronto's go-to venue for diverse cultural programming features 70 concerts, from September to June, that showcase global and local artists across a variety of genres and disciplines.
The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) has announced the 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards will be held at the legendary Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre (EWGTC) in Toronto on Monday, September 19, 2022.
The Canadian Opera Company has announced the Showcase Series, a new slate of programming that spotlights a variety of cultural identities through curating performance opportunities that comprise Toronto's unique cultural landscape.
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