Canadian Opera Company Presents SOLO SPOTLIGHTS WITH THE COC ORCHESTRA
The series runs from December 15, 2020 - January 26, 2021.
The COC Orchestra takes centre stage in this illuminating video series, Solo Spotlights with the COC Orchestra, hosted by Music Director Johannes Debus. Each episode features Debus in conversation with a member of the orchestra as they share candid anecdotes and special musical demonstrations. The series runs from December 15, 2020 - January 26, 2021, with new episodes released every other week.
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December 15, 2020 |
COC Concertmaster Marie Bérard demonstrates her favourite violin solo from Act III of Verdi's tragic love story, La Traviata. |
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December 29, 2020 |
COC Orchestra Principal Clarinetist Dominic Desautels performs the opening clarinet melody from "E lucevan le stelle," the famous romantic aria from the final, tragic act of Puccini's Tosca. |
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January 12, 2021 |
In a series of excerpts from Britten's 20th-century masterpiece, Peter Grimes, COC Orchestra flautist Shelley Brown demonstrates the atmospheric textures the piccolo brings to the score. |
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January 26, 2021 |
COC Orchestra Principal Horn player Scott Wevers performs a solo rendition of "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante," Micaëla's pining aria from Bizet's renowned audience favourite, Carmen. |
Admission: FREE. Episodes will be available at coc.ca/SoloSpotlights.
Videos
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Grand Soft Day Young People's Theatre (4/24-5/02) |
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Death of a Salesman Stratford Festival (5/05-10/24) PHOTOS |
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Menopause The Musical Thunder Bay Community Auditorium (10/09-10/09) |
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Matilda - Opening Night - Worms BNZ Theatre (6/27-6/27) |
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887 - Ex Machine / Robert Lepage The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres (12/10-12/13) |
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Matilda - Maggots BNZ Theatre (6/28-7/04) |
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Bryan Adams Sudbury Arena (8/31-8/31) |
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Elephant Song Aki Studio, Native Earth Performing Arts (6/10-6/14) |
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Good Kid – Band Danforth Music Hall Theatre, (5/21-5/21) |
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MAD HOT BALLET: Reverie Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (6/02-6/02) |
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