eOPERA

August 2019

Our summer campers have been busy crafting new sets, costumes, and music for their operas, General Director Alexander Neef shared some big career news, and we’re all getting ready to kick off our enchanting 2019/2020 season next month. Yes, it’s hard to believe, but our fall of dark fairytales (Puccini’s Turandot and Dvořák’s Rusalka) will be here before you know it.

And as an eOpera subscriber, you get early access to single tickets for all six operas on Friday, August 23. Watch your inbox then for your exclusive pre-sale link!

Check out the below for more on what the COC has been up to this summer.

Circle of Artists: Cole Alvis

Over the next several months, we’ll be introducing you to our Circle of Artists, an innovative, collaborative advisory body that’s shaping the COC’s commitments to Indigenous communities.

This month we’re spotlighting Cole Alvis, who you might already recognize from our 2017 production of Louis Riel.

Opera trailblazers in the COC Academy

For the past three years, we’ve hosted Against the Grain Theatre as our Company-in-Residence in the COC Academy, providing everything from rehearsal space to mentorship opportunities to empower this up-and-coming company to reach their full potential.

Check out how they’ve grown from a group of friends looking to shake up the traditional classical repertoire into a must-see opera company.

Digital Stage: Shaping the future of the arts

The COC is working with The National Ballet of Canada and Sheridan College’s Screen Industries Research and Training Centre to shape the digital future of the performing arts sector.

Get a sneak preview of what we’re working on with the Digital Stage project.

Hansel & Gretel: The sweetest music

That’s mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh and soprano Anna-Sophie Neher performing “An Evening Prayer” from Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel.

Treat yourself to an early sample of this enchanting holiday tradition – coming to our stage February 2020.

ICYMI: The world premiere of On the Mend

156 lines of dialogue, 30 costumes, 24 cast members, five original songs, and one world premiere – it’s all in a week’s work for the COC’s Summer Opera Camps Junior Company.

In the campers’ own words, read about their whirlwind creative journey in our latest edition of NOTES.

In the Community

This is Prophetic!

Against the Grain and University of Toronto Opera present an evening of contemporary opera scenes staged by Michael Albano and Joel Ivany. A political treat performed by this year's roster of Summer Modern Intensive singers.

August 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $20 - $27

MacMillan Theatre, Edward Johnson Building, University of Toronto

80 Queens Park, Toronto, M5S 2C5

647-367-8943

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Photo credits: Scotiabank Summer Opera Camps, July (2016), photo: COC; Cole Alvis (2019); Justin Welsh (foreground) and Miriam Khalil (background) in Against the Grain Theatre's production of Bound v. 1 (2017), photo: Darryl Block; Sheridan College’s Screen Industries Research and Training Centre (2019), photo: COC