“Grand River’s Idomeneo is a chance to see greatness and class come out of a young, small opera company that Mozart himself would have delighted in.” Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/grand-river-...

The Artist of the Week is Canadian mezzo-soprano Florence Bourget. She will be singing the role of Tisbe in Rossini’s La Cenerentola with Opéra de Québec from October 21st to November 1st. operacanada.ca/artist-of-th...

Opera Atelier opens a “straightforwardly enjoyable production” of The Magic Flute. Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/opera-atelie...

@canadianopera.bsky.social's Orfeo ed Euridice is "a deeply moving experience." Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/canadian-ope...

The Artist of the Week is Canadian soprano Karine White. She will be singing the role of Papagena in Mozart’s The Magic Flute with Opera Atelier from October 15th to 19th. Read on to find out more.

Canadian bass-baritone Joel Allison takes us to Berlin, Germany, where he has been a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper Berlin since 2020. Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/opera-places...

Canadian soprano Joyce El-Khoury makes her role debut as Hélène in The Sicilian Vespers at the Royal Opera. Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/royal-opera-...

Southern Ontario Lyric Opera opens their season with “a large step forward.” Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/southern-ont...

Canadian Hélène Guilmette sings the title role in Bru Zane’s recording of Psyché by Ambroise Thomas. Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/cd-review-br...

The Artist of the Week is Canadian soprano Catherine St-Arnaud. She will be making her @canadianopera.bsky.social main stage debut singing the role of Amore in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice from October 9th to 25th. Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/artist-of-th...

Canadian singers Robert Pomakov and Leah Gordon starred in Heidenheim Opera Festival’s production of Verdi’s Attila this past summer. The production is available to watch on OperaVision.eu and YouTube until February 15, 2026. Read the review on our website. operacanada.ca/opernfestspi...

@canadianopera.bsky.social opens their 2025/2026 season with Gounod's masterpiece Roméo et Juliette. Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/canadian-ope...

The Artist of the Week is Canadian soprano Kirsten LeBlanc. She will be singing the role of Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Opéra de Montréal from September 27th to October 5th. Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/artist-of-th...

✨Introducing the 2025 Ruby recipients! Jane Archibald, Soprano “I don’t really obsess about technique. I just try to keep my voice relaxed — round, with a shimmer on it.” Opera Canada, fall 2001

Bulgarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Adanya Dunn takes us to Warsaw, Poland, while she is singing the role of Sesto in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito on September 27th and 28th. Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/opera-places...

Season 4, episode 1 of Opera Glasses is now steaming on all major podcast platforms! www.youtube.com/watch?v=p88Q...

The Artist of the Week is Canadian bass-baritone Alex Halliday. He will be singing the role of the Duke, while covering Frère Laurent in the @canadianopera.bsky.social’s production of Roméo et Juliette from September 27th to October 18th. Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/artist-of-th...

✨Announcing the 2025 Ruby Awards!✨ Join us on November 3rd at the Ed & Nancy Jackman Performance Centre to celebrate the best in Canadian opera!

The Artist of the Week is Filipino-Canadian mezzo-soprano Renee Fajardo. She is the executive producer and mezzo soloist of Liham: a digital song cycle. Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/artist-of-th...

Canadian mezzo-soprano Georgia Burashko takes us to São Paulo, Brazil, while she is touring Purcell's The Fairy Queen with Les Arts Florissants. Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/opera-places...

John Gilks reviews Château de Versailles Spectacle’s recording of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Pygmalion and Pierre Iso’s Zémide, featuring Canadian Ema Nikolovska. Read the full review on. Our website. operacanada.ca/cd-review-ch...

The Artist of the Week is Canadian Indigeous mezzo-soprano Michelle Lafferty. This week, Michelle shares her favourite composers, best advice and favourite backstage snack. Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/artist-of-th...

Ammolite Opera's production of Rocking Horse Winner "showed the signs of much care, thought and imagination." Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/ammonite-ope...

Nebula Performances’s La Tragédie de Carmen runs until September 7th. Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/nebula-perfo...

Manitoba Underground Opera presented a compact, gender-bending re-imagining of the nearly 200-year old comic opera Le comte Ory. Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/manitoba-und...

The Artist of the Week is Canadian mezzo-soprano Taryn Plater. She will be singing the title role in La Tragédie de Carmen with Nebula Performances from August 28th to September 7th. Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/artist-of-th...

Highlands Opera Studio presented two talented young casts in The Merry Widow from August 21st to 25th. Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/highlands-op...

San Francisco Opera’s Merola Summer Festival presented an “outstanding performance with propulsive energy” of Le comte Ory that included Canadians Alexa Frankian and Ariana Maubach. Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/san-francisc...

Irène Brisson gives us the rundown of everything Festival d’Opéra de Québec had to offer this summer. Read the full review on our website.

With the conclusion of the summer program on the weekend of July 26th/27th, Joel Ivany marked the end of an era, concluding his 12-year tenure as artistic director of opera at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Read the full article on our website.

Festival d’opéra de Québec’s Carmen “focused on the characters and the love triangle.” Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/festival-dop...

Toronto Summer Music presented an emotionally galvanizing Toronto debut of Brian Current and Marie Clement's Missing on July 24th. Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/toronto-summ...

Opera York kicks off the summer with H.M.S. Pinafore! Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/opera-york-h...

Brott Opera presented Carmen on July 17th. Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/brott-opera-...

Congratulation to Canadian soprano Lauren Margison who received both First Place and the Audience Prize at the recent Elizabeth Connell Prize: International Singing Competition, held in London in early June. operacanada.ca/canadian-sop...

Canadian singers shine at Longborough Festival Opera. Read reviews of Il barbière di Siviglia and Pelléas et Mélisande on our website. operacanada.ca/longborough-...

Italian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Simona Genga takes us to Santa Fe, where they are one of the 2025 Apprentice Singers at Santa Fe Opera. Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/opera-places...

Opera Glasses season 3, episode 7 is streaming now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rA2...

Silence, a new commission from Nuova Vocal Arts, is a “theatrically satisfying addition to new Canadian opera repertoire.” Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/nuova-vocals...

The Artist of the Week is Canadian soprano Odéi Bilodeau. She will be singing the role of Frasquita in Bizet's Carmen at Festival d'opéra de Québec. Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/artist-of-th...

Toronto City Opera's The Tender Land is "something special." Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/toronto-city...

Opera 5 presented "a cornerstone world premiere" of Come Closer. Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/opera-5-come...

The Artist of the Week is Canadian soprano Emily Rocha. She will be singing the role of Laurie Moss in Toronto City Opera‘s production of The Tender Land from June 18th to 22nd.Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/artist-of-th...

Canadian tenor Josh Lovell takes us to Atlanta, where he is singing the role of Jupiter/Apollo in Handel’s Semele with The Atlanta Opera from June 7th to 15th. Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/opera-places...

🥇The finals of Concours musical international de Montréal were on June 6th. Read the review on our website! operacanada.ca/concours-mus...

Edmonton Opera's "unadulterated, if, abridged" Die Walküre runs until June 13th. Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/edmonton-ope...

The Artist of the Week is Canadian soprano Rachel Krehm. She will be singing the role of Big Sister in Opera 5's world premiere of Come Closer from June 13th to 21st. Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/artist-of-th...

This weekend, City Opera Vancouver presented the Canadian premiere of Sophia’s Forest, a one-hour chamber opera with libretto by Canadian Hannah Moscovitch and music by Estonian-American composer Lembit Beecher. Read the full review on our website. operacanada.ca/city-opera-v...

The Artist of the Week is Canadian soprano Jaclyn Grossman. She will be singing the role of Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Die Walküre at Edmonton Opera from June 5th to 13th. Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/artist-of-th...

Canadian bass-baritone Dominic Veilleux takes us to Ireland, where he is singing the role of Bottom in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Nights Dream at the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival from May 27th to June 2nd.Read on to find out more. operacanada.ca/opera-places...