{"id":13761,"date":"2024-06-17T23:19:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T23:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=13761"},"modified":"2024-06-24T18:00:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T18:00:02","slug":"opera-shock-canadian-opera-companys-general-director-departs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2024\/06\/17\/opera-shock-canadian-opera-companys-general-director-departs\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera Shock: Canadian Opera Company&#8217;s General Director Departs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13762\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/06\/COCPerryn-Leech-.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"678\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Big news from the Canadian Opera Company (COC) as General Director Perryn Leech unexpectedly steps down, effective immediately. The announcement, made by COC Board Chair Jonathan Morgan, leaves David C. Ferguson, former COC Board President, stepping in as interim GD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ferguson, an opera aficionado with a robust finance background, brings a wealth of experience from his tenure as Executive Managing Director and CFO of BMO Capital Markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leech, who joined COC in 2021 amid pandemic uncertainties, previously led Houston Grand Opera, marking a 40-year career in opera. His sudden exit follows financial concerns highlighted by the postponement of an upcoming production and the decision to mount Houston Grand Opera\u2019s Madama Butterfly instead of an original work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">COC\u2019s Morgan expressed gratitude for Leech\u2019s contributions, assuring a continued commitment to artistic excellence during this transitional period. Stay tuned as this story unfolds.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big news from the Canadian Opera Company (COC) as General Director Perryn Leech unexpectedly steps down, effective immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[360,2,3,80],"tags":[439,440],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/06\/COCPerryn-Leech-.gif","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13761"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13826,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13761\/revisions\/13826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13761"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=13761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}