We could all use some winter wonderland fantasy to temper the weather this holiday season. Just watch out for the Mouse King.

The Canadian Opera Company (COC) has tapped stage director, dramaturg, playwright/librettist, and multi-instrumentalist Julie McIsaac as the inaugural Director/Dramaturg-in-Residence.

The Canada Council has announced the winners of three of the most prestigious arts prizes in the country, each with a cash award of between $7,500 and $50,000.

The inaugural winners of the biannual Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize have been announced.

The principal casting for Etudes by Danish choreographer Harald Lander, Alexei Ratmansky’s Piano Concerto #1 and the company premiere of Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort has been announced.

The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMC) has awarded the 2019 Debbie Fleming Prize for Choral Composition to countertenor, composer and organist Zachary Windus, from Ancaster, Ontario.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has awarded the 2020 class of Emerging Artists, including Canadian Opera Company Ensemble alumni Emily D’Angelo.

“The news came as a complete surprise, and moved me tremendously,” said Hewitt.

The Canadian Opera Company have announced Midori Marsh of Cleveland, Ohio as First Prize and the Audience Choice Award at the Ninth Annual Ensemble Studio Competition of the Canadian Opera Company on October 30, 2019 at the Four Seasons Centre for Performing Arts.

After three years as General Director (GD) of the Vancouver Opera, Kim Gaynor, is stepping down on November 1, 2019.