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This brand-new production from Sir David McVicar, starring COC favourites Quinn Kelsey and Sondra Radvanovsky, is the must-see work of the season.

Soprano Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 and longtime collaborator and pianist David Eliakis lead an all-Canadian program that includes some of Canada’s most exciting up-and-coming singers and pianists, in a celebratory mixed program.

This brand-new production from Sir David McVicar, starring COC favourites Quinn Kelsey and Sondra Radvanovsky, is the must-see work of the season.

Turkish Bass Önay Köse recently left Berlin's famed Komische Oper, where he performed a variety of roles, including the Nightwatchman in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Current projects include the artist’s debuts with the Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg as Jorg in Stiffelio and with the Grand-Théâtre de Luxembourg as Sparafucile in Rigoletto, while Canadian audiences will be able to see his springtime performance as Banquo in the COC's production of Verdi’s Macbeth. For his Free Concert Series Recital, Köse…

AtG’s Opera Pubs are improvised, wild nights that offer up your favourite operatic arias and ensembles, performed by both established and emerging opera talent.

When Rome’s corrupt police chief becomes obsessed with opera singer Floria Tosca, he imprisons her lover Cavaradossi and issues a terrible ultimatum: submit to his desires or watch her beloved die.

This brand-new production from Sir David McVicar, starring COC favourites Quinn Kelsey and Sondra Radvanovsky, is the must-see work of the season.

When Rome’s corrupt police chief becomes obsessed with opera singer Floria Tosca, he imprisons her lover Cavaradossi and issues a terrible ultimatum: submit to his desires or watch her beloved die.

When Rome’s corrupt police chief becomes obsessed with opera singer Floria Tosca, he imprisons her lover Cavaradossi and issues a terrible ultimatum: submit to his desires or watch her beloved die.

This brand-new production from Sir David McVicar, starring COC favourites Quinn Kelsey and Sondra Radvanovsky, is the must-see work of the season.

When Rome’s corrupt police chief becomes obsessed with opera singer Floria Tosca, he imprisons her lover Cavaradossi and issues a terrible ultimatum: submit to his desires or watch her beloved die.

This brand-new production from Sir David McVicar, starring COC favourites Quinn Kelsey and Sondra Radvanovsky, is the must-see work of the season.

This brand-new production from Sir David McVicar, starring COC favourites Quinn Kelsey and Sondra Radvanovsky, is the must-see work of the season.

When Rome’s corrupt police chief becomes obsessed with opera singer Floria Tosca, he imprisons her lover Cavaradossi and issues a terrible ultimatum: submit to his desires or watch her beloved die.

This brand-new production from Sir David McVicar, starring COC favourites Quinn Kelsey and Sondra Radvanovsky, is the must-see work of the season.

When Rome’s corrupt police chief becomes obsessed with opera singer Floria Tosca, he imprisons her lover Cavaradossi and issues a terrible ultimatum: submit to his desires or watch her beloved die.

When Rome’s corrupt police chief becomes obsessed with opera singer Floria Tosca, he imprisons her lover Cavaradossi and issues a terrible ultimatum: submit to his desires or watch her beloved die.

When Rome’s corrupt police chief becomes obsessed with opera singer Floria Tosca, he imprisons her lover Cavaradossi and issues a terrible ultimatum: submit to his desires or watch her beloved die.

A fateful trip to Pompeii’s ruins ignites the fantasies of two young women, Suzie and Cass. The pair is transported from 1977 to 79 AD, where sexual freedom can be found in the looming shadow of Mount Vesuvius—but not for long.

A fateful trip to Pompeii’s ruins ignites the fantasies of two young women, Suzie and Cass. The pair is transported from 1977 to 79 AD, where sexual freedom can be found in the looming shadow of Mount Vesuvius—but not for long.

A fateful trip to Pompeii’s ruins ignites the fantasies of two young women, Suzie and Cass. The pair is transported from 1977 to 79 AD, where sexual freedom can be found in the looming shadow of Mount Vesuvius—but not for long.

A beautiful new opera performed on Toronto’s waterfront celebrating the origin of Dragon Boat racing.

A beautiful new opera performed on Toronto’s waterfront celebrating the origin of Dragon Boat racing.

A beautiful new opera performed on Toronto’s waterfront celebrating the origin of Dragon Boat racing.

A beautiful new opera performed on Toronto’s waterfront celebrating the origin of Dragon Boat racing.

Described as “emotionally vulnerable and vocally daring” (The New York Times) Sondra Radvanovsky has conquered the greatest opera houses of the world, including frequent performances at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, the Canadian Opera Company, Teatro alla Scala, and the Opernhaus Zürich.

An evening of love and laughter from the operas of Handel, Mozart, Verdi, Rossini, and Richard Strauss.

Canadian tenor Matthew Cairns is quickly making a name for himself as one of the most promising dramatic voices of his generation.

Beethoven’s only opera follows the story of Leonore, a woman who disguises herself as a man to go undercover into the very prison where she suspects her husband is being held as a political prisoner.

Beethoven’s only opera follows the story of Leonore, a woman who disguises herself as a man to go undercover into the very prison where she suspects her husband is being held as a political prisoner.

From a cold but charming apartment in the Latin Quarter to the bustling street scenes at the Café Momus, we follow the poet Rodolfo and his seamstress neighbour Mimì, struggling artists searching for love and life in Bohemian Paris.

Beethoven’s only opera follows the story of Leonore, a woman who disguises herself as a man to go undercover into the very prison where she suspects her husband is being held as a political prisoner.

From a cold but charming apartment in the Latin Quarter to the bustling street scenes at the Café Momus, we follow the poet Rodolfo and his seamstress neighbour Mimì, struggling artists searching for love and life in Bohemian Paris.

From a cold but charming apartment in the Latin Quarter to the bustling street scenes at the Café Momus, we follow the poet Rodolfo and his seamstress neighbour Mimì, struggling artists searching for love and life in Bohemian Paris.

Beethoven’s only opera follows the story of Leonore, a woman who disguises herself as a man to go undercover into the very prison where she suspects her husband is being held as a political prisoner.

From a cold but charming apartment in the Latin Quarter to the bustling street scenes at the Café Momus, we follow the poet Rodolfo and his seamstress neighbour Mimì, struggling artists searching for love and life in Bohemian Paris.

Beethoven’s only opera follows the story of Leonore, a woman who disguises herself as a man to go undercover into the very prison where she suspects her husband is being held as a political prisoner.

Beethoven’s only opera follows the story of Leonore, a woman who disguises herself as a man to go undercover into the very prison where she suspects her husband is being held as a political prisoner.

From a cold but charming apartment in the Latin Quarter to the bustling street scenes at the Café Momus, we follow the poet Rodolfo and his seamstress neighbour Mimì, struggling artists searching for love and life in Bohemian Paris.

Beethoven’s only opera follows the story of Leonore, a woman who disguises herself as a man to go undercover into the very prison where she suspects her husband is being held as a political prisoner.

From a cold but charming apartment in the Latin Quarter to the bustling street scenes at the Café Momus, we follow the poet Rodolfo and his seamstress neighbour Mimì, struggling artists searching for love and life in Bohemian Paris.

From a cold but charming apartment in the Latin Quarter to the bustling street scenes at the Café Momus, we follow the poet Rodolfo and his seamstress neighbour Mimì, struggling artists searching for love and life in Bohemian Paris.

Experience the thrilling power of the human voice and the potential genesis of stardom, as a new generation of brilliant singers compete in the final round of auditions for the Ensemble Studio, Canada’s leading career development program for emerging opera artists.

From a cold but charming apartment in the Latin Quarter to the bustling street scenes at the Café Momus, we follow the poet Rodolfo and his seamstress neighbour Mimì, struggling artists searching for love and life in Bohemian Paris.

Students from The Glenn Gould School’s vocal program will present five short and mostly comic works with a common, distinctly quirky Canadian sensibility, all commissioned and premiered by Toronto’s Tapestry Opera between 2002 and 2009.

Students from The Glenn Gould School’s vocal program will present five short and mostly comic works with a common, distinctly quirky Canadian sensibility, all commissioned and premiered by Toronto’s Tapestry Opera between 2002 and 2009.

Leoš Janáček’s fairy tale opera The Cunning Little Vixen returns to the Canadian Opera Company after a two decade hiatus.

Leoš Janáček’s fairy tale opera The Cunning Little Vixen returns to the Canadian Opera Company after a two decade hiatus.

Mozart's masterpiece gets a striking presentation under Danish director Kaspar Holten, with gorgeous sets and video projections that plunge audiences into the atmospheric and glamorous world of the titular playboy.

Leoš Janáček’s fairy tale opera The Cunning Little Vixen returns to the Canadian Opera Company after a two decade hiatus.

Mozart's masterpiece gets a striking presentation under Danish director Kaspar Holten, with gorgeous sets and video projections that plunge audiences into the atmospheric and glamorous world of the titular playboy.

Mozart's masterpiece gets a striking presentation under Danish director Kaspar Holten, with gorgeous sets and video projections that plunge audiences into the atmospheric and glamorous world of the titular playboy.

Leoš Janáček’s fairy tale opera The Cunning Little Vixen returns to the Canadian Opera Company after a two decade hiatus.

Mozart's masterpiece gets a striking presentation under Danish director Kaspar Holten, with gorgeous sets and video projections that plunge audiences into the atmospheric and glamorous world of the titular playboy.

Leoš Janáček’s fairy tale opera The Cunning Little Vixen returns to the Canadian Opera Company after a two decade hiatus.

Leoš Janáček’s fairy tale opera The Cunning Little Vixen returns to the Canadian Opera Company after a two decade hiatus.

Mozart's masterpiece gets a striking presentation under Danish director Kaspar Holten, with gorgeous sets and video projections that plunge audiences into the atmospheric and glamorous world of the titular playboy.

Leoš Janáček’s fairy tale opera The Cunning Little Vixen returns to the Canadian Opera Company after a two decade hiatus.

Mozart's masterpiece gets a striking presentation under Danish director Kaspar Holten, with gorgeous sets and video projections that plunge audiences into the atmospheric and glamorous world of the titular playboy.

Rarely performed in Toronto, Susannah by Carlisle Floyd  is the second most popular American opera after Porgy and Bess, with a gorgeously tuneful score rooted in American folk melodies and hymns. It tells the story of a young woman, a pastor who becomes obsessed with her, and the oppression of mob rule. It's a dramatic story that resonated at its premiere in the McCarthy-era US, as it continues to do today. Fully staged performances with piano accompaniment. Susannah will be sung…

Rarely performed in Toronto, Susannah by Carlisle Floyd  is the second most popular American opera after Porgy and Bess, with a gorgeously tuneful score rooted in American folk melodies and hymns. It tells the story of a young woman, a pastor who becomes obsessed with her, and the oppression of mob rule. It's a dramatic story that resonated at its premiere in the McCarthy-era US, as it continues to do today. Fully staged performances with piano accompaniment. Susannah will be sung…

Mozart's masterpiece gets a striking presentation under Danish director Kaspar Holten, with gorgeous sets and video projections that plunge audiences into the atmospheric and glamorous world of the titular playboy.

Rarely performed in Toronto, Susannah by Carlisle Floyd  is the second most popular American opera after Porgy and Bess, with a gorgeously tuneful score rooted in American folk melodies and hymns. It tells the story of a young woman, a pastor who becomes obsessed with her, and the oppression of mob rule. It's a dramatic story that resonated at its premiere in the McCarthy-era US, as it continues to do today. Fully staged performances with piano accompaniment. Susannah will be sung…

Students from The Glenn Gould School’s vocal program present their fully staged annual opera in Koerner Hall, conducted by Nicholas Ellis, Principal Guest Conductor for Les Violins du Roy, and directed by Stephen Carr.

Students from The Glenn Gould School’s vocal program present their fully staged annual opera in Koerner Hall, conducted by Nicholas Ellis, Principal Guest Conductor for Les Violins du Roy, and directed by Stephen Carr.