{"id":24905,"date":"2015-01-21T15:49:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T20:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=24905"},"modified":"2015-01-22T08:43:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T13:43:53","slug":"the-scoop-hamilton-lands-a-new-opera-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2015\/01\/21\/the-scoop-hamilton-lands-a-new-opera-program\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Hamilton Lands A New Opera Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boris Brott, Opera & Symphony Conductor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

[Updated: January 22, 2015]<\/p>\n

This time last year, Opera Hamilton announced<\/a>\u00a0that due to a lack of funding, it was closing its doors for good. It wasn\u2019t the first time Hamilton has lost an opera company. Opera Hamilton\u2019s predecessor, Opera Ontario, went bankrupt in 2008, and despite moving from Hamilton Place to the Dofasco Theatre \u2014(a smaller venue designed to cut costs) it just wasn\u2019t enough to balance the books.<\/p>\n

And now after a year of wondering what might become of Hamilton\u2019s opera tradition, it seems the wait is over \u2013 at least for now.<\/p>\n

The Brott Music Festival<\/a> is launching a new opera initiative, called Brott Opera, which is set to launch\u00a0this summer between July 12 and 23, in Hamilton, Ontario.\u00a0The program is designed to\u00a0offer singers the\u00a0opportunity to perform in front of an engaged audience and a full orchestra.<\/p>\n

\u201cHamilton deserves a good opera,\u201d said founder\u00a0Boris Brott from his home in downtown Hamilton, \u201c\u2026and it was time to do something to fill that need for the city.”<\/p>\n

Besides his role as Director of one of Canada\u2019s leading Summer music festivals, Brott has had a long association with opera\u2013 \u00a0first in 1977 with the Canadian Opera Company \u00a0conducting Donizetti\u2019s La fille du regiment<\/em>, and later in 1980 as founder of Opera Hamilton. In 2010, he made his Italian opera debut with a production of La Traviata<\/em>, for Teatro Petruzzelli<\/a> in Bari.<\/p>\n

The Brott Opera Program will sit under the umbrella of the Brott Music Festival, which has become one of Canada\u2019s largest annual summer music events. Its success lies with the National Academy Orchestra of Canada, a\u00a0professional orchestral training program that also serves as the festival’s orchestra in residence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year we will bring singers of any age to Hamiton this summer to take on roles in our production of two operas: Rossini\u2019s Il Barbiere Di Siviglia<\/em> and Popera<\/em>. Both will be concert productions with a full symphony.\u201d Brott explained.<\/p>\n

On January 30th<\/sup>, auditions will be held in Toronto, and in Montreal on the following day. Selected applicants will be offered a full stipend, coaching and training experience from some of today\u2019s top industry professionals, and accommodations through the two-week program.<\/p>\n

The program will be led by Boris Brott and program director Taras Kulish<\/a>, who also works as executive director of the McGill Chamber Orchestra, in Montreal, Quebec.<\/p>\n

Brott confessed funding was key to getting things started, but what makes this different from the NAO program, is that students need not be Canadian.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf all goes well, we can ensure Hamilton gets some of it’s opera back. This will be something worthwhile,” Brott\u00a0concluded.<\/p>\n

For more information on Brott Opera, see here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Michael Vincent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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