{"id":66409,"date":"2020-02-11T09:17:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T14:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=66409"},"modified":"2020-02-11T09:17:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T14:17:37","slug":"scoop-canadian-opera-company-2020-21-season-opens-big-parsifal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/02\/11\/scoop-canadian-opera-company-2020-21-season-opens-big-parsifal\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Canadian Opera Company 2020-21 Season Opens Big With Parsifal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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COC 2020-21 Season creative (Photo : BT\/A Advertising)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Canadian Opera Company (COC), has unveiled their\u00a02020\u201321 season<\/strong>\u00a0featuring six mainstage productions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The biggest takeaway is the COC\u2019s September production of Richard Wagner\u2019s\u00a0Parsifal<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0with star director\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois Girard<\/strong>\u00a0and set designer\u00a0Michael Levine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Parsifal<\/em>\u2019s behemoth scope (and length!) has made this opera out-of-reach for most mid-size companies, but the COC are rising to the occasion by doubling the typical core cast to 100 artists. This will be the first fully staged\u00a0Parsifal in COC history.<\/p>\n

The COC is also launching\u00a0Vox<\/strong>, a new membership program tailored to those under 40 seeking exclusive post-performance parties.<\/p>\n

The 2020-21 season marks General Director\u00a0Alexander Neef<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a013th and final season with the COC before leaving for the Paris Opera next year. A historical production of Parsifal<\/em> in Canada is especially meaningful for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cMounting the first Parsifal<\/em> in Canadian Opera Company history has been a journey all its own,\u201d Neef said in a press release statement. \u201cTo stage a production of this magnitude, dreamed into reality by the creative giants of our industry, says so much about the strength of Canadian opera. Parsifal<\/em> was a goal that we set as a community of opera lovers and it brings me immense pride to know that what we\u2019ve accomplished already is a direct result of the overwhelming and continued support of our passionate supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Christian Van Horn as Escamillo (centre) and Sasha Djihanian as Frasquita (right, at table) in the Canadian Opera Company production of Carmen, 2016, photo: Michael Cooper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The remainder of the season includes five other warhorses with some novel spins.<\/p>\n

Claus Guth\u2019s 2016 production Mozart\u2019s\u00a0The Marriage of Figaro<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0opens October 20\u00a0with Toronto favourites\u00a0Russell Braun<\/strong>\u00a0as the count and\u00a0mezzo-soprano\u00a0Emily D\u2019Angelo<\/strong>\u00a0as Cherubino.<\/p>\n

Against the Grain Theatre founder\u00a0Joel Ivany\u00a0<\/strong>will return to the COC on January 23 for Bizet\u2019s Carmen<\/strong><\/em> set in the 1940s Cuba with\u00a0J\u2019nai Bridges\u00a0<\/strong>in the title role. His kid-friendly urban\u00a0Hansel and Gretel\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/span>is running now.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also Janacek\u2019s\u00a0Katya Kabanova<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(February 6), which hasn\u2019t been seen in Toronto since the nearly 1990s. The new production is by theatre director David Alden<\/strong>, so you can expect some tension on stage. It will include American soprano Amanda Majeski in her COC debut.<\/p>\n

Verdi\u2019s crowd-pleasing\u00a0La Traviata<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>returns on April 17 with soprano superstar\u00a0Sondra Radvanovsky<\/strong>\u00a0singing Violetta. Canadian baritone\u00a0James Westman\u00a0<\/strong>will play Baron Duphol.<\/p>\n

Ending out the season is a spring-time production of\u00a0Orfeo ed Euridice<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0by Gluck starting May 1, and will star\u00a0Iestyn Davies<\/strong>\u00a0for his COC debut and Anna-Sophie Neher as Euridice.\u00a0Neher<\/strong>\u00a0has previously appeared in a number of COC productions, including Rusalka<\/em>\u00a0in 2019 and the world premiere of Rufus Wainwright\u2019s\u00a0Hadrian<\/em>\u00a0in 2018<\/p>\n

Subscriptions are on sale now at coc.ca<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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