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With the limited options for presenting in-person opera during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company<\/strong> has announced plans to temporarily pivot away from live events with a mostly digital season.<\/p>\n The COC\u2019s Fall 2020 season programming will span three categories:<\/p>\n 1.) From the Opera House<\/strong> will include online broadcasts of past performances from the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts available online for a limited time.<\/p>\n Late-September will feature a rebroadcast Songs of Hope: From Our Homes to Yours<\/strong>, an event recorded last spring with the 2020 COC Ensemble Studio members.<\/p>\n Audiences will be able to see COC\u2019s Free Concert Series<\/strong> revived over a three-days from Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre with performances from a wide range of styles and genres.<\/p>\n 2.) COC in Conversation<\/strong> will begin in October with MusicMindBody, a panel discussion led by Music therapist Dr. SarahRose Black<\/strong> and COC Music Director Johannes Debus<\/strong> exploring music\u2019s impact on our minds and bodies.<\/p>\n The COC will also launch Key Change<\/strong>, a new interview-based podcast exploring the experience of attending operas. The podcast will be co-hosted by Robyn Grant-Moran<\/strong> (a member of the COC\u2019s Indigenous Circle of Artists) and Julie McIsaac<\/strong> (COC Director\/Dramaturg-in-Residence).<\/p>\n 3.) Opera for Toronto<\/strong> will centre on presenting local pop-up concerts, including a new partnership with the Art Gallery of Ontario in January 2021 with Artists of the COC Ensemble Studio performing live socially distanced performances in the gallery space.<\/p>\n The COC stated the pivot to a digital format is temporary, and that they are actively preparing for a return to in-person productions as soon as possible.<\/p>\n Four mainstage productions are tentatively scheduled for Winter and Spring 2021: Georges Bizet Carmen<\/em><\/a><\/span> (January 23 \u2013 February 19, 2021), Leo\u0161 Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s Katya Kabanova<\/em><\/a><\/span> (February 6 \u2013 20, 2021), Giuseppe Verdi\u2019s La Traviata<\/em><\/a><\/span> (April 17 \u2013 May 14), and Christoph Willibald Gluck\u2019s Orfeo ed Euridice<\/em><\/a><\/span> (May 1- 15).<\/p>\n The fall 2020 season announcement follows the news<\/a><\/span> late August that COC General Director Alexander Neef<\/strong> has left Toronto to begin his new role as head of Op\u00e9ra national de Paris<\/strong> one year early. He will continue to lead the COC in a dual capacity until a new leader can be found.<\/p>\n#LUDWIGVAN<\/em><\/h3>\n