{"id":71283,"date":"2021-06-07T17:58:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T21:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=71283"},"modified":"2021-06-07T17:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T21:58:40","slug":"scoop-canadian-opera-company-releases-video-message-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/06\/07\/scoop-canadian-opera-company-releases-video-message-next-season\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Canadian Opera Company Releases Video Message For Next Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/06\/COC-2021.jpg\" alt=\"COC-2021\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Opera Company has released a video trailer announcing their eventual return to the stage next season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For more than a year, our opera house has been dark. But you&#8217;ve stood by us and our artistic community. To thank you, we are planning a season like no other\u2026&#8221; reads a narrator in a deep baritone voice.<\/p>\n<p>The video marks the first time we\u2019ve heard from the COC in almost 18 months, and a possible end in sight for the organisation that has been waiting for venues to reopen safely since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QlKJpWupB_A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Here&#8217;s what we know so far:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The COC will announce its 2021\u201322 season in August 2021.<\/li>\n<li>They will be opening in three stages<\/li>\n<li>All events between September and December 2021 will be free online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>In case you missed it:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>After initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/06\/12\/scoop-cocs-alexander-neef-responds-rumors-early-departure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denying rumours<\/a> he was leaving early, COC&#8217;s General Director Alexander Neef, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/08\/26\/scoop-canadian-opera-companys-alexander-neef-start-head-paris-opera-september\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abruptly left<\/a> to begin his tenure at the Paris Opera one year early.<\/li>\n<li>In October 2020, the COC announced they would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/10\/06\/the-scoop-canadian-opera-company-cancels-all-remaining-productions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancelling all productions<\/a> for the 2020-21 season due to the pandemic.<\/li>\n<li>In November 2020, the COC named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/11\/30\/scoop-canadian-opera-company-names-new-general-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perryn Leech<\/a> as Incoming General Director.<\/li>\n<li>Ludwig Van&#8217;s analysis of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/11\/02\/the-scoop-canadian-opera-company-issues-annual-report-showing-early-impact-of-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COC annual report<\/a> showed that the COC lost of one-third of their revenue due to the pandemic.<\/li>\n<li>The COC&#8217;s home at Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Centre as well as the satellite venue at Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/02\/18\/scoop-four-seasons-centre-receive-retrofit-livestreaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received over $600,000<\/a> towards purchasing and installing the technology to enable digital recording and livestreaming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian Opera Company has released a video trailer announcing their eventual return to the stage next 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