{"id":56597,"date":"2018-10-29T08:12:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T12:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=56597"},"modified":"2018-10-29T08:12:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T12:12:34","slug":"canadian-opera-company-centre-stage","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/event\/canadian-opera-company-centre-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Opera Company | Centre Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drama, decadence, and grandeur \u2013 experience\u00a0<em>A Night at the Opera<\/em>\u00a0with the Canadian Opera Company, as we celebrate a powerful and transformative evening of the art form like never before. In its sixth year as the premier fundraiser for the Canadian Opera Company, Centre Stage guests will mingle with emerging opera stars and notable COC artists at the glittering Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.<\/p>\n<p>The main event is the Ensemble Studio Competition, an exhilarating vocal showcase of singers who are vying for cash prizes while aspiring to secure an invitation to the COC Ensemble Studio, Canada\u2019s leading training program for young opera professionals. Finalists from across the country perform from the\u00a0mainstage, accompanied by the internationally acclaimed COC Orchestra conducted by COC Music Director Johannes Debus\u2014an extraordinary atmosphere for both spectators and artists.<\/p>\n<p>Eight lucky singers compete for a chance to enter the prestigious Ensemble Studio training program.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The 2018 Centre Stage finalists are:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tenor\u00a0<em>Matthew Cairns<\/em>\u00a0of St. Catharines, ON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Soprano\u00a0<em>Vanessa Croome<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>of Nanaimo, BC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bass-baritone\u00a0<em>Aaron Dimoff<\/em>\u00a0of Owen Sound, ON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bass-baritone\u00a0<em>Vartan Gabrielian<\/em>\u00a0of Toronto, ON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tenor\u00a0<em>Rocco Rupolo<\/em>\u00a0of Toronto, ON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mezzo-soprano\u00a0<em>Jamie Groote<\/em>\u00a0of Oakville, ON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Soprano\u00a0<em>Andrea Lett<\/em>\u00a0of Prince Albert, SK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Soprano\u00a0<em>Noelle Slaney<\/em>\u00a0of Centerville, NL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nTo purchase tickets to the Ensemble Studio competition only (includes open bar, reception, and competition), please visit the link below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button alt\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/my.coc.ca\/single\/SYOS.aspx?p=1284\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drama, decadence, and grandeur \u2013 experience\u00a0A Night at the Opera\u00a0with the Canadian Opera Company, as we celebrate a powerful and transformative evening of the art form like never before. In its sixth year as the premier fundraiser for the Canadian Opera Company, Centre Stage guests will mingle with emerging opera stars and notable COC artists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[5771,4992,5050],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/56597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/56597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56599,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/56597\/revisions\/56599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56597"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=56597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}