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Sep 22, 2009; Gooding, Wayne ... You can trace the story of opera in Canada back to the later 18th century at a stretch, though the art form didn't really begin to thrive here until touring companies and artists started to include Canadian cities on their itineraries around the middle of the 19th. The history of the ...
Robert Lepage was promoted to companion of the.(Awards and Honors)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Robert Lepage was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada on Jul. 1, cited for his international contributions to the performing arts, particularly in film, theatre and opera, as actor, producer and director. Lepage directs Stravinsky's The ...
Irving Guttman, a founding father as.(Awards and Honors)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Irving Guttman, a founding father as artistic director of opera companies in Vancouver, Edmonton and Winnipeg, received an honorary degree from the University of British Columbia in May in ...
William and Shirley Loewen received the Winnipeg.(Awards and Honors)
Sep 22, 2009; ... William and Shirley Loewen received the Winnipeg Arts Council's Arts Champion Award, which honors individuals or a business patron who has demonstrated sustained support to the arts ...
In opera and music theatre, 2009.(Awards and Honors)(Opera review)
Sep 22, 2009; ... In opera and music theatre, 2009 Dora Mavor Moore Awards went to: Sanctuary Song by composer Abigail Richardson and librettist Marjorie Chan, produced by Tapestry and Theatre Direct in partnership with Luminato (Outstanding New Musical/Opera, General Theatre Division); Anne Manson ...
Andre Bourbeau, Chairman of Jeunesses Musicales.(Awards and Honors)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Andre Bourbeau, Chairman of Jeunesses Musicales of Canada and President and co-founder of the Montreal International Musical Competition, has been appointed Chevalier of the Ordre national du Quebec. After ...
Tenor Michael Schade is Artistic.(Competitions)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Tenor Michael Schade is Artistic Director of the inaugural Stella Maris International Vocal Competion, jointly founded by the Hauck & Aufhauser Culture Foundation and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. This competition brings together eight up-and-coming singers representing the young-artist programs of ...
Roberto Mauro joined the Canadian.(Company News)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Opera Company as Artistic Administrator Jul. 20. He brings considerable experience in opera administration to the company, having worked over the past decade as Assistant Artistic Director of Michigan Opera ...
After a year as director of operations, Christina.(Company News)
Sep 22, 2009; ... After a year as Director of Operations, Christina Loewen has taken over as Executive Director of Opera.ca, the Canadian opera sector's association that focuses on advocacy, communications and support for the development of new works through the Canadian Opera Creation Fund. Loe- wen ...
To celibrate its golden anniversary.(Company News)
Sep 22, 2009; ... To celibrate its golden anniversary, Vancouver Opera has launched Community Connections, a program to give back to the communities that have supported it for the past 50 years. From Jul. 1, 2009 to Jun. 30, 2010, VO artists, staff, volunteers, ...
Diamond and Schmitt architects.(Company News)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Diamond and Schmitt Architects, which designed Canada's first dedicated opera house, Toronto's Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, has been chosen to design the new Marhnsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The new theatre adds 2,000 seats to the growing Mariinsky complex, which ...
L'Opera de Quebec general.(Company News)
Sep 22, 2009; ... L'Opera de Quebec General and Artistic Director Gregoire Legendre's bid to keep up the momentum of Quebec City's 400th anniversary celebrations last year got a boost when Placido Domingo, who held his Operalia singing competition in the city last fall, agreed to preside over the first ...
Soprano Adrianne Pieczonka opens.(Artists on Stage)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Soprano Adrianne Pieczonka opens her new opera season as Tosca at the Hamburg Staatsoper (Sept.), a role she reprises May/Jun. at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin. In between, she takes on: Elsa in her Houston Grand Opera debut (Oct/Nov.); Ariadne (Nov./Dec.) and Arabella (Mar.) at the Vienna's ...
After making his role debut as.(Artists on Stage)
Sep 22, 2009; ... After making his role debut as The Traveller in Britten's Death in Venice at the Theater an derWien in Sept., Russell Braun spends the rest of the 2009/10 season on the concert and recital stage, including a world premiere of Linda Bouchard's Songs for an Acrobat with the National Arts ...
Tenor David Pomeroy's.(Artists on Stage)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Tenor David Pomeroy's schedule is full of prime Italian and French tenor roles this season, starting with Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly for the COC (Sept./Nov.), followed ...
On June 10, the first day of her three performances.(Artists on Stage)
Sep 22, 2009; ... On June 10, the first day of her three performances of Strauss's Four Last Songs with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, soprano Measha Brueggergosman underwent emergency open-heart surgery to repair a torn aorta. She was due to return to the stage in an outdoor concert at the Shaw Festival ...
Irish-Canadian conductor Kevin.(Artists on Stage)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Irish-Canadian conductor Kevin Mallon faced intense labor strife in July while conducting sold-out performances of Carmen in Odessa, Ukraine. Singers and orchestra musicians went on strike to protest the newly ...
Dawn Martens, a pioneer in introducing young people.(Audio/Visual)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Dawn Martens, a pioneer in introducing young people to opera at Buchanan Park Public School, in Hamilton, Ont., has published A is for Aria, an introduction to the art form in a colorful alphabetized tour. With a foreword by baritone John Fanning and vibrant illustrations by former Grade 5 ...
Correction.(Correction notice)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Apologies to David Okerlund, who was mistakenly credited with singing the role of Escamillo in Vancouver Opera's Carmen ...
Barbara Hannigan.(Artists on Stage)
Sep 22, 2009; Hoile, Christopher ... Soprano Barbara Hannigan had just finished performing in Kris Defoort's new opera, House of the Sleeping Beauties, in Luxembourg last May when I interviewed her about her career. She had created the work's central role earlier that month in Brussels. Creating roles is nothing new to ...
