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9th May, 2008
Calgary Opera Presents World Premiere of Opera for Young Audiences

Calgary, AB – Calgary Opera’s most recent new work, Hannaraptor, by composer Allan Gilli land and playwright Val Brandt, makes its world premiere on Saturday, April 5 at 2:30pm at Bert Church High School in Air dire.



Performed by Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artists, Hannaraptor is set against the backdrop ......


9th May, 2008
Calgary Opera presents the Canadian Premiere of The Ballad of Baby Doe

Calgary AB… this January Calgary unveils the centrepiece of the 2007-2008 season, the boom-bust themed American Classic The Ballad of Baby Doe, by Douglas Moore. The Ballad of Baby Doe performs at the Jubilee Auditorium January 26, 30 & February 1, 2008. Joining us on Opening Night is ......


9th May, 2008
Canadian Premiere provides inspiration for Community Participation

Calgary AB… In conjunction with the Canadian premiere of the American opera, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Calgary Opera is offering its third annual Community Symposium, this year’s topic: Boom and Bust.



“We have presented a Community Symposium leading up to our January productions for the past two seasons, and ......


9th May, 2008
Calgary Opera welcomes Gordon Gerrard as Repetiteur and Conductor-in-Residence

Calgary, AB… Calgary Opera is pleased to welcome Gordon Gerrard as Repetiteur and Conductor-in-Residence commencing November 19, 2007.



“We are absolutely thrilled to have been able to attract an artist of the highest calibre to our company on a full-time basis for this newly created position,” says Calgary Opera ......


9th May, 2008
Calgary Opera opens mainstage season with new production of Rigoletto

Calgary, AB… Calgary Opera opens the 2007-2008 mainstage season with a brand new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto, November 10, 14 & 16 at the Jubilee Auditorium.



“Our new production places the opera in a dark, sinister circus environment as it might be imagined by Fellini,” says W.R. (Bob) McPhee, ......


9th May, 2008
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa makes Calgary stop of Farewell Tour

Calgary, AB… On September 26 at 8pm at the Jubilee Auditorium Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Lyric-Soprano returns to Calgary as part of her Farewell Tour.



Calgary Opera is proud to present international sensation Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in recital at the Jubilee Auditorium on Wednesday 26 at 8:00pm. New ......


9th May, 2008
Calgary Opera reveals ninth consecutive surplus at Annual General Meeting

Calgary, AB… On Monday, September 10, 2007 at the Arrata Opera Centre, Calgary Opera hosted its Annual General Meeting, reporting a healthy surplus and introducing a new Chair of the Board of Directors.



“The 2006-2007 season was a tremendous success on many levels,” says W.R. (Bob) McPhee, General Director & ......


9th May, 2008
Calgary Opera Closes its Season with Puccini’s Tragic Masterpiece Tosca

Calgary Opera closes its season with a heartbreaking tale of love and loss, and one of the most treasured tragic operas of all time – Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, taking place April 19, 23, 25, and 27 at the Jubilee Auditorium.


“We’re closing the season with a masterpiece that we’re confident will ......


9th May, 2008
Calgary Opera’s Newest Commissionto be Showcased at Prestigious OPERA America Conference

Calgary, AB… Calgary Opera has been invited to present its most recent new work Hannaraptor by Allan Gilliland and Val Brandt at the largest annual gathering of North American Opera companies – the OPERA America’s National Performing Arts Convention – taking place in Denver from June 11 to 14. The ......


26th April, 2008
Pittsburgh Opera Music Director Antony Walker Stands in For Ailing Radames, Continues Conducting

A performance of Aida at the Pittsburgh Opera on Tuesday night led to what may very well have been an operatic first: faced with an ailing Radames, whose cover was unavailable because of a delayed flight, Pittsburgh Opera music director Antony Walker, managed to conduct the final act of ......

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