Art that resonates beyond the final note.Edmonton Opera brings the community together through meaningful artistic experiences that celebrate our shared humanity.


Edmonton, AB

Opera Kelowna is a registered, non-profit, charitable status society and member of the Canadian Association of Professional Opera Companies.Opera Kelowna is dedicated to equipping, educating, enlightening, enriching and entertaining diverse audiences through professional operatic performing arts and programming.


Kelowna, BC

Debuting in 2009, Opera on the Avalon is the only professional opera company in Eastern Canada. A not for profit charitable organization, we are mandated to produce fully staged operas and concerts with professional orchestra for the operatic and artistic development of emerging and established artists, and the enrichment of the host province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Opera on the Avalon is mandated to make art accessible and relevant for as many Canadian's as possible, while mining and developing the talents of innovative artists.Our Mission:Opera on the Avalon's mission is to create a ...


St. Johns, NL

To be an Opera Company that is a star on the regional landscape. To engage the people of Saskatchewan in professional opera through production, outreach, and involvement of young audiences and emerging artists. Saskatoon Opera started operations as an amateur opera company in Saskatoon in 1978. We presented opera standards as well as Gilbert and Sullivan. Many different people were music directors and stage directors over those first 20 years of production including: David Kaplan, Emile Belcourt, Alf Driedger, and James Hawn. In 2000 Artistic Director Barbara Montalbetti took over most of the ...


Saskatoon, SK

Soundstreams is an International Centre for New Directions in Music. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Lawrence Cherney and Executive Director Susan Worthington, Soundstreams is a Toronto-based music presenter that commissions, develops, and showcases the work of contemporary Canadian composers and their international counterparts.


Toronto, ON

Tapesty Opera engages and cultivates greater and more diverse audiences for Canadian contemporary opera and music theatre through the production and/or new development of relevant and artistically connected works.


Toronto, ON

Vancouver Opera creates extraordinary experiences that engage, inspire and entertain our community through voice, music and theatre.


Vancouver, BC

To enhance community and spur civic pride by offering a variety of opera experiences, and to be the best at connecting people, through the magic of opera, to themselves, to each other, and to the community. 


Calgary, AB

ABOUT THE COCBased in Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company is the largest producer of opera in Canada and one of the largest in North America. General Director Perryn Leech joined the company in 2021, forming a leadership team with Music Director Johannes Debus and Deputy General Director Christie Darville.The COC enjoys a loyal audience, including a dedicated base of subscribers, and has an international reputation for artistic excellence and creative innovation. Its diverse repertoire includes new commissions and productions, local and international collaborations with leading opera ...


Toronto, ON

Our MissionToronto City Opera is passionately committed to opera for everyone. We give young professionals a chance to perform principal roles with coaching in musicianship and stagecraft. We give our amateur choristers inspiration and skills so that they too can perform in a fully staged opera. And for our community we provide affordable access to this grand synthesis of music, drama, dance, and design to raise up the human spirit of everyone it touches.Our Artistic VisionWe believe the classic opera repertoire continues to inspire and delight audiences and performers from diverse cultures. ...


North York, ON

Established in 2010, Against the Grain Theatre is an award-winning Canadian opera company committed to revitalizing the operatic art form by presenting an eclectic array of musical works in unconventional spaces and innovative ways. With a mandate to create and introduce audiences to outside-the-box opera experiences, we perform fresh, daring re-interpretations of classical repertoire in unconventional spaces to create a thrilling, intimate, unforgettable experience shared between our artists and audiences.


Toronto, ON

To change people's lives through the glory of opera.


Winnipeg, MB

Democratization and community outreach, to offer bold productions of high quality, along with something new.


Montréal, QC

L’année 1983 marque une étape décisive dans l’histoire de l’art lyrique à Québec. Après les efforts et le travail des pionniers du Théâtre lyrique de Nouvelle-France, de l’Opéra du Québec, puis ceux de la Société lyrique d’Aubigny pour soutenir la cause de l’opéra à Québec, naît la Fondation de l’Opéra de Québec (7 janvier 1983) qui mène à la création de la Corporation de l’Opéra de Québec (16 novembre 1983), dont la mission est de produire des spectacles d’opéra professionnels à Québec. L’Opéra de Québec se donne pour objectif de présenter au public deux ouvrages du grand répertoire par ...


Quebec, QC

The Little Opera Company is a not-for-profit charitable organization, whose mission is the promotion of opera and the promotion of the talented artists that contribute to the production of opera in Winnipeg and Manitoba. We have been producing operas, showcasing the significant talents of local singers and musicians since 1995. Our purpose is as much about developing artists as it is about staging operatic works: developing emerging vocalists and instrumentalists, providing coaching and practical experience within the context of its productions, providing opportunities for artists and ...


Winnipeg, MB

Since founding the company in 1990, its Artistic Director, Pauline Vaillancourt, has been creating and producing operas by bringing together creative artists from all disciplines around a common theme: the voice.


Montréal, QC

Pacific Opera Victoria is one of the most influential professional opera companies in Canada. Its inspired repertoire comprises original productions of classic favourites and lesser known works, as well as new commissions, co-productions, and collaborations with other companies and arts organizations across the country. From its home in the Baumann Centre, Pacific Opera Victoria creates significant career opportunities for creative and performing artists and curates opera in surprising ways – enticing newcomers and captivating loyal opera-goers.


Victoria, BC

The National Opera Intensive is a three-week program hosted by Against the Grain Theatre and University of Toronto Opera to immerse emerging artists in the exciting canon of modern-contemporary works and engaging workshops to expand the mind of the modern artist. The NOI is meant to prioritize individual artistic needs in the middle of August when the new-reality audition season is just around the corner. AtG's outside-the-box approach to traditional opera matched with UofT Opera's educational excellence is quickly being established as a hub for singers to learn and perform.The program ...


Toronto, ON

L’année 1983 marque une étape décisive dans l’histoire de l’art lyrique à Québec. Après les efforts et le travail des pionniers du Théâtre lyrique de Nouvelle-France, de l’Opéra du Québec, puis ceux de la Société lyrique d’Aubigny pour soutenir la cause de l’opéra à Québec, naît la Fondation de l’Opéra de Québec (7 janvier 1983) qui mène à la création de la Corporation de l’Opéra de Québec (16 novembre 1983), dont la mission est de produire des spectacles d’opéra professionnels à Québec. L’Opéra de Québec se donne pour objectif de présenter au public deux ouvrages du grand répertoire par ...


Quebec, QC

Astrolabe Musik Theatre creates compelling, multi-disciplinary works, frequently performed in site-specific/alternative venues, by pushing traditional boundaries of classical vocal music.By imaginatively reinterpreting established repertoire and creating original work, we create cultural connections, reach out to diverse communities and foster active audience engagement. Particularly passionate about Canadian creators and performers, Astrolabe is dedicated to creating, commissioning, and performing works by Canadian artists.


Vancouver, BC

FAWN Chamber Creative is a two-time Dora Award Nominated experimental music and opera collective that explores the intersections between art forms and audiences. Known for their daring explorations and riveting live performances, FAWN prioritizes cross-disciplinary collaboration to create new works and audience experiences that defy tradition and blur the lines between genres.


Toronto, ON

Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre (formerly known as British Columbia Living Arts) engages communities through exceptional artistic performances that are collaborative, innovative and approached through various genres of music and other performing arts.STA was founded in 2007 and is a registered Canadian charity.'Theatre of Music and Sound' sits at the heart of what we do. It's our passion.OUR APPROACH:We push the interpretive possibilities of music and sound through all its dramatic capacities, and whenever possible, include new technologies and new ways of generating sound and tonal ...


Vancouver, BC

OPERA America leads and serves the entire opera community, supporting the creation, presentation, and enjoyment of opera. Founded in 1970, OPERA America has a membership that includes over 600 opera companies, educational institutions, affiliated businesses, and other entities. More than 40,000 staff members, artists, and trustees at these organizations join nearly 3,000 individual members in empowering us as the national champion for opera. Through national convenings, research, advocacy, granting, thought leadership, and a variety of programs for artists, administrators, educators, ...


New York, NY

IndieFest is a musical gathering that brings together artists and audiences from all walks of life to expand artistic practices, experience new works of art, and express creative voices. This new festival, approaching its fifth year in 2024, celebrates an emerging field in the performing arts sector. From new opera, to virtual reality, to Indigenous practice, to drag, the festival amplifies the imaginative forms of storytelling and diverse artists unique to the Pacific Northwest. IndieFest promises to be an artistic and cultural experience like no other.


Vancouver, BC

Our MissionTo nurture the emergence of ideas and art-making through collaboration across intersectional identities, varied artistic practices, and borders of all kinds, in service of a future built on justice and well-being.WHAT WE DOVolcano’s goal is to make the world a more resilient, just and caring place through what we as arts workers can imagine, through the actions we take, through the respect we show for one another, and through the art we foster into existence.Our responsibility is to walk a path towards societal, cultural and ethical transformation in all we do: our art-making, our ...


Toronto, ON

Opera 5 is opera that makes sense. We appeal to a broad audience, and speak to a wide range of tastes. Our production of Poulenc’sLa voix humainetook home theCapital City Critics’ Choice Award for Best Overall Production at the 2013 Ottawa Fringe Festival. The company’s innovative approach to opera has attracted international attention from online and print media such as Maclean’s Magazine, The National Post, The Huffington Post.com, Jezebel.com (Gawker Media), and has been highlighted by BlogTO among others. Opera 5 seeks out opportunities to spread knowledge and appreciation of the operatic ...


Toronto, ON

Edmonton Opera has two programs dedicated to nurturing and empowering emerging artists. The Emerging Artist Residency Program, in partnership with the Azrieli Foundation, and the Rumbold Vocal Prize, in collaboration with Grace and Arnold Rumbold, provide up-and-coming opera singers with hands-on experience — not only the artist side, but also the administrative and technical demands of full opera productions. “The future is today. The work we’re doing at Edmonton Opera will elevate the next generation of artists who are trained to work in this vibrant industry. Opera is going through a ...


Edmonton, AB

Opera on the Avalon's Young Artist Program was established in 2009. Each year, OOTA selects up to twelve Young Artists, providing them with performance tools which are essential to establishing a professional career in opera.


St. Johns, NL

The COC Ensemble Studio is an innovative artist development program for emerging Canadian opera professionals. The company’s uniquely collaborative approach blends advanced study and practical experience through a multi-year program that’s individually tailored for each member. Artists receive intensive vocal coaching; language, movement and acting studies; as well as private masterclasses with renowned opera professionals. Ensemble singers perform and understudy mainstage roles, while Ensemble pianists participate in the preparation of the COC’s mainstage productions. Members of the Ensemble ...


Toronto, ON

A leading artists' residency for Canadian opera singers and pianists Opera coaches, the Atelier lyrique offers a training program—operating within the Opéra de Montréal—that serves as aspringboard to professionallife. In offeringinnovative,bilingual, andpersonalized trainingthat covers the full spectrum of an opera artist's development, the Atelier ensures that its members can reach theirfull potential, while fostering theirautonomy,leadership, andself-achievement.During their time at the Opéra de Montréal, the artists benefit from theexpertise of seasoned specialistsand get the guidance they ...


Montréal, QC

Manitoba Opera's 2021 Digital Emerging Artists Program is a four-week training intensive designed to provide vocal instruction, professional development, performance experience, and earning opportunities for young Canadian singers who are in the early stages of their careers. This program prepares participants for success as multi-platform performers capable of engaging audiences through digital media, as well as live performance.


Winnipeg, MB

Each season, Calgary Opera provides up to eight young singers with the opportunity to study and perform under a professional staff of teachers and performers. The program serves as a bridge between academic programs and the professional world of opera, offering the experience and practical skills necessary to succeed as a self-employed artist in a highly competitive international environment.


Calgary, AB

Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists ProgramIn 2012, VO launched the Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program. Made possible through a gift from the family of Yulanda M. Faris, the program engages, enriches, mentors and trains rising young Canadian opera artists and offers a bridge between formal academic educational programs and the professional world in a supportive and encouraging environment.The program is led by Program Director, Leslie Dala; Principal Coach, Kinza Tyrrell; Coach, Tina Chang and the continued guidance of Vancouver Opera Music Director Emeritus, Jonathan Darlington.The Young ...


Vancouver, BC

Who We Are  re:Naissance Opera is a bold new opera company driven by local artists and a deep commitment to equity, intersectionality, innovation and collaboration. What We Do  re:Naissance Opera was founded in 2017 by Debi Wong on the belief that by harnessing the collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of opera; by empowering storytellers and producing stories that have been excluded from the operatic space, we can change the world one opera at a time.


Vancouver, BC