Artistic director spoke about the University of Ottawa Opera’s upcoming performance.
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Theatre without audiences, music without concerts, fine arts without galleries — these paradoxes represent the troubling reality for arts students of the early 2020s.
“(‘The Old Maid and the Thief’) is about small town gossip and scandal. It’s quite funny, and the music is very accessible even though it’s contemporary.”—Artistic director of the two operas, Sandra Graham.
The opera also pecks away at the social hierarchy of the time period, with the servants getting the upper hand over the count.
The U of O Opera Company’s production, which was presented by the school of music, tackles the theme of achieving true love in the midst of trials and tribulations, with elements of the sublime and supernatural.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, or The Magic Flute, first opened in 1791. On March 3, the University Ottawa’s Opera Company will be bringing the over 200-year-old opera to Tabaret Hall, so opera lovers can check it out without using a time machine, or even leaving campus.
One opera singer’s journey from Ottawa to the MET shows dedication and hard work pays off.
The School of Music’s opera production of Opera Confections brings it’s audience into modern times.
The latest U of O operatic production offers something unique to most shows, audience participation.
A drunken love triangle during the time of prohibition takes stage at U of O.
A new group at U of O allows students to watch opera by demand.
U of O Opera Company performs in Alumni Auditorium Photo by Annie Thomas On March 15, the University of Ottawa’s Opera Productions unveiled their production of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. The staging was simple: open concept with three white curtains. On the right side of the stage was the U of O’s Calixa Lavellée …
U of O Opera Company performs Dido and Aeneas Photos by Annie Thomas With bright costumes, simple staging, and powerful voices, the ancient world comes to life on the Alumni Auditorium stage. The University of Ottawa Opera Company performs Dido and Aeneas in the Jock Turcot University Centre on March 15–16. Written by Henry Purcell in the …
U of O Opera Company performs a comic modern melodrama Nov. 23–24 Photo by Annie Thomas “We haven’t exactly figured out how drunk I’m going to sound yet,” says Phillippe Etienne Blais. He plays free-spirited vagabond Bob in the University of Ottawa Opera Company’s production of The Old Maid and the Thief on Nov. 23 …
If you thought opera couldn’t be sexy, think again. The University of Ottawa Opera Company and its chamber orchestra performed a modernized version of Mozart’s Così fan tutte throughout January.
