MEDIA CENTRE
Welcome to the Canadian Opera Company Media Centre. It contains resources for the media including media releases and downloadable photos of COC leadership and productions for publication where relevant. The images are available to members of the media for print and online promotion of the Canadian Opera Company and its events only.
For general inquiries, including interview requests, please contact:
Avril Sequeira, Director of Public Relations
AvrilS@coc.ca
416-306-2387
Kristin McKinnon, Publicist and Content Producer
KMcKinnon@coc.ca
416-306-2383
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CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY WELCOMES FIVE STUDENT MUSICIANS TO 2019 COC ORCHESTRA ACADEMY
By Public RelationsRead the PDF version here.Posted In Press Releases
Toronto – The Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Academy welcomes five student musicians to join its sixth annual training intensive, taking place January 6 – 26, 2019. Led by COC Music Director Johannes Debus, and in collaboration with The Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music, the Schulich School of Music of McGill University and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, the program offers its student musicians one-on-one mentorship and practical experience in their pursuit of a career in an opera orchestra.
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COC ANNOUNCES NEW COMMISSION: THE OLD FOOLS BY COMPOSER ANA SOKOLOVIĆ AND LIBRETTIST PAUL BENTLEY
By Public RelationsRead the PDF version here.Posted In Press Releases
Julien Bilodeau now composing La Reine-Garçon with Michel Marc Bouchard
Toronto – The Canadian Opera Company announced today a new mainstage commission: The Old Fools by celebrated Montreal-based composer Ana Sokolović and seasoned British librettist Paul Bentley. La Reine-Garçon, first announced in 2015, is moving forward as a co-commission with the Opéra de Montréal – the first mainstage collaboration of its kind between the two major Canadian opera companies; at its helm are two exceptional Canadian artists: Julien Bilodeau as composer and Michel Marc Bouchard as librettist.
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IAN CUSSON NAMED AS CANADIAN OPERA COMPANY’S NEW COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE
By Public RelationsRead the PDF version here.Posted In Press Releases
Residency to include new commissioned work with librettist Colleen Murphy
Toronto – The Canadian Opera Company Academy, a pioneering development program to foster young opera artists, creators and administrators, is piloting a new artistic development opportunity in 2019: the Composer-in-Residence program, for which Canadian composer Ian Cusson has been selected as the inaugural artist. Cusson begins his residency with the COC on August 19, 2019.
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