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The Canadian Opera Company (COC) is an opera company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest opera company in Canada and one of the largest producers of opera in North America. The COC performs at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, which was purpose-built for opera and ballet and is shared with the National Ballet of Canada.
This inclusive list of North American opera companies contains American and Canadian professional opera companies and opera related organizations with entries in the Wikipedia. For opera companies in Latin America (including Mexico) see List of Latin American and South American opera companies .
It is the home of the Canadian Opera Company (COC) and the National Ballet of Canada. [1] The building's modernist design by was created by Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects, headed by Jack Diamond. It was completed in 2006, and the interior design includes an unusual glass staircase. [2]
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It was commissioned by the Floyd S. Chalmers Foundation and produced by the Canadian Opera Company. Due to its important role in the national celebrations of 1967, it was subsidized by the Canadian Canadian Centennial Commission, the Canada Council, and the Province of Ontario Council for the Arts. [19]
Opéra de Québec (French pronunciation: [ɔpeʁa də kebɛk]) or Opera of Quebec City is a Canadian opera company founded in 1983; it is related to Opéra de Montréal, founded in 1980. [1] The company does not have its own venue but performs in the Grand Théâtre de Québec on 269 Boulevard René-Lévesque Est. [2] [3]
The Canadian Opera Company and the National Arts Centre have announced that Cusson has been commissioned to compose an opera based on the novel Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline as part of their 2025 mainstage season. [7] Cusson is a member of the Canadian Opera Company's Circle of Artists, an advisory board of indigenous artists. [8]
Hadrian is an opera composed by American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, with a libretto by Daniel MacIvor, based on the life of Hadrian (76–138 AD), Roman emperor from 117 to 138. First staged by the Canadian Opera Company, the opera premiered October 13, 2018, at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto, directed by Peter Hinton. [1]