Oakville Opera Guild

Looking for like-minded opera enthusiasts in the Oakville area?

Indulge your love of opera and support the activities of the Canadian Opera Company by joining the Oakville Guild of the COC.

Connect with other opera enthusiasts at our monthly Tea With Opera from September to May.

Help encourage growth and interest in opera as an important cultural activity through the Guild's annual scholarship awarded to an opera student at the University of Toronto.

Annual membership is $20.

Tea With Opera (2012/2013 Season)


The Oakville Opera Guild holds Tea with Opera meetings monthly on Tuesday afternoons at 1.30 p.m. at the Oakville Central Library, Navy Street, and on three Friday evenings a year at 8 p.m (location to be announced). Each meeting concludes with a delightful tea. The donation of $7.00 for the afternoon meetings and $10 for the evening meetings is the main source of funds for our scholarship awarded annually to an opera student at the Music Faculty, University of Toronto. For information please call Margaret at 905-631-6273 and come and join us for our winter/spring programme:

  • Tuesday, Jan. 8 at 1:30 p.m.:  'Opera Stars Sing Broadway Songs' by Don Gillies
  • Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 1:30 p.m.: 'Wagner's Tristan and Isolde' by Howard Dyck
  • Tuesday, March 19 (third Tuesday) at 1:30 p.m.: 'The Role of the Chorus in Opera' by Muriel Smith (COC)
  • Friday, April 5 at 8:00 p.m.:  'Handel's Giulio Cesare' by Iain Scott (location to be announced)
  • Tuesday, Apr. 23 (fourth Tuesday) at 1:30 p.m.:  'Jon Vickers - Ein Helden (tenor's) Leben' by Voltr Ivanoffski
  • Tuesday, May 14 at 1:30 p.m. 'The Waltz of Europe - A Look at European History from 1861 to 1914 through the Eyes of Johann Strauss (Die Fledermaus) and Richard Strauss (Elektra, Salome and Rosenkavalier)' by John Rutherford
  • Friday, May 31 (Season Finale) at 8:00 p.m.: 'O Canada - Our Twentieth year of Celebrating Canadian Talent' by Don Gillies and Jean Stoten (location to be announced)

Become a Member


To become a member, or for more information, call Nancy at 905-337-0477 or Margaret at 905-631-6273, or fill out the inquiry form below.

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