The Nightingale & Other Short Fables to Air on CBC & COC.ca

Dec. 5 at 1 p.m.

The COC and CBC's Saturday Afternoon at the Opera present the first public broadcast of The Nightingale & Other Short Fables on Saturday, Dec. 5.

Bookmark This Page! Listen to the live broadcast here or on CBC Radio 2 and join us for a live chat with host Gianna Wichelow and special guests from the cast and creative team!

Share your thoughts on the performance, ask a question, and spend some time talking about this innovative new production in a special online chat.


Learn More About The Nightingale & Other Short Fables
 



Coming Soon to the Four Seasons Centre

Bizet's Carmen and Verdi's Otello take the stage from Jan. 27 to Feb. 28, 2010. Tickets and gift certificates are available now. Learn more!



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Generously Underwritten in Part by The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation




 

Live Chat Hosted by Gianna Wichelow

The voice of the COC in our radio ads, and co-host of the COC Podcasts, Gianna Wichelow is a long-time lover of opera. Inspired by The Nightingale & Other Short Fables, she’s been practicing hand puppetry. Her fingers are all limbered up for an enthusiastic online chat on Dec. 5.


Special Guests


Jonathan Darlington
Conductor, The Nightingale & Other Short Fables

Will be chatting with you during the live broadcast.

View his biography

Sybille Wilson
Assistant Director, The Nightingale & Other Short Fables

Will be chatting with you during the live broadcast.

View her biography

Simone Osborne
Chorus Solo Soprano, The Nightingale & Other Short Fables

Will be chatting with you during the live broadcast.

View her biography


. . . And more to be announced!


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Clockwise, from top: Ilya Bannik as The Emperor in the COC production of The Nightingale & Other Short Fables. Photo: Michael Cooper © 2009; Adina Nitescu as Cio-Cio-San and David Pomeroy as Pinkerton in the COC production of Madama Butterfly. Photo: Michael Cooper © 2009