Opera 101

Casual. Informative. Real.

Join CBC’s Brent Bambury for a fun, FREE, interactive, intimate, and discussion-based series that brings opera stars to bars, restaurants, and other informal locations across the Greater Toronto Area. Enjoy a drink and a bite to eat while learning about current COC productions from headlining performers and members of the creative team... and enter to win one of our fantastic prizes.

Location: Duke of York (39 Prince Arthur Ave.) or the Duke of Westminster (77 Adelaide St. W.); location varies
Admission: FREE but early arrival to guarantee seating is recommended
Time: Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Program 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Check back frequently for updated information about confirmed guests and prizes!

Winter 2012

Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 – Love from Afar by Saariaho
Location: The Cellar, Duke of York
Confirmed guests include composer Kaija Saariaho, soprano Erin Wall (Clémence) and mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó (the Pilgrim)
FREE but dinner reservations are recommended to guarantee seating: 416-964-2441

Download/view the Love from Afar colour flyer (PDF)

Spring 2012

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 – The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach
Location: Grand Hall, Duke of Westminster

Wednesday, April 18, 2012 – A Florentine Tragedy by Zemlinsky and Gianni Schicchi by Puccini
Location: Grand Hall, Duke of Westminster

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 – Semele by Handel
Location: Grand Hall, Duke of Westminster


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(l – r) Christopher Alden and Brent Bambury discuss The Flying Dutchman at Opera 101, Sept. 2010 © 2010

 

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