Given a continued surge of Omicron transmission across Ontario, the Canadian Opera Company is cancelling all live-audience performances of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly for the 2021/2022 season.

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In light of this week’s announcement from the Province of Ontario about a variety of new restrictions introduced to contain the spread of COVID-19, we wanted to reach out to our community with an update on the COC’s live performances, which are scheduled to begin on February 4, 2022.

Live opera is back! As the winter creeps in, we are mere weeks away from our first in-person performance in nearly two years. Seats can be secured today by purchasing a subscription package, while single opera tickets go on sale to the general public on Tuesday, January 11! In addition to Madama Butterfly, La Traviata, and The Magic Flute, two new productions are set to go on-sale: Fantasma and The Queen In Me, both performed at the Canadian Opera Company Theatre (COCT) at 227 Front St. East in Toronto!