The first original production to be spearheaded by COC General Director Perryn Leech, Gounod’s Faust is a timeless story about making a pact with the devil, told in the grandest of French grand opera fashion. Featuring large choruses, soaring arias, dance, and dazzling set and costume design, this devilishly unforgettable opera lands at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts this fall.

Read on for 5 Things To Know about Faust before joining us at the opera house!

Nabucco, the opera that made Verdi famous and provided an anthem for the nascent Italian nation, is a work of raw musical power and truly epic storytelling. Never before performed at the COC, Verdi’s classic traces a people’s journey from enslavement to freedom and the transformation of one man’s ruthless quest for glory into a history-defining religious conversion. 

Ambition, love, intrigue, madness—this opera has it all. Read on for 5 Things To Know about Nabucco and its composer, before joining us at the opera house this fall!

This spring, Donizetti’s Don Pasquale returns to our stage in an eye-popping new production from Canadian creative duo Renaud Doucet and André Barbe, whose fresh take on this irrepressible comedy transports audiences on a Technicolor trip to 1960s Rome.

In anticipation of this feel-good event of the season, we’re diving into a brief retrospective of career highlights from the endlessly imaginative team behind the show. Read on to discover why Barbe & Doucet productions are unlike anything else you’ll see at the opera house, and be sure to join us when Don Pasquale opens on April 26!