BRIAN JAMES DAWSON, BOARD CHAIR, TAPESTRY OPERA Toronto, ON – The Association for Opera in Canada (AOC) is delighted to announce that Brian Dawson, Board Chair of Tapestry Opera, has been named the recipient of the 2024 AOC Best in…
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International Explainer: What is Opera CoPro?
Opera Co-Pro is the only existing and largest global Marketplace that connects Opera Producing Companies to sell, rent and co-produce shows. Our stakeholders are top managers from the opera industry: Opera Companies, Orchestras, Independent Producers, Record Companies, Publishers, Festivals &…
International Explainer: What is Operabook?
Operabook was developed as a response to the need expressed by Opera Europa members for an independent and objective search tool gathering data from over 450 opera companies worldwide. A group of representatives of our members – artistic administrators, heads…
International Explainer: What is Operabase?
Operabase has documented operatic activity worldwide since 1996, with over 800,000 performances on file. It records the work of artists in over 3000 theatres, and publishes season information to opera-goers in 34 languages. The majority of Operabase’s information is provided…
Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes
The Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes are awarded annually to two individuals who have distinguished themselves by their outstanding achievements in the arts and in the social sciences and humanities. Value: $50,000 How to nominate: Candidates are nominated…
ArtsBoost: 5 Digital Marketing Courses!
🚀 ArtsBoost: 5 Digital Marketing Courses! In case you have missed it: we have launched five new courses in Digital Marketing on the ArtsBoost learning platform, in partnership with our friends at Orchestras Canada, CAPACOA, Choral Canada, Canadian Dance Assembly,…
Ópera Latinoamérica (OLA)’s 17th Annual Conference – Theatres and Sustainable Development – November 17-21, 2024
From our colleagues at Ópera Latinoamérica: Theatres are community spaces and agents of change that generate greater social cohesion in our countries, given that they connect with thousands of people in their territories through music and the performing arts. They…
Opera Europa autumn conference in Torino, October 24-26 2024
From our colleagues at Opera Europa: The autumn conference runs under the title Benvenuti all’Opera; nothing could be more suitable as we will be able to celebrate together the inclusion of The Art of Italian Opera Singing in the UNESCO…
Ticket Sales Survey – How are sales doing so far in 2024? (Deadline September 11)
operaamerica.org/TicketSalesSurvey. As summer festival season comes to a close and the fall season begins, our colleagues at OPERA America are putting together some numbers for audience attendance for 2024. OPERA America invites you to complete a very short, 10-question survey…
Advocacy Update: Federal Pre-Budget Brief for the Opera Sector
AOC Executive Director Christina Loewen serves as a volunteer member of the steering committee of the Canadian Arts Coalition, a collaborative non-partisan advocacy movement of national associations, arts organizations and artists In August we submitted our pre-budget brief aligned with…
Quebec Roundtable 2024
The Association for Opera in Canada is collaborating with the Réunion des Opéras de Québec on a roundtable, to be held in Montréal on Tuesday October 1, 2024. Registration deadline Wednesday September 25, 5pm Eastern. Planned by a committee of…
International Explainer: What is OMAI?
The cornerstone of OMAI is to represent our profession (Opera Management) as a unified voice and to act as advocates for the members’ common interests to producers, artists, political and governmental authorities, and other organizations in the opera and concert…