The 'Quiet Luxury' of haute-contre Cyrille Dubois
Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Guglielmo
InterviewBaritone Brent Calis is based in Montréal, and is excited to head to the Banff Centre this summer to make his Against the Grain Theatre debut as Guglielmo in A Little Too Cozy (libretto by Joel Ivany, music by Mozart).
Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Ferrando
InterviewNewfoundland-born tenor Aaron Sheppard is heading to the Banff Centre this summer, to sing Ferrando in [Against the Grain Theatre](http://againstthegraintheatre.com/)'s A Little Too Cozy (libretto by Joel Ivany, music by Mozart).
Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Dorabella
InterviewMontréal native Pascale Spinney heads to The Banff Centre this summer, to sing Dorabella in Against the Grain Theatre's production of A Little Too Cozy (libretto by Joel Ivany, music by Mozart).
Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Fiordiligi
InterviewCanadian soprano Shantelle Przybylo is returning to The Banff Centre to join Against the Grain Theatre in their production of A Little Too Cozy (libretto by Joel Ivany, music by Mozart).
Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Despina
InterviewSoprano Caitlin Wood is an Alberta native, and she's excited to sing Despina in Against the Grain Theatre's production of A Little Too Cozy (libretto by Joel Ivany, music by Mozart) at The Banff Centre.
Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Don Alfonso
InterviewBaritone Cairan Ryan is returning to The Banff Centre this summer to sing Don Alfonso in Against the Grain Theatre's production of A Little Too Cozy. How does he feel about playing a game show host? Watch to find out.
Friends at the ENO
EditorialEnglish National Opera announced their 2015/15 season, and making an appearance is friend, fellow COC Ensemble graduate, and stellar soprano Ambur Braid.
Singers: here's how to use social media
How-toSocial media is...what? Handy? A headache? Free self-promotion? It can be all of those things, but more than anything, it's a necessity. We know that lots and lots of opera singers are on Facebook and Twitter, and it's completely changed the way we see the business.
How to lead your pianist
How-toSingers, how much do you love auditions? I know you're all troopers, experts at the art of wowing someone in two arias or less. It's really all about making your way through the huge list of Things You Can't Control. Often, one of those things is the prowess of your audition accompanist.
Is opera really for everyone?
Op-edYou might have read the recent interview in *The Courrier-Journal* with Eric Owens and Morris Robinson, who sing King Philip II and the Grand Inquisitor in Opera Philadelphia's upcoming Don Carlo. Mike Silverman asks them about the "challenges of being a black opera singer." It struck me, though, that while barriers like race have dissipated quickly, an opera career can still be contingent on a few factors, many of which fall under "luck of the draw."