Cree Carrico: The Ophelia Project

Interview

Soprano Cree Carrico thinks outside the box. Case in point: The Ophelia Project. With director Christopher Mirto, she has created The Ophelia Project, a one-woman opera/theatre hybrid exploring the fractured psyche of Shakespeare's Ophelia.

#UncleJohn: always unpredictable

Interview

#UncleJohn has a new star! Baritone Cameron McPhail is pretty pumped to put on his Mozart hat and head to the Banff Centre next month. He'll be singing the title role in Against the Grain Theatre's production of #UncleJohn, in the Open Space program at the Banff Centre.

Joel Ivany on #UncleJohn

Interview

Joel Ivany, artistic director of Against the Grain Theatre, has had a pretty wild year. Just this week, he won a Dora Award with Figaro's Wedding for Outstanding New Musical/Opera, and closed a sold-out run of Pelléas et Mélisande.

Topher Mokrzewski on #UncleJohn

Interview

Topher Mokrzewski is a man of many hats. As Music Director of Against the Grain Theatre, he has been the musical mind behind most of AtG Theatre's projects, including the Dora Award-winning Figaro's Wedding. Topher recently wrapped up a season as Calgary Opera's Resident Conductor, and his next stop is the Banff Centre for the Arts, for the inevitable #UncleJohn.

Meet the cast of Crush: Sam

Interview

Toronto-based baritone Clarence Frazer heads to The Banff Centre this summer to work with Against the Grain Theatre, to sing Sam in their workshop of Crush, a new opera by James Rolfe (composer) and Anna Chatterton (librettist).

Meet the cast of Crush: Donna

Interview

Toronto-based soprano Simone McIntosh heads to The Banff Centre this summer to work with Against the Grain Theatre, singing Donna in their workshop of Crush, a new opera by James Rolfe (composer) and Anna Chatterton (librettist).

Meet the cast of Crush: Anna

Interview

Soprano Samantha Pickett heads to The Banff Centre this summer to work with Against the Grain Theatre, to sing Anna in their workshop of Crush, a new opera by James Rolfe (composer) and Anna Chatterton (librettist).

Meet the cast of Crush: Lola

Interview

Ottawa-born soprano Ellen McAteer heads to The Banff Centre this summer to work with Against the Grain Theatre, singing Lola in their workshop of Crush, a new opera by James Rolfe (composer) and Anna Chatterton (librettist).

Meet the cast of Crush: Matt

Interview

Montréal-based baritone Bruno Roy heads to The Banff Centre this summer to work with Against the Grain Theatre, singing Matt in their workshop of Crush, a new opera by James Rolfe (composer) and Anna Chatterton (librettist).

Meet the cast of A Little Too Cozy: Guglielmo

Interview

Baritone 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).