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Canadian Opera Company's 2012-2013 Season

September 29- October 31 2012: Il Trovatore
October 4- November 3 2012: Die Fledermaus
January 29- February 23 2013: Tristan und Isolde
February 3-22 2013: Clemenza di Tito
April 17- May 24 2013: Lucia di Lammermoor
April 21- May 22 2013: Salome
May 8-25 2013: Dialogues des Carmélites

Details on the Season | Official Site

Canadian Opera Company's 2011-2012 Season

September 22- October 15 2011: Iphigenia in Tauris
September 29- October 22 2011: Rigoletto
January 21- February 25 2012: Tosca
February 2-22 2012: Love From Afar
April 10- May 14 2012: Tales of Hoffmann
April 30- May 29 2012: A Florentine Tragedy and Gianni Schicchi
May 9-26 2012: Semele

Today the new season of the Canadian Opera Company was unveiled. Susan Graham sings Iphigenia in the co-production seen in San Francisco in 2007. Jane Archibald, Allyson McHardy, and William Burden star in Semele.

Season | Official Site

Canadian Opera Company's 2010-2011 Season

October 2- November 5 2010: Aida
September 15- October 1 2010: Death in Venice
January 29- February 25 2011: The Magic Flute
February 5-26 2011: Nixon in China
April 23- May 25 2011: La Cenerentola
April 30- May 29 2011: Adriane auf Naxos
May 8-28 2011: Orfeo ed Euridice

Today the new season of the Canadian Opera Company was unveiled by Alexander Neef, who claimed COC is the third-largest opera in North America, after the Met and Lyric Opera Chicago. Sondra Radvanovsky shares the role of Aida with Michele Capalbo. Isabel Bayrakdarian sings Euridice.

Season | Official Site

COC's 2009-2010 Season

September 26- November 3 2009: Madama Butterfly
October 17- November 5 2009: The Nightingale and Other Short Fables
January 27- February 27 2010: Carmen
February 3-28 2010: Otello
April 24- May 20, 2010: The Flying Dutchman
May 1-30 2010: Maria Stuarda
May 9-29 2010: Idomeneo

Johannes Debus will be the next music director of the Canadian Opera Company, starting with the 2009-2010 season. Robert Lapage directs a new production of Stravinsky's The Nightingale and Other Short Fables. Paul Groves sings the title role of Idomeneo and Isabel Bayrakdarian will be Ilia.

Press Release on Debus | Official Site

Alexander Neef News

The Canadian Opera Company named Alexander Neef as the new General Director.

Official Site | Neef's Biography