Highlights

2012

January 21 – February 23
Tosca
Canadian Opera Company

April 15
CCOC Gala
Canadian Children’s Opera Company

May 25
Senior Divisions Spring Concerts
Canadian Children’s Opera Company – Butterfly, Ruby, Apprentice & Intermediate Choruses

May 27
Senior Divisions Spring Concerts – Orpheus in the Underworld
Canadian Children’s Opera Company – Principal 3 & Youth Choruses

June 7 – 10
Laura’s Cow: The Legend of Laura Secord
Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre



2011

February
The Magic Flute
Canadian Opera Company
 
April 27
CCOC Gala
Canadian Children’s Opera Company
Special guest – Stephan Moccio
 
May 27
Senior Divisions Spring Concerts – Choral
Canadian Children’s Opera Company – Principal & Youth Choruses

May 28 – 29
Senior Divisions Spring Concerts – Excerpts
Fiddling With Mozart & The Best of Broadway
Canadian Children’s Opera Company – Principal & Youth Choruses
 
June 3 – 4
Junior Divisions Spring Concerts
The Mikado & The Operatunists
Canadian Children’s Opera Company – Butterfly, Ruby, Apprentice & Intermediate Choruses

November 27
Winter Celebrations Across the Ages – Concert with all divisions
St. Michael’s College School

December 22 & 23
Appearance with Canadian Tenors
Roy Thomson Hall



2010

Founding of the Butterfly Chorus (Ages 3-4)

January–February
Carmen and Otello
Canadian Opera Company

May
The Secret World of Og
Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront

November 9
“A Dickens of a Christmas” preview
Four Seasons Centre
 
December 2 – 5
A Dickens of Christmas
Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre



2009

April–May
La bohème
Canadian Opera Company

May
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Canadian Opera Company

June
The Children’s Crusade
Soundstreams Canada and Luminato 2009

November 28
Winter Celebrations Across the Ages – concert with all divisions
St. Peter’s Basillica

December
A Christmas Carol
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Roy Thomson Hall



2008

Founding of "OPERAtion Kids" – Outreach Initiative

November
A Dickens of a Christmas
Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront
Photos

June 2
40th Anniversary Celebration
Toronto Centre for the Arts
Photos

March
Dragon in the Rocks
Royal Ontario Museum


2007

July
European tour to Vienna, Salzburg and Budapest


2006

December
A Dickens of a Christmas (remount)
Errol Gay & Michael Patrick Albano
Harbourfront Centre


2005

A Dickens of a Christmas (premiere)
Errol Gay & Michael Patrick Albano
commissioned opera

Dido & Aeneas
commissioned opera


2004

May
The Hobbit
commissioned opera by Dean Burry
first operatic treatment of the work by J.R.R. Tolkien

June
The Hobbit
Atlantic Canada tour


2003

A Midwinter Night’s Dream (remount)
commissioned opera by Harry Somers & Tim Wynne-Jones


2002

Founding of the Canadian Youth Opera Chorus, a new chorus for young people 15-21


2001

First European tour, performing in Germany and the Netherlands


1999

Founding of the Ruby Chorus for 5 and 6 year olds, named in honour of founder Ruby Mercer


1998

The Star Child
commissioned opera by John Greer
based on the work of Oscar Wilde