Residents at United’s Fish Creek community played host this week to performers from Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artists program. Residents from United’s Garrison Green visited the Fish Creek theatre to take in the performance. Four performers – Daevyd Pepper, Jillian Bonner, Geoffrey Schellenberg and Morgan Traynor – accompanied on the piano by their director Mel Kirby, thrilled […]
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United Sponsors Calgary Opera Resident Conductor Kimberley-Ann Bartczak
Kimberley-Ann Bartczak has been named by Calgary Opera as its latest resident conductor and repetiteur, or coach for the Opera’s singers. She brings plenty of experience to her new role. Originally from Montreal, she is also on staff at Opera on the Avalon in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She has also worked in other Canadian cities, in […]
Calgary Opera Lends its Voices to Garrison Green
“Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more spirit of sacrifice. All this is well worth it because opera offers such deep sensations that they will remain in a heart for a lifetime.” – Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli Residents at […]
A Renewed Partnership with Calgary Opera
“Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.” – Robert Burns, poet For many, this quote, attributed to poet Robert Burns, expresses in a humorous way the extent of our knowledge about opera. That and perhaps Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera. But opera has long […]
