The Commander

Interview

Baritone John Avey is joining the #UncleJohn crew this summer, to sing the role of Michael Bridge. Who's that, you say? He's the father of Anna Bridge, the lady you met last week (the one with the really patient boyfriend).

Talking singing with Gerald Martin Moore

Interview

Pianist, coach and voice teacher Gerald Martin Moore works with, well, everybody. He's in demand as a coach, teacher and pianist for the likes of Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato, and Sarah Connolly, and he interviewed the spectacular Beverly Sills.

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).

AtG in Banff, 2015

Editorial

This summer at the beautiful Banff Centre, Against the Grain Theatre and the Canadian Opera Company collaborate for the second consecutive year, with Open Space: Opera in the 21st Century. This year, they'll put up two shows, one of which is A Little Too Cozy. The third in his transladaptations of the Mozart/Da Ponte operas (Figaro's Wedding, #UncleJohn), AtG Artistic Director Joel Ivany writes an original libretto to Mozart's Così fan tutte.

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).