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The article highlights upcoming opera performances in Canada for 2024, which include Cherubini's "Medea" at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto; Bizet's "Carmen" at Vancouver Opera; and Dove's "The Walk from the Garden" by The Little Opera Company in Winnipeg from March 22-24, 2024.

The article announces appointment of Michael Cavanagh as artistic director at Royal Swedish Opera (RSO).

The article presents views of periodical writers on opera moments. It informs about Irving Guttman's identifcation as "father of opera in Western Canada," and his efforts for professional- quality opera; the Expo 67 fair to celebrate music programs from companies including, Bolshoi Opera; and the SURTITLESTM by Canadian Opera Company.

The article reviews theatrical production "The Telephone" performed by Manitoba Opera in Winnipeg on November 5, 2021 featuring artists Johnathon Kirby and Lida Szkwarek.

The article reviews a stage production of Mozart's opera "Idomeneo," performed by Manitoba Underground Opera, conducted by Brendan McKeen, and directed Brenna Corner in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The article reviews the opera "I Need Opera...and Dance" by Little Opera Co., featuring dancer Carol-Ann Bohrn, which was performed on November 12-21, 2020.

The article reviews operas "Falstaff" composed by Giuseppe Verde and "Orpheus in the Underworld" directed by Jacqueline Loewen, performed at the Manitoba Opera and Manitoba Underground Opera in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The article reviews Susannah performance by Manitoba Opera on November 3, 2020.

The article reviews the opera "Fright Night," two spine-tingling chamber works staged by Jacqueline Loewen, and presented on October 19-20, 2019 in joint collaboration with Little Opera Company and Flipside Opera.

The article reviews several operas performed in Winnipeg, Manitoba in late 2014, namely, the Ludwig van Beethoven opera "Fidelio," directed by Larry Desrochers and starring Tyrone Paterson, Ileana Montalbetti, and David Pomeroy, "La Clemenza di Tito," starring Jan Nato and Vania Margani, and "Così fan tutte," directed by Jacqueline Loewen and starring Elizabeth Humphries, Suzanne Reimer, and Conrad Siebert.

The article features Canadian opera singer Tracy Dahl. She attended the Banff School of Fine Arts in Alberta, where she studied music and drama from 1979 to 1983. She portrayed the role of Beauty in the musical adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast," by Robb Patterson at Winnipeg's Prairie Theatre Exchange in Manitoba. Her debut in opera occurred in 1982, when she took the role of Barbarina in "Le nozze di Figaro."

The article offers news briefs on opera companies in the Prairie provinces of Canada as of March 2009. General manager of Manitoba Opera Larry Desrochers disclosed plans to develop second-tier programming and nurture programs for younger audiences in education/outreach. The Little Opera Co. artistic director Spencer Duncanson credited healthy sponsorships, growing audience base and strong civic and private support for their sustainability. Saskatoon Opera plans to produce the opera "La bohème" in June.

The article reviews an opera "La Casati" by Little Opera Company on March 2nd and 3rd in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The article reviews an opera "Madama Butterfly" co-produced by Manitoba Opera, directed by Robert Herriot and starring Hironri Omura and Cio-Cio San.

A biography of actress and soprano Lara Ciekiewicz is presented. She was born in Winnipeg and raised in Springfield, Minnesota and studied at University of Winnipeg and later on in Canadian Mennonite University. The article also discusses her role debut in the title role of Leoš Janáček's opera Jenůfa for Pacific Opera Victoria, Cinderella in Stephen Sondheims "Into the Woods", and concert performance of Leonard Bernstein's "Candide."

The article reviews the opera "Le nozze di Figaro," directed by Brent Krysa, performed by artists Gordon Bintner and Andriana Chuchman, and presented by opera company Manitoba Opera in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in November 2015.