Upcoming Events
NCOS Upcoming Events
Brian Law Opera Competition
The date of the next Brian Law Opera Competition has not yet been finalized.
Brian Law Opera Competition
The next Brian Law Opera Competition will take place
in
.
For full details,
click here.
Opera alla Pasta
Opera on DVD Sundays at 2 p.m.
is followed by dinner at St. Anthony’s Soccer Club
(Preston at the Queensway).
Cost (with dinner): $25.
Please reserve in advance by the deadline given.
Opera alla Pasta has finished for the 2016-2017 season.
The 2017-2018 schedule will be posted as soon as it
has been finalized.
Les Huguenots
by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 – 1864)
Joan Sutherland (Marguerite)
Amanda Thane (Valentine)
Suzanne Johnston (Urbain)
Anson Austin (Raoul)
John Pringle (Marcel)
Clifford Grant (Nevers)
John Wegner (Saint-Bris)
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Richard Bonynge (conductor)
Lotfi Mansouri (director)
Recorded 1990.
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Les Indes gallantes
by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 – 1764)
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The Abduction from the Seraglio
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Eva Mei (Konstanze)
Rainer Trost (Belmonte)
Patrizia Ciofi (Blonde)
Mehrzad Montazeri (Pedrillo)
Kurt Rydl (Osmin)
Markus John (Bassa Selim)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Eike Gramms (director)
Recorded May 2002.
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Beatrice di Tenda
by Vincenzo Bellini (1801 – 1835)
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Evgeny Onegin
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)
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Stiffelio
by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901)
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L’étoile
by Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 – 1894)
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NCOS Opera Zoom Presentations
Following the success of our High C presentation on Zoom,
we would like to offer you some more opera on Zoom on a
regular basis while we are unable to meet in person.
Our plan is to hold an NCOS Opera Zoom event once a month
(on the third Sunday of the month with a holiday in August).
We invite members to make suggestions of themes or
to offer to present something.
Academic knowledge is not a requirement, just enthusiasm
and a desire to share something special with others—a
favourite composer or artist, a style of opera,
a recurring theme—the possibilities are endless.
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 2 p.m.
Maria Callas Remembered
Murray Kitts will give our first NCOS Zoom Opera Presentation,
complete with video excerpts of her performances.
Please reply to Lesley by email at
NCOSZoom@NCOS.ca.
Before the event, you will be emailed a link
that will enable you to join the meeting.
If you need technical help working with Zoom,
please contact us ahead of the event.
Sun Oct 21, 2021, 2 p.m.
Ghosts, Ghouls and Witches: A Halloween Treat for Opera Lovers
Murray Kitts will offer a collection of opera excerpts
appropriate for Halloween
Please reply to Lesley by email at
NCOSZoom@NCOS.ca.
Before the event, you will be emailed a link
that will enable you to join the meeting.
If you need technical help working with Zoom,
please contact us ahead of the event.
Sun Jun 21, 2020, 2 p.m.
Maria Callas Remembered
Murray Kitts will give our first NCOS Zoom Opera Presentation,
complete with video excerpts of her performances.
Please reply to Lesley by email at
NCOSZoom@NCOS.ca.
Before the event, you will be emailed a link
that will enable you to join the meeting.
If you need technical help working with Zoom,
please contact us ahead of the event.
Sun May 2, 2021, 2 p.m.
New Projects – New Voice
An online interview with
Andrew Ager, composer
Benjamin Spierman, director
Carmen Harris, soprano
Bradley Christensen, baritone
Andrew Ager, composer
Benjamin Spierman, director
Carmen Harris, soprano
Bradley Christensen, baritone
Our guests will share their various perspectives in an
hour-long discussion and will take questions on current and
future projects and plans for post-Covid.
We shall be treated to some video extracts from
Ager’s new operas Dracula and Angel.
The operas were completed during the past year’s shut-down
and are to be premiered when circumstances permit.
Please reply to Lesley by email at
NCOSZoom@NCOS.ca.
Before the event, you will be emailed a link
that will enable you to join the meeting.
If you need technical help working with Zoom,
please contact us ahead of the event.
Sun May 30, 2021, 2 p.m.
Murray Kitts will delight us with his presentation of:
Curious Productions
Please reply to Lesley by email at
NCOSZoom@NCOS.ca.
Before the event, you will be emailed a link
that will enable you to join the meeting.
As usual, doors will open at
1 p.m.
for chit-chat.
If you need technical help working with Zoom,
please contact us ahead of the event.
NCOS AGM
Our Annual General Meeting will follow Murray’s presentation.
This will be a very brief meeting.
The agenda and reports will be emailed in advance
to those who attend, so that your approval will be
all that will be required.
Meetings
No meetings are scheduled at this time
Sun May 30, 2021
Annual General Meeting
Because of the corona virus crisis, this year’s
Annual General Meeting will be held as a video
conference following an NCOS Opera Zoom Presentation,
and not as usual as a “face-to-face”
meeting at St. Anthony’s Soccer Club after an
Opera alla Pasta.
The meeting will take place immediately after
Murray Kitts’ talk Curious Productions,
another event in the series NCOS Opera Zoom Presentations.
For details of the presentation and how to register for the
presentation and the AGM, see the entry
under NCOS Opera Zoom Presentations, above.
Thu Aug 8, 2019
Annual Summer Board Meeting
The usual annual Summer Board Meeting
will be held.
Time and location will be announced later.
Upcoming Events
No events are scheduled at this time
The Met: Live in HD
The current season of live broadcasts in High Definition
from the Metropolitan Opera has ended.
Check again later in the summer to check for the list
of next season’s broadcasts.
Click here
for the schedule of operas being broadcast
this season (dates, start times, cast, etc.)
Live Streaming from the Bavarian State Opera in Munich
Starting with the 2012/13 season,
the Bavarian State Opera in Munich became the first
international opera house to present, with STAATSOPER.TV,
a season with live streams online free of charge.
Opera and ballet lovers from all over the world can now
enjoy opera performances and ballet evenings in full
and live online.
The time difference between Munich and Ottawa
(or anywhere else on Eastern Time) is 6 hours.
That must be subtracted from the start time in Munich.
Example: If the start time of the opera is 8 p.m.
in Munich, then it is 2 p.m. in Ottawa
(8 p.m. - 6 hours = 2 p.m.).
