Alban Berg’s unrelenting account of one man’s descent into madness brought forth a new musical language that captured the hopelessness, absurdity, and cruelty of a broken world. The story of a hapless soldier despised and exploited by his superiors, betrayed in love, and ultimately driven to murder, Wozzeck was the first opera by the Austrian composer and remains one of the most famous examples of 20th-century musical modernism. 

Experience Berg’s masterful tragedy when it arrives in a bold new production from William Kentridge at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts next spring!

Our first-ever co-commission with Opéra de Montréal, La Reine-garçon tells the incredible story of Queen Christine of Sweden, who was raised as a boy by her father and came of age during a period of intense social, religious, and political change. 

This exciting new chapter in Canadian operatic storytelling opens at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts next winter. Read on for 5 Things To Know about La Reine-garçon before joining us there!

Opening Friday, June 14 at the Canadian Opera Company Theatre, Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White is a bold, new Black opera that sets out to reclaim the story of Portia White,  the first Black Canadian concert performer to achieve international fame in the mid-20th century. 

In this article, hear from the show's Director and Librettist, HAUI, as he explores the show's creation ahead of opening night!