Rachael Kerr

Canadian Opera Company

Based in Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company is the largest producer of opera in Canada and one of the largest in North America. The COC enjoys a loyal audience support-base and one of the highest attendance and subscription rates in North America. Under its leadership team of General Director Alexander Neef and Music Director Johannes Debus, the COC is increasingly capturing the opera world's attention. The COC maintains its international reputation for artistic excellence and creative innovation by creating new productions within its diverse repertoire, collaborating with leading opera companies and festivals, and attracting the world's foremost Canadian and international artists. The COC performs in its own opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, hailed internationally as one of the finest in the world. Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects, the Four Seasons Centre opened in 2006. The COC produces six fully staged opera productions and a series of free concerts at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. Follow us! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/canadianoperacompany Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/CanadianOpera Instagram: http://instagram.com/canadianopera YouTube: http://youtube.com/canadianopera Parlando Blog: http://www.coc.ca/Parlando