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Canadian Opera Company Announces Upcoming Events

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Canadian Opera Company has announced the following upcoming events, including GrimmFest in December. 

In celebration of the 200th anniversary of The Brothers Grimm collected fairy tales, the Canadian Opera Company invites children and adults alike to take part in GrimmFest.  Running from December 4 – 8, 2012, this week-long festival features a variety of family-friendly programming taking place all over the city of Toronto.  The celebrations culminate in the 500th performance of The Brothers Grimm, a charming children’s opera by Canadian composer Dean Burry inspired by the tale-spinning siblings and their famous creations.  Patrons are welcome to attend one or all GrimmFest events.

GrimmFest Schedule

Happily Ever Opera

December 4, 2012, 12 – 1 p.m.

Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts

145 Queen St. W. (at University Avenue)

Tickets: Free, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Limited seating. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

 

Artists of the Canadian Opera Company weave a spell of musical enchantment with a series of famous and lesser-known operatic arias and duets inspired by timeless tales of The Brothers Grimm.

 

Fairy Tales from Faraway Lands

December 5, 2012, 12 – 1 p.m.

Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts

145 Queen St. W. (at University Avenue)

Tickets: Free, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Limited seating. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

 

 

Acclaimed Egyptian-Canadian vocalist Maryem Tollar and a colourful cast of characters explore fairy tales, legends and myths from around the world, drawing on timeless stories from Arabic, African, Persian, Balkan and Roma Gypsy cultures.

 

 

Opera Talks: The Brothers Grimm

December 6, 2012, 7 – 8 p.m.


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