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Arts Alert Tuesday, Aug. 22 by Cathleen Bond
The Canadian Opera Company may not have made much progress on its quest for a new opera house, but it continues to attract new audiences with innovative
public initiatives, aiming to take opera out of the house and out to the people.
The COC returns to Toronto's Harbourfront Centre Concert Stage this
week for a sixth summer recital series, bringing great music to people who
might not otherwise buy a ticket to the regular season at the Hummingbird.
The concerts are free (sponsored by Altamira), but it's suggested you make a $5 donation in support of Canadian Feed the Children. For this, you get the full orchestra under the baton of Richard Bradshaw, and vocal performances by
Vladimir Bogachov, Jean-François Lapointe, Robert PomakovEva Urbanová, and Zvetelina Vassileva. Talk about a deal. Check the website to see who's
singing on which nights. And get to Harbourfront early -- it's been standing room only in recent years.
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