Opera Lyra Ottawa
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Opera Lyra Ottawa is an opera company founded in 1984 by soprano Diana Gilchrist after the demise of the National Arts Centre's summer opera productions.
In 1986 the company moved to the theatre of the NAC for its staged presentations. It also has given concert performances of operas, evenings of opera excerpts, and concerts featuring the music of composers such as Kurt Weill, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Stephen Sondheim. In 1988 Opera Lyra Ottawa took its staged production of La bohème to Kingston, Ontario.
From 1987, under the artistic direction of Jeannette Aster, the company continued its policy of presenting most operas in French or English and, in 1990, it began to give lectures for adults, school programs, and workshops for children. Also in 1990, the company formed the Opera Lyra Ottawa Boys' Choir led by Laurence Ewashko, formerly conductor of the Vienna Boys' Choir.
In 1990, the company produced a program of "Canadian Opera Treasures" with Thirteen Strings, the Cantata Singers of Ottawa, and soloists including Sandra Graham, Rosemarie Landry, John Fanning, and Michael Schade. The concert included excerpts from eight operas including Lavallée's The Widow, Telgmann's Leo, the Royal Cadet, and Quesnel's Lucas et Cécile.
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