Opera Canada

Opera Canada
Editor Wayne Gooding
Categories Music
Frequency Quarterly
First issue 1 February 1960 (1960-02-01)–present[note 1]
Company Opera Canada Publications
Country Canada
Based in Toronto
Language English
Website operacanada.ca/about
ISSN 0030-3577

Opera Canada is a quarterly music magazine published by Opera Canada Publications. It is the oldest continuously published arts magazine in Canada.[1] It is an independent magazine[2] separate from the Canadian Opera Association.[3] Along with Opera and Opera News, in the 1990s, the magazine was considered to be one of the three major opera publications in the English-speaking world.[4]

History

In 1960, Opera in Canada[5] was established in Toronto by Ruby Mercer.[6] It was started as a publication for the 300 members of the Canadian Opera Guild.[7] The publication was meant to be a link between the Guild members and its readers.[8] Mercer served as editor and publisher until 1990.[9][10]

Bibliographic details

In 1963, the publication's name was changed to Opera Canada.[11] The magazine was quarterly from 1960 to 1974. In 1975, six issues were planned but only five issues were published. Quarterly publication resumed and continued between 1976 and 2004.[12] Five issues of the magazine were published annually 2004-????. The magazine has once again reverted to a quarterly publication.[13]

Over its lifetime, the magazine has had three publishers as follows:

In February 1976 Opera Canada became an independent magazine.[2] The Canadian Opera Association was the former legal name of the Canadian Opera Company used between 1960–1977.[3] With the third publisher change, the magazine became a non-profit organization in Canada.[17] Individual donors and corporations are entitled to an official receipt per Revenue Canada[18] issued by Opera Canada (registration 118929108RR0001).[19] The website and the printed magazine is available to paid subscribers. The magazine's other revenue streams are grants, advertising, and newsstand sales. Each year the publication receives funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council,[20] and the Canadian Periodical Fund.[21] Printing and targeted advertising within the magazine is delivered by Dovetail Communications Inc.[22]

The editorial succession at Opera Canada was as follows:[12]

Opera Canada Awards

With an endowment from the estate of Ruby Mercer, the Opera Canada Awards (The Rubies) were established in 2000. The Rubies recognise and honour outstanding individual achievements on stage and behind the scenes.[25] The first recipients included Maureen Forrester, Stuart Hamilton, and John Cook.[12]

See also

Footnotes

Notes

  1. ↑ Issue #1 of Opera in Canada was dated February / March 1960.

Citations

  1. ↑ Joseph So (9 October 2010). "This Week in Toronto (Oct. 11 - 17)". blog.scena.org. The Music Scene. Retrieved 2 February 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  2. 1 2 "Opera Canada on its own". The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa: Postmedia Network Inc. via Google News). www.ottawacitizen.com. 12 March 1976. p. 59. ISSN 0839-3222. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  3. 1 2 Carl Morey, Christopher Morris. "Canadian Opera Company". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com. The Historica Dominion Institute. Retrieved 13 February 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  4. ↑ Bob Mitchell (18 December 1989). "Ontario Arts Council cuts off opera magazine (FIN Edition)". Toronto Star (Toronto: Torstar). www.thestar.com. p. C6. OCLC 679765547. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "Opera Canada Contact Us". Opera Canada (Toronto: Opera Canada Publications). operacanada.ca. ISSN 0030-3577. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  6. ↑ Eloise Wilkinson (28 March 1968). "Editor of Opera Canada: Keeping them informed". Windsor Star (Windsor: Postmedia Network Inc.). www.windsorstar.com. p. 49. OCLC 472639779. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  7. ↑ "Opera magazine editor dies at 92 [Final Edition]". Waterloo Region Record (Kitchener: Torstar via Google News). www.therecord.com. 1 February 1999. p. B5 Entertainment. ISSN 0824-5150. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  8. ↑ Thistle, Lauretta (24 March 1965). "Traffic allowing, a Guild here?". The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa: Postmedia Network Inc. via Google News). www.ottawacitizen.com. p. 2 Entertainment. ISSN 0839-3222. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  9. ↑ "Ruby Mercer (1906–1999)". La Scène musicale, The Music Scene (magazine) 6 (5) (Montréal). www.scena.org. 1 February 2001. ISSN 1703-8189. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  10. ↑ Betty Nygaard King. "Biographies > Sopranos > Mercer, Ruby". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com. The Historica Dominion Institute. Retrieved 1 February 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  11. ↑ Library and Archives Canada. "AMICUS No. 33957176". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/all. canada.gc.ca/main_e.html. Retrieved 11 February 2011. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
  12. 1 2 3 Sarah Church, Helmut Kallmann. "Opera Canada". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com. The Historica Dominion Institute. Retrieved 1 February 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  13. ↑ "Magazines"entertainment"Opera Canada". www.magazinescanada.ca/home. Magazines Canada. Retrieved 13 February 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  14. ↑ Library and Archives Canada. "AMICUS No. 90626 Serial". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/all. canada.gc.ca/main_e.html. Retrieved 1 February 2011. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
  15. ↑ Library and Archives Canada. "AMICUS No. 5494940 Serial/Microfilm". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/all. canada.gc.ca/main_e.html. Retrieved 1 February 2011. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
  16. ↑ Library and Archives Canada. "AMICUS No. 1645716 Serial". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/all. canada.gc.ca/main_e.html. Retrieved 1 February 2011. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
  17. ↑ Canada Revenue Agency. "Canadian Registered Charities - Detail Page registration number: 118929108RR0001". www.cra-arc.gc.ca/search/menu-e.html. canada.gc.ca/main_e.html. Retrieved 1 February 2011. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
  18. ↑ Canada Revenue Agency. "IT-110R3 Income Tax Interpretation Bulletin Gifts and Official Donation Receipts". www.cra-arc.gc.ca/search/menu-e.html. canada.gc.ca/main_e.html. Retrieved 2 February 2011. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
  19. ↑ Canada Revenue Agency. "Canadian Registered Charities - Detail Page registration number: 118929108RR0001". www.cra-arc.gc.ca/search/menu-e.html. canada.gc.ca/main_e.html. Retrieved 1 February 2011. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
  20. ↑ "Grants to Periodicals Results Announcement". www.arts.on.ca. Ontario Arts Council. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  21. ↑ Ron Nurwisah (3 April 2010). "Magazines receiving money from the Canadian Periodical Fund". nationalpost.com. National Post. Retrieved 1 February 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  22. ↑ "Welcome to Dovetail Communications Inc.". www.dvtail.com. Dovetail Communications. Retrieved 11 February 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  23. ↑ John Terauds (7 September 2006). "With this Ring ... Wagner's classic begins". Toronto Star (Toronto: Torstar). www.thestar.com. OCLC 679765547. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  24. ↑ Canada Revenue Agency. "Directors / Trustees and Like Officials - OPERA CANADA PUBLICATIONS 2008 Annual Information Return". www.cra-arc.gc.ca. canada.gc.ca/main_e.html. Retrieved 11 February 2011. External link in |publisher=, |work= (help)
  25. ↑ "ARIAS Emerging Young Artist Award". www.ariasawards.org. A R I A S: Canadian Opera Student Development Fund. Retrieved 2 February 2011. External link in |work= (help)

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