While an opera singer’s life may be full of grandiose aspirations to better the world one aria at a time, keeping our lives eco-friendly can be a challenge. Operatic sets and costumes are often created with wasteful materials and not repurposed, and it is nearly impossible to make an operatic career by staying in one place, with top level singers travelling for up to ten months of the year. Yet as the opera world reckons with its history of systemic discrimination and colonization, some members of the Canadian opera community are also beginning to do their part in the climate crisis, both by working towards sustainability and lowered emissions, and through efforts towards reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
Maintaining an international career
