GAZING into opera’s FUTURE
My bold PREDICTION for Canadian opera in 60 years is…
Patrick Corrigan, General Director of Opéra de Montréal: There will be fewer ‘big stage’ opera companies and the ones that survive will have distinctive and compelling artistic brands, and major digital presence. The digital experience will continue to improve, digital consumption will continue to grow and our digital audiences will count.
Topher Mokrzewski, artist agent/Dean Artists Management: We’ll see robust growth in government investment, reaching European-like levels, reflecting a fundamental change in how we view the importance of arts and culture in Canadian society.
We will see way more BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, People of Colour] creators on stage and
