By COC Communications: “Every week, we’re sharing a full-length video recording of a COC performance.

Captured by a camera situated in the soundbooth at the back of R. Fraser Elliott Hall, these videos are ordinarily never seen by the public –– they are technical tools rather than streamed performances, historical documents that record the technical and creative elements of a production for industry use. 

In collaboration with our theatrical unions and the productions’ artistic teams, we are making these archival videos available as a token of our appreciation for all the support we have received from you, our COC community.

Nothing can replace the magical energy of a live performance. And rather than attempting to reproduce that experience, we wanted to offer something special and different: an opportunity to extend your appreciation of opera into a previously unseen world of behind-the-scenes footage.”

Source: Coc.ca