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author = ["authors/jenna.md"]
categories = "Interview"
date = "2015-04-06T22:34:00-04:00"
lastmod = "2015-04-13T21:30:00-04:00"
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1428373977654/2015YouthOperaLabUse.jpg.jpg"
publishDate = "2015-01-26T09:00:00-05:00"
related_companies = ["scene/companies/canadian-opera-company.md"]
related_people = ["scene/people/atom-egoyan.md"]
short_description = "The Canadian Opera Company offers plenty of education programs for young people and adults, including their Youth Opera Lab. The YOL is designed to give young opera fans a chance to dive deeply into the shows in the COC&#039;s season, and this month, the focus was on Atom Egoyan&#039;s upcoming production of Die Walküre. "
slug = "the-cocs-youth-opera-lab-die-walkure"
title = "The COC&#039;s Youth Opera Lab: Die Walküre"

youtube_url ="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qzhpCCl6UU"
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<p>
	The Canadian Opera Company offers plenty of 
	<a href="http://www.coc.ca/ExploreAndLearn.aspx" target="_blank">education programs</a> for young people and adults, including their <a href="http://www.coc.ca/ExploreAndLearn/YoungAdults/YouthOperaLab.aspx" target="_blank">Youth Opera Lab</a>. The YOL is designed to give young opera fans a chance to dive deeply into the shows in the COC's season, and this month, the focus was on Atom Egoyan's upcoming production of <a href="http://www.coc.ca/PerformancesAndTickets/1415Season/DieWalkure.aspx" target="_blank"><em>Die Walküre</em></a>. Participants were able to talk with COC Orchestra Concertmaster <a href="http://marieberard.ca/" target="_blank">Marie Bérard</a> and Music Director and <em>Walküre </em>conductor <a href="http://www.coc.ca/AboutTheCOC/CompanyMembers/Orchestra/JohannesDebus.aspx" target="_blank">Johannes Debus</a>, and even watch part of their rehearsal at the Four Seasons Centre. I chatted with participants (Maria Milenic, Elliott McMurchy, and Joseph Glaser) about why they signed up for this Youth Opera Lab.
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