Clockwise from left are: David Diston, Kevin Myers, Nathan Keoughan, Jason Ragan, Melissa Peiou, Stephanie Tritchew, Andrea Núñez and Chelsea Van Pelt. Photo: Suzanne Boyd

Each season, Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist Development Program provides up to eight young singers with the opportunity to study and perform under a highly prestigious professional staff of teachers and performers.

The program is intended to benefit Canadian singers who have completed pre-professional training at an opera program. It will serve as a bridge between academic programs and the professional world of opera, offering the experience and practical skills necessary to succeed as a self-employed professional in a highly competitive international environment.

On February 03rd The Emerging Artists will present highlights in concert of Mozart’s THE MAGIC FLUTE, Calgary Opera’s upcoming spring production.  Mozart’s fantasy tale of love and the triumph of virtue is set in a mystical kingdom.  A Queen of the Night entices the young prince Tamino in order to free her beautiful daughter Pamina from the clutches of a priestly nemesis with the help of the bird-catcher Papageno.  THE MAGIC FLUTE will mesmerize you with its music and panoply of unusual characters.