News Releases
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Conductor Bernard Labadie, Quebec City’s Les Violons du Roy, and internationally renowned flutist Emmanuel Pahud inaugurate the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s 2012-2013 Great Performers Series with a program of Baroque showpieces on October 21
October 15, 2012
The first Great Performers concert of the NAC Orchestra 2012-2013 season -- conducted by Bernard Labadie -- features internationally acclaimed Les Violons du Roy performing music by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Franz Benda, Johann Joachim Quantz, and the music-loving Frederick the Great, who was a King in Prussia (1740–1772) and a King of Prussia (1772–1786) from the Hohenzollern dynasty.... Read more
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NEWS RELEASE: The National Arts Centre celebrates the “Year of the North” Orchestra tour this fall, major Northern Festival spring 2013
October 11, 2012
OTTAWA—Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) is celebrating the “Year of the North” with two major artistic projects: the “Northern Canada Tour” of the NAC Orchestra in the Fall of 2012 and the “Northern Scene” in the Spring of 2013, when the NAC will invite Northern artists back to Ottawa for a major festival featuring 250 of the best established... Read more
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“The Little Prince” opens the TD Family Adventures with the NAC Orchestra series on October 13 | Concerts mark the first appearance for Alain Trudel as the NAC Orchestra’s new Principal Youth and Family Conductor
October 9, 2012
OTTAWA--The National Arts Centre Orchestra invites families to discover Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince and the characters in his fantastic universe through a musical tale overflowing with imagination, mystery and emotion in two concerts on October 13, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. in the NAC’s Southam Hall. The production by L’Arsenal à... Read more
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The National Arts Centre English Theatre/Neptune Theatre (Halifax, NS) co-production in celebration of Neptune Theatre’s 50th Anniversary The Glace Bay Miners’ Museum by Wendy Lill a play based on the novel by Sheldon Currie Directed by Mary Vingoe Featuring the NAC English Theatre Company October 16 – November 3, 2012 NAC Theatre
October 4, 2012
Ottawa, Ontario – The NAC celebrates the 50th anniversary of Halifax’s Neptune Theatre with a work that embodies the theatre of Nova Scotia. In Glace Bay, romance blossoms between Neil Currie – a musician and misfit with limited job prospects – and scrappy Margaret MacNeil, a coal miner’s daughter. But behind it all, a strike and a mining disaster loom over the... Read more
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Political Pawn. Teenage Queen. Lover. Victim. Marie-Antoinette. National Arts Centre Inaugurates the 2012-2013 Ballet Season with the Canadian Premiere of Marie by Houston Ballet
October 3, 2012
OTTAWA, October 3, 2012 — Ottawa hosts the Canadian premiere of Artistic Director Stanton Welch's Marie. Thursday October 18, Friday October 19, and Saturday October 20, 2012 at 8 p.m. Southam Hall. All performances feature the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Internationally acclaimed Houston Ballet performs a three-act narrative ballet inspired by the life of the legendary French... Read more
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National Arts Centre Orchestra Principal Cello Amanda Forsyth shines in Boccherini's Cello Concerto, the inaugural Mark Motors Audi Signature Series concert on October 10-11
October 2, 2012
OTTAWA, October 2, 2012 — The first Mark Motors Audi Signature Series concert of the NAC Orchestra’s 2012-2013 season -- conducted by Music Director Pinchas Zukerman -- features music by Mozart and Schumann, as well as Principal Cello Amanda Forsyth Boccherini’s highly expressive Cello Concerto. The concert is at 8 p.m. in the National Arts Centre’s Southam Hall on... Read more
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GENERAL AUDITIONS National Arts Centre English Theatre will be conducting general auditions in Calgary October 21 and 22, 2012.
September 28, 2012
National Arts Centre English Theatre (Ottawa, ON) Artistic Director Jillian Keiley, Associate Artistic Director Sarah Garton Stanley, and Managing Director Nancy Webster will be conducting general auditions in Calgary Sunday, October 21 and Monday, October 22, 2012. These auditions are open to professional actors. Priority to be given to members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity... Read more
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GENERAL AUDITIONS National Arts Centre English Theatre will be conducting general auditions in Toronto October 11, 12 and 13, 2012.
September 28, 2012
National Arts Centre English Theatre (Ottawa, ON) Artistic Director Jillian Keiley and Associate Artistic Director Sarah Garton Stanley will be conducting general auditions in Toronto October 11, 12 and 13, 2012. These auditions are open to professional actors. Priority to be given to members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. Actors are asked to prepare either two... Read more
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The National Arts Centre Orchestra and Music Director Pinchas Zukerman kick off the 2012-2013 season in spectacular style with the Beethoven Festival - Evolution of a Genius (September 27 - October 4)
September 27, 2012
The National Arts Centre Orchestra and Music Director Pinchas Zukerman kick off the 2012-2013 season in spectacular style with the Beethoven Festival - Evolution of a Genius (September 27 - October 4) OTTAWA, September 24, 2012 — The four-concert Beethoven Festival – The Evolution of a Genius (September 27-October 4) throws a brilliant spotlight on the drama, power, and passion... Read more
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Culture Days at the NAC on Sunday, September 30th
September 25, 2012
OTTAWA – Backstage tours, karaoke, dance workshops, classical music, poetry and an exhibition featuring Glenn Gould’s piano highlight the 2012 edition of Culture Days at the National Arts Centre on Sunday September 30 from noon to 4 p.m. Culture Days is a free, annual event designed to invite the public to celebrate and explore arts and culture in every province and... Read more