May 1, 2012
Tickets for the National Arts Centre Gala with international piano superstar Lang Lang go on sale to the general public at the NAC Box Office on Tuesday May 8. The Box Office is open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The National Arts Centre Gala -- benefitting the NAC’s National Youth and Education Trust – is delighted to welcome CIBC as the new Presenting Sponsor. The NAC... Read more
April 27, 2012
Ottawa, Ontario – The National Arts Centre English Theatre is proud to present Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, King Lear, widely regarded as the most anticipated theatre event of the 2011-2012 Canadian Theatre season. Set in 17th Century Canada, amidst the pressure of early contact and confrontation, King Lear features a cast of entirely Aboriginal actors from across the country... Read more
April 27, 2012
Experience the excitement only The Great White way can provide in Do You Hear the People Sing, the fifth CTV Pops concert of the NAC Orchestra’s 2011-12 season. Conductor Jack Everly, Principal Pops Conductor of the NAC Orchestra, leads the National Arts Centre Orchestra, a cast of Broadway stars – Eric Kunze, Terrence Mann, Lea Salonga, Kathy Voytko, and Marie Zamora – as well... Read more
April 25, 2012
Canada’s National Arts Centre is delighted to announce a unique website feature called NAC Orchestra Concerts on Demand. "Concerts on Demand" allows anyone with a computer to enjoy free online streaming concerts – only a click away. National Arts Centre Orchestra ‘Concerts on Demand’ is the first such feature of its kind, anywhere in the world. "Concerts on Demand" is... Read more
April 24, 2012
In a much-anticipated annual ritual, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson will declare May 7-13, 2012 to be NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA WEEK in the National Capital Region. This marks the sixth year in a row for this high-spirited series of events highlighting the role of the NAC Orchestra and its musicians in performance at the NAC and in the community. Throughout each year, NACO musicians participate in... Read more
April 23, 2012
Ottawa (Canada) — Booker Prize-winning author Sir Salman Rushdie is taking part in tributes to some of Canada’s finest performing artists on May 5 at the National Arts Centre as part of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards 20th anniversary Gala. The author of 11 novels as well as several works of non-fiction, Sir Salman’s novel Midnight’s Children won the... Read more
April 23, 2012
Ottawa (Canada) — Booker Prize-winning author Sir Salman Rushdie is taking part in tributes to some of Canada’s finest performing artists on May 5 at the National Arts Centre as part of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards 20th anniversary Gala. The author of 11 novels as well as several works of non-fiction, Sir Salman’s novel Midnight’s Children won the... Read more
April 23, 2012
Ottawa (Canada) — Booker Prize-winning author Sir Salman Rushdie is taking part in tributes to some of Canada’s finest performing artists on May 5 at the National Arts Centre as part of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards 20th anniversary Gala. The author of 11 novels as well as several works of non-fiction, Sir Salman’s novel Midnight’s Children won the... Read more
April 23, 2012
Ottawa (Canada) — Booker Prize-winning author Sir Salman Rushdie is taking part in tributes to some of Canada’s finest performing artists on May 5 at the National Arts Centre as part of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards 20th anniversary Gala. The author of 11 novels as well as several works of non-fiction, Sir Salman’s novel Midnight’s Children won the... Read more
April 20, 2012
Nathan Bénédict, born on a magnificent estate on the north shore of Rivière-des-Milles-Îles, plunged into self-immolation when he began writing an essay on the genealogy of his family, more specifically at the very moment when he typed the final letters E-N-D. The causes of the sudden fire remain unknown, but what is certain is that all that’s left of him is a few... Read more