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Opera Pub

What’s more fun than opera and a beer with friends?

About Opera Pub

AtG’s Opera Pubs are improvised, wild nights that offer up your favourite operatic arias and ensembles, performed by both established and emerging opera talent. Opera Pubs are the perfect introduction for newbies and a welcome break for opera vets who want to see something “a little different.” What’s more fun than opera and a beer with friends?

Opera Pub is headed back out west!

Opera Pub was born in Banff Legion bar in Alberta and soon after transported to Toronto, which has been the headquarters of Opera Pub over the last few years. Between astounding the Amsterdam Bicycle Club, tearin’ up Tranzac Club, and now at The Drake Hotel, it’s safe to say we’re here to stay in the glorious GTA.

With that being said, Opera Pub is too much party for just one city, and we are thrilled that we’ve had Opera Pubs in Vancouver and Edmonton (in collaboration with Edmonton Opera)!

Watch this video to learn a little more about Opera Pub! 

Or read the Schmopera article (linked below) where AtG’s founding artistic director Joel Ivany and founding Music Director Topher Mokrzewski chat about the origins of Opera Pub.

Read the Article

Times, Dates, & Locations

Location:

The Drake Hotel Lounge

1150 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1J3

For more information on the venue, you can visit their website here.

Tickets

It’s free! No tickets are necessary, but reservations are recommended.

Book Your Table

If you want to support AtG so we can keep offering these rowdy evenings of fabulous music, you can donate by clicking the button below!

Support Opera Pub
Dates & Times

All Toronto Opera Pubs happen on the first Monday of the month. They begin at 7:30 PM, but you can show up a little earlier if you wish!

See the full list of dates below!

2023/2024 season
October 2nd
November 6th
December 4th
February 5th
March 4th
April 1st
May 6th

Location:

La Fabrique St.George Winery

7 E 7th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 1M4, Canada

For more information on the venue, you can visit their website here.

Tickets

It’s free! No tickets are required but reservations are recommended. Click here to make one!

But, if you want to support AtG so we can keep offering these rowdy evenings of fabulous music, you can donate by clicking the button below!

Support Opera Pub
Dates & Times

All Vancouver Opera Pubs happen on the first Tuesday of the month. They begin at 7 PM, but you can show up a little earlier if you wish!

See the full list of dates below!

Opera Pub in Vancouver is to be announced at a later date.

Location:

Blue Chair

9624 76 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6C 0K3

For more information on the venue, you can visit their website here.

Tickets

It’s free! No tickets are required, but reservations are recommended. To save a table, just give the Blue Chair Cafe team a call at 780-989-2861!

If you want to support AtG so we can keep offering these rowdy evenings of fabulous music, you can donate by clicking the button below!

Support Opera Pub
Dates & Times

All Edmonton Opera Pubs happen on the fourth Wednesday of the month. They begin at 7 PM, but you can show up a little earlier if you wish!

See the full list of dates below!

2023 season
September 27th
October 25th
November 22nd
December 20th

Creative Team

Greg Finney
Opera Pub Host (Toronto)

Greg Finney

ATG OG Gregory Finney has been around from the jump. He’s been seen in every performance of ATG’s LA BOHEME (Benoit/Alcindoro) – including the recent national tour and groundbreaking livestream in conjunction with the Banff Centre for Performing Arts and CBC Arts, as well as FIGARO’S WEDDING (Bartolo/Antonio), and #ATGMESSIAH. Having carved out a niche as a top-notch comprimario, Gregory is also a frequent feature with Toronto Operetta Theatre (HMS PINAFORE, THE MERRY WIDOW, LA BELLE HELENE), and with VOICEBOX: Opera In Concert (KAMOURASKA, STREET SCENE, DIE FREUNDE VON SALAMANKA). Gregory is also a regular contributor/reviewer for the opera blog Schmopera and has had his music interviews published in LA SCENA MUSICALE and online at OperaCanada.ca. Greggy is over the moon to be joining th Opera Pub team as host and can’t wait to pound pints and Puccini with everyone.
Opera Pub Répétiteur (Toronto)

Spencer Kryzanowski

Spencer Kryzanowski is a répétiteur and vocal coach based in Toronto. He is currently pursuing an Artistic Diploma (Répétiteur) at the University of Toronto.

Spencer believes strongly in equity, diversity, and inclusion in the rehearsal room and teaching studio. For him, creating safe, collaborative spaces where everyone's voice and input is valued is essential for all projects.

Spencer has participated in a number of prestigious programs, including the Opera in the 21st Century program at the Banff Centre and St. Andrew's Opera Workshop. Spencer recently made his European debut with Berlin Opera Academy, assisting as répétiteur on Hänsel und Gretel. Spencer’s other recent répétiteur credits include Copland's The Tender Land (UofT Opera, 2022), Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (UofT Opera, 2022), and Puccini’s La bohème (Mercury Opera, 2019 & 2020).

Spencer is so excited to be joining the Against The Grain Theatre family. What’s better than kicking back and listening to gorgeous opera hits with a beer in hand?

Opera Pub Répétiteur (Vancouver)

Perri Lo

Perri Lo is a pianist and vocal coach, working in opera, chamber music, and dance. She is passionate about intertwining these art forms, coming from a formal opera repetiteur training and working with professional dance companies and schools since 2010. Perri is currently a staff pianist at Ballet BC and Arts Umbrella Dance Company. Most recently, she produced her first dance and art song collaboration, Quartet, featuring baritone Luka Kawabata and dancers of Ballet BC, in support of Banff Centre’s Opera in the 21st Century Program.

Since her role as apprentice coach with the Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program (‘18-19), Perri has music directed productions with Indie Opera West companies such as ReNaissance Opera, of both traditional and contemporary repertoire. One of her most valuable experiences was touring across B.C. with Vancouver Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria’s co-production of Flight of the Hummingbird (2020), a new children’s opera about climate change.

When she is not performing with singers and instrumentalists, Perri serves as B.C.’s Provincial Coordinator for Opera InReach, an artists’ collective providing accessible, innovative, and diverse opera education and mentorship for youths across Canada.

She is grateful to be creating and working on the unceded and ancestral homelands of xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Wanna sing at Opera Pub?

 

The Opera Pub audience is the best audience to sing for! Good vibes only.

 

Want to belt it out with a beer in hand? Please fill out our singer application form.
(for Toronto only)
Opera Pub Singer Form

Opera Pub in Action

📸 by Taylor Long Photo