First the bad news.  Calgary Opera have cancelled their fall production of Fidelio citing uncertainty over rehearsal, performance and audience management issues.  I’m not surprised and I expect we will hear something similar from the COC next week.  The performing arts really don’t seem to figure at all on the Ontario government’s priorities or plans which isn’t a surprise but is a bit depressing.  There’s information here on what the industry is doing to try and get a change of priorities  with tools you can use to help.

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