Manitoba Opera
The Centennial Concert Hall, as part of the Manitoba Centennial Centre is the performing home of the Manitoba Opera. | |
| Manitoba Opera Association | |
| Genre | Opera |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Founder | Justice Kerr Twaddle |
| Headquarters | Centennial Concert Hall, |
Key people | Larry Desrochers (General Director) |
| Website | mbopera |
Manitoba Opera is a full-time professional opera company in Winnipeg, Manitoba, based at the Centennial Concert Hall.
Founded in 1969, Manitoba Opera is one of several western Canadian opera companies that flourished under the so-called "father of opera in Western Canada," Irving Guttman.
Live music for Manitoba Opera productions is provided by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.
The Opera also serves northwestern Ontario, Saskatchewan, and the Dakotas in the US.