Opera Lyra Ottawa

Opera Lyra Ottawa (OLO) was a non-profit professional opera company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1984 by Canadian soprano Diana Gilchrist after the demise of the National Arts Centre's annual summer opera productions. The company performed fully staged and concert version operas in their original language with French and English surtitles at the National Arts Centre as well as running outreach and young artist programs.

As of 14 October 2015, Opera Lyra has ceased operations.[1][2]

A new company, New Opera Lyra, had its inaugural first season on October 28-29th, 2022 [this company has no relationship to the original Opera Lyra Ottawa, merely appropriating the name of the former company].[3]

  1. ^ Opera Lyra Ottawa. Archived 17 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  2. ^ Ottawa Citizen (14 October 2015). "Cash crisis causes Opera Lyra to cease operations". Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ^ confirmed by former employees of Opera Lyra Ottawa