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On Thursday, May 16, Toronto’s familiar social scene regulars and arts lovers donned their most glamorous fairytale-inspired (and extremely photo-worthy) frocks and hit the stunning Four Seasons Centre for the 15th annual Operanation fundraiser event.

Chef Mark McEwan

On November 14, 2014, Young Professionals for SickKids held it’s third annual Breakfast of Champions networking fundraiser. The early morning event, starting at 7:30am, was a vibrant, energetic and lively affair. The spacious event hall at The Toronto Board of Trade filled up quickly with close to 300 young professionals from legal, financial, media, medical, fashion and agency worlds to mingle with some of Canada’s most celebrated industry leaders, called ‘Champions’.

Yelle performing with the Canadian Opera Company's Ensemble Studio

On Thursday, October 16th, 2014, the illustrious Four Seasons Centre was illuminated for the annual Operanation gala. It’s the signature fundraiser of the Canadian Opera Company, this time with the theme of “Light Up the Night”.

The next generation of Canada’s talented opera singers were celebrated at the Canadian Opera Company’s inaugural “Centre Stage” gala on November 26, 2013. After 155 preliminary auditions across Canada, nine short-listed singers competed to win cash prizes and opera glory at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Accompanied by the COC orchestra and conducted by Music Director Johannes Debus, each singer gave their best performance in two arias each. Grammy-nominated and multi-Juno award winning Rufus Wainwright was a…

UPDATE: Operanation Party tickets are already 85% sold! VIP and Early Bird tickets are sold out. Get yours now! Montreal’s own Sam Roberts Band has been announced as the headliners to perform at Operanation 10. They’re a multi-platinum, six-time Juno award winning rock band that will definitely put on a great show. They will be performing a unique mashup collaboration with the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio. In it’s 10th anniversary, Operanation is the COC’s highly-anticipated annual fundraising gala at…

We rated last year’s Operanation 9: “Sweet Revenge” as one of last year’s top events of 2012, so you should be marking the 10th iteration of Operanation as a must-attend. It’s a major fundraising event of grandiose celebrations for Toronto’s performing arts that brings over a thousand guests to fill three floors of the Four Season’s Centre for the Performing Arts, raising funds for the COC’s Ensemble Studio, the training program for aspiring young opera professionals. This year the Operanation…