“I won’t lie that I’ve built a lot of pressure on myself,” she said candidly. So, it’s emotional and beautiful to connect with them again.”Ĭhaieb last appeared at the COC seven years ago in “Die Walküre.” She has since toured internationally, starring in productions at the Met Opera, Washington National Opera and Palm Beach Opera.īut she admits she feels the pressure of this homecoming. You get attached to a lot of the people, from those in the hair and makeup and costume departments to the chorus and admin. “I spent three or four years here in Toronto as a young artist, spending six days a week in that building. “It feels like coming back home,” she told the Star. Montreal-based Chaieb, who graduated from the COC’s incubator program for emerging artists in 2013, said it’s “surreal” returning to the company and city that helped her grow as an artist. 4 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Mezzo-sopranos J’Nai Bridges and Rihab Chaieb are set to step into one of opera’s most iconic roles this fall, as they share the titular role in the COC’s production of “Carmen,” running from Oct. The other graduated from the COC’s Ensemble Studio and returns to the company after drawing acclaim around the world. One is a two-time Grammy Award winner who is making her long-awaited Canadian Opera Company (COC) debut.

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