Richard Bradshaw, general director of the Canadian Opera Company and the man who brought an opera house to Toronto, has died.
Bradshaw died Wednesday evening of an apparent heart attack, the company has confirmed. He was 63.
Bradshaw waged a 30-year campaign to build an opera house in Toronto and his dream was finally realized last June when the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts opened.
The COC has hailed him as "visionary leader," "a conductor of international repute" and one of Canada's "most outspoken and fearless advocates for culture and the arts." Full Story
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Bradshaw died Wednesday evening of an apparent heart attack, the company has confirmed. He was 63.
Bradshaw waged a 30-year campaign to build an opera house in Toronto and his dream was finally realized last June when the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts opened.
The COC has hailed him as "visionary leader," "a conductor of international repute" and one of Canada's "most outspoken and fearless advocates for culture and the arts." Full Story
Have you ever taken in a COC performance that Bradshaw conducted? Have you visited the new Four Seasons Centre? Share your thoughts.
More...