Our Mission
As an opera collective, Cultureland aims to make new opera more accessible, and to build cultural awareness and closeness by offering socially-impactful new operatic productions and educational initiatives with a primary focus on equity-deserving Middle Eastern culture and communities.
Our Values
Equity and Inclusivity
Creativity, Collaboration and Innovation
Contribution and Accountability
Building Community, Cultural identity
Education, Empathy and Healing
Our Vision
- To offer variety of artistic activities such as opera performances, opera workshops, lecture and seminars to make opera more accessible for equity-deserving communities;
- To offer artistic hands-on and co-op programs to college/university music and opera students and bridge the gap between academia and the Canadian opera industry;
- To act as a catalyst between artists and scientists to develop, share and build new skills in creation of new operatic productions.
- To create a secure artistic platform as a nest for Equity-deserving Middle Eastern members of the community who have not been exposed to opera due any social limitations such as war, religion or other reasons; Using opera as medium to to bring the sense of awareness, belonging and to heal;