🪷 25 Oct is #WorldOperaDay: #RufusWainwright 's "Hadrian" won Outstanding New Opera at the prestigious Dora Awards. The opera had its world premiere at Canadian Opera Company in Toronto in October 2018. Baritone #ThomasHampson was #Hadrian and tenor #IsaiahBell was #Antinous. 🪷

🪷 Happy Birthday to #RufusWainwright, born 22 July 1973. Rufus Wainwright's "Hadrian" won Dora Awards Outstanding New Opera. The opera had its gala world premiere at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto in October 2018. Baritone #ThomasHampson was #Hadrian and tenor #IsaiahBell was #Antinous. 🪷