Subscriptions rose by 8.8 percent over the previous season, and total box office revenues rose 17 percent to $8.9 million.
COC presented the Canadian premiere of Poul Ruders' The Handmaid's Tale, based on Margaret Atwood's novel; a new production of Wagner's Siegfried, part of the company's upcoming Ring cycle; Rossini's Tancredi, with contralto Ewa Podles; Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor; Puccini's La bohme; and Verdi's Il trovatore.
The company has already sold more than $6 million in subscriptions for 2005-06, according to a statement.
"The enthusiastic response by ticket-holders is an undeniable sign of their excitement and commitment to the COC," said general director Richard Bradshaw. "The moment that so many people have been looking forward to is almost here, as we prepare to mount our final season at the Hummingbird Centre and move into the COC's new home, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, in summer 2006."
