Party Pages: Opera supporters dance to Nelly Furtado and The Arkells at this year’s Operanation gala
Operanation, the annual party to benefit the Canadian Opera Company, is always one of the year’s biggest fetes (not least in terms of space—the party spans three floors of the Four Seasons Centre). This year, the main draws were musical guests Nelly Furtado and The Arkells, both accompanied by singers from the Opera Company. Before the performance, we spoke with Gabrielle Miller, everyone’s favourite Corner Gas star, about hopping between Canada and the U.S.—the actress is now multinational, having just starred in Psycho Therapy in New York. (The Vancouver native also touched on West Coast versus Ontario rivalries, joking that “the only people who rag on Toronto are the ones who haven’t visited it yet.”)
Though guests stood almost perfectly still for Furtado’s performance of “Maneater” (it takes a while for drinks to kick in, right?), by the time The Arkells did their rendition of Hall and Oates’ “You Make My Dreams,” the audience was ready to boogie. Almost everyone was shimmying up a storm once the DJ got started, including gallerist Daniel Faria, who busted a move to Stevie Wonder on the stairs. Said stairs proved to be the hotspot of the evening, where girls could rest their weary six-inch-heeled feet (many retired to them after their dancing, taking care to not expose anything under sequined dresses).
172313 Amy Burstyn-Fritz, announcing the raffle winners (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation14-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation14.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation14.jpg 624 416 {"aperture":"3.5","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","created_timestamp":"946684844","focal_length":"35","iso":"4000","shutter_speed":"0.01"} https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation14/ oct12operanation14 0 0
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172315 The Arkells and Ambur Braid (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation16-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation16.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation16.jpg 624 416 {"aperture":"2.8","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","created_timestamp":"946685023","focal_length":"35","iso":"1600","shutter_speed":"0.008"} https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation16/ oct12operanation16 0 0
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172314 The Arkells with opera star Ambur Braid (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation15-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation15.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation15.jpg 624 416 {"aperture":"5","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","created_timestamp":"946684873","focal_length":"35","iso":"2500","shutter_speed":"0.0125"} https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation15/ oct12operanation15 0 0
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172304 Nelly Furtado (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation05-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation05.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation05.jpg 624 416 {"aperture":"4","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","created_timestamp":"946685060","focal_length":"35","iso":"3200","shutter_speed":"0.005"} https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation05/ oct12operanation05 0 0
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172305 Nelly Furtado sang with the Canadian Opera Company’s Cameron McPhail (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation06-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation06.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation06.jpg 624 416 {"aperture":"2.2","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","created_timestamp":"946684952","focal_length":"35","iso":"3200","shutter_speed":"0.004"} https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation06/ oct12operanation06 0 0
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172316 Nelly Furtado (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation_intro-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation_intro.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation_intro.jpg 656 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation_intro/ oct12operanation_intro 0 0
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172311 Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning and gala co-chair Jeffrey Remedios (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation12-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation12.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation12.jpg 624 416 {"aperture":"1.8","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","created_timestamp":"946684852","focal_length":"35","iso":"8000","shutter_speed":"0.0166666666667"} https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation12/ oct12operanation12 0 0
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172310 <em>Sharp Magazine </em>editor Jeremy Freed (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation11-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation11.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation11.jpg 624 416 {"aperture":"2.5","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","created_timestamp":"946684915","focal_length":"35","iso":"5000","shutter_speed":"0.02"} https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation11/ oct12operanation11 0 0
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172308 <em>Now’</em>s Andrew Sardone, Carolyn Rohaly and designer Philip Sparks (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation09-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation09.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation09.jpg 624 416 {"aperture":"3.5","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","created_timestamp":"946684829","focal_length":"35","iso":"8000","shutter_speed":"0.05"} https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation09/ oct12operanation09 0 0
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172307 <em>Elle’</em>s Laura deCarufel and gala co-chair Amy Burstyn Fritz (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation08-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation08.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation08.jpg 624 416 {"aperture":"3.5","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","created_timestamp":"946684805","focal_length":"35","iso":"8000","shutter_speed":"0.0333333333333"} https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation08/ oct12operanation08 0 0
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172306 Andrea Beechey, guest and gallerist Daniel Faria (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation07-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation07.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation07.jpg 624 416 {"aperture":"2.5","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","created_timestamp":"946684905","focal_length":"35","iso":"8000","shutter_speed":"0.0666666666667"} https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation07/ oct12operanation07 0 0
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172300 Argonaut Tony Washington and actress Gabrielle Miller (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation01-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation01.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation01.jpg 624 416 {"aperture":"3.2","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","created_timestamp":"946685005","focal_length":"35","iso":"6400","shutter_speed":"0.0333333333333"} https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation01/ oct12operanation01 0 0
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172303 The view over the party (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation04-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation04.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation04.jpg 624 416 {"aperture":"1.4","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","created_timestamp":"946684946","focal_length":"35","iso":"6400","shutter_speed":"0.01"} https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation04/ oct12operanation04 0 0
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172302 Around the macaron table, courtesy of Nadège, we heard many arguments over the pronunciation of “macaron” versus “marcaroon” (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation03-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation03.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation03.jpg 624 416 {"aperture":"1.4","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","created_timestamp":"946684813","focal_length":"35","iso":"6400","shutter_speed":"0.0125"} https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation03/ oct12operanation03 0 0
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172301 More than 1,000 people hit the Four Seasons Centre for the sold-out party (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) Operanation 2012 Operanation 2012 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation02-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation02.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oct12Operanation02.jpg 624 416 {"aperture":"1.4","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","created_timestamp":"946684802","focal_length":"35","iso":"6400","shutter_speed":"0.00625"} https://torontolife.com/city/operanation-2012-gala/slide/oct12operanation02/ oct12operanation02 0 0
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