Leap into the leap year with City Opera Vancouver’s presentation of the Canadian premiere of Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt, at the York Theatre from February 29th to March 3rd. Directed by the acclaimed Ann Hodges, under the baton of City Opera Vancouver Artistic Director Gordon Gerrard, composer Missy…
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Catch the new comedy musical Sigma Acapella on Granville Island, opening March 18
A witty new musical is opening March 18, Rushed Productions presents the world premiere of Annahis Basmadjian’s Sigma Acapella. The new original musical production, with a brand-new score, and a one-of-a-kind script arguably never before seen on stage. Theatre and musical fans of all ages will enjoy an evening of song, laughs, a relatable cast…
Vancouver Opera Reveals Its 65th Anniversary Season
As Vancouver Opera recent presentation of Don Pasquale marks the midway of the current season the Company prepares to celebrate its 65th anniversary with the announcement of its 2024–2025 season. In October, Strauss’ eternally-charming Die Fledermaus opens the season, followed by Jonathan Dove’s compassionate contemporary classic Flight in February 2025. Puccini’s sublime masterpiece Madama Butterfly…
Picks of the Week – February 21, 2024
As we move further into February, big events abound in these picks of the week Celebration: Tonight, at long last, the postponed Madonna’s Celebration Tour brings her greatest hits to Rogers Arena Seven: Get out your fancy dress costumes and head to BC Place for the three day spectacle that is HSBC Vancouver SVNS –…
Picks of the Week – February 14, 2024
Happy Valentine’s Day, as the occasion fills restaurants and florists with customers we still find plenty to choose from in the picks of the week Chocolate: It’s the final day to sample sweet sips of the 14th Annual Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival at 100 locations with in neighbourhoods across Greater Vancouver. Opera: The Vancouver Opera season continues with…
Donizetti’s Don Pasquale Brings Hijinx To Vancouver Opera.
Vancouver Opera’s season continues with two more performances of Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera, Don Pasquale February 15 and 18. Opening last Saturday at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Don Pasquale is another opulent production, with whimsical sets, comic turns, and soaring vocals – and laundry! Before the curtain raises a full-height Fotoromanzo (romantic-comic photo novel) teases audiences with…
Montreal’s La Nef Sets Sail To Join Chor Leoni In The Return Voyage
Yo Ho! Montreal’s award-winning La Nef travels west to join Vancouver’s own JUNO-nominated Chor Leoni for The Return Voyage, a rousing night of nautical songs. February 16th and 17th at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church, listen along to the tales of those lives led abroad in the 18th and 19th centuries, embodying the thrill of…