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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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…
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…
Vancouver Opera Opens Its Seasons with The Magic Flute
Vancouver Opera opened its 2023-2024 season with Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Originally staged in the 18th Century, Die Zauberflöte, is a singspiel, a form of opera that includes singing as well as spoken dialogue to tell its story. In this case a fantasy fable that intertwines, love, revenge, perseverance, ancient wisdoms, with elements of Freemasonry…
Vancouver Opera Brings Opera In The Park Back To Deer Lake Park
Voices will ring out across Deer Lake Park when Vancouver Opera welcomes the return of Opera In The Park on Sunday July 16th. Presented with the City of Burnaby, the free, family friendly event features some of the incredible arias and duets from Vancouver Opera’s upcoming 2023-2024 season productions; The Magic Flute, Don Pasquale and…
Astrolabe Musik Theatre is bringing Into the Little Hill to SFU Woodwards
Astrolabe Musik Theatre in partnership with SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs is bringing the Canadian premiere of UK composer George Benjamin’s chamber opera Into the Little Hill to the stage. The lyric tale told in two parts comes to SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre Friday May 19 and Saturday…
As The Flying Dutchman closes out this season, Vancouver Opera reveals it coming 2023–2024 season.
As Vancouver Opera closes out its 2022-2023 season it has announced the performances coming in the 2023–2024 season. With Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman wrapping the current season with performances April 29, May 4 and May 7, audiences won’t have to wait long in anticipation of the new season. The Vancouver Opera 2023-2024 season begins in…