The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) has debuted its 2024/25 Season, a season filled with music to capture the imaginations and emotions of all ages. “Our world needs music now more than ever, and we invite you to experience the monumental beauty and emotional power of the orchestra. For the past 106 years, the VSO has…
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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…
Make Spirits Sing With This Holiday Season’s Christmas Concerts
It wouldn’t feel like the Holidays without Yuletide music to set the mood. This year, we once again find plenty of seasonal concerts to make the Christmas spirits sing! Let’s take a look at the festive Christmas concerts to help you enjoy the sounds of the holiday season Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir: A Ringing Swinging…
Coastal Jazz presents Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Lincoln Centre meets Vancouver’s Orpheum Theatre as the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society presents “Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis” for a one-night-only performance on Tuesday, October 10 at The Orpheum. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), featuring 15 of today’s finest jazz soloists and ensemble players, has been the Jazz at…
Early Music Vancouver gets in a festive mood with Festive Cantatas, on-demand
Last week, Early Music Vancouver welcomed the season with a pair of performances of Festive Cantatas: J.S. Bach Magnificat & Cantata BWV 110 (Let Our Mouth Be Full of Laughter). Audiences at Kay Meek Arts Centre in West Vancouver and Chan Centre for Performing Arts at UBC got into the festive spirit, with the pair…
Vancouver Opera opens with Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers
Vancouver Opera opened its 2022-2023 season at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre with a lush, full-scale production of Georges Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers. In spite of the fact that the French writers and composer never set foot on the island, as we are told in the opening prologue, The Pearl Fishers transports the audience to the…
Vancouver Opera Returns to Queen E Theatre, Live
Vancouver Opera has announced the return of live performances at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for its 2021–2022 season. Kicking things off, Vancouver Opera presents two days of outdoor performances at the šx???ex?n Xwtl’a7shn (formerly QET Plaza), September 18 and 19 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. followed by three extraordinary operas starting in December. “The entire…