To a full house at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver Opera(VO) brought up the curtain on its 2025-2026 season with a superb production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. A coproduction with Pacific Opera Victoria, directed by Glynis Leyshon with VO Music Director Jacques Lacombe leading the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, this production of Rigoletto takes the setting to…
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Vancouver Opera’s La Traviata takes us to Paris
Vancouver Opera has kicked off its new season with a lavish production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata. Director Alan Gauthier has transformed the Queen Elizabeth Theatre into 1920’s Paris for the production’s four shows. Opening on a grand Parisian music hall party hosted by famed courtesan Violetta Valéry, who is recovering from illness and weary of…
Prepare for Vancouver Opera 2019-2020 Season
The Vancouver Opera 2019/2020 season gets underway with Verdi’s La Traviata opening October 17th at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The remainder of the season consists of two more full-scale opera productions plus the 4th annual Vancouver Opera Festival. In addition to La Traviata, Vancouver Opera also presents Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and the West Coast premiere of Another Brick…