Having trouble viewing this message? read it online!*City Opera Appoints New Artistic Director*Photo: Chris Graham PhotographyVancouver, BC – The Board of Directors of City Opera Vancouver (City Opera) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Canadian conductor Gordon Gerrard as the organization’s next Artistic Director.The appointment is the culmination of extensive community consultation and a six-month search, following the retirement of City Opera’s Founding Artistic Director, Dr. Charles Barber, in January.“Gord ...Continue Reading

Buy 2 tickets & get a 3rd FREE As a friend of City Opera, we want to thank you for your support over the years with a discounted offer to our upcoming presentation of THE BOOK OF MY SHAMES, by the celebrated tenor Isaiah Bell, coming to the Firehall Arts Centre May 18 - 20. As this is a 34% discount, that means if you buy two tickets, you get a third ticket for FREE. With that, we invite you to help us build the opera community in Vancouver – so please invite a newbie to opera, or someone you kn ...Continue Reading

Don't miss the next City Opera Vancouver presentation, the Vancouver premiere of ... THE BOOK OF MY SHAMES One Gay Man’s Journey of Self-Discovery at the Firehall Arts Centre May 18, 19, & 20Tickets $40 As a friend of City Opera, we want to thank you for your support over the years with a discount to our upcoming presentation of THE BOOK OF MY SHAMES, by the celebrated tenor Isaiah Bell, coming to the Firehall Arts Centre May 18 - 20. We are also hoping that you might help us build the oper ...Continue Reading

Having trouble viewing this message? read it online!Remembering Jocelyn Morlock City Opera, along with Vancouver’s music community, mourns the passing of an incredibly bright light, an enormous talent, and a friend.Jocelyn Morlock’s immense musical gifts, her bizarre and quirky humour, her kindness, and care, will leave a huge gap in our cultural world.She left a glorious portfolio, human and musical. Her CMC catalogue lists 66 works. Many of them carry names and instrumentation as witty and sardonic as she was: /Darwi ...Continue Reading

Having trouble viewing this message? read it online!*Introducing Alan Corbishley: City Opera’s Interim Artistic Director *Many of you will be well-acquainted with Alan, who has worked closely with City Opera since 2016. Alan is an award-winning arts producer and versatile opera director whose stage works have been described as “poetry on stage.” Alan directed and conceived City Opera’s production /The Lost Operas of Mozart /in 2016. As stage director, his production of Handel’s /Acis & Galatea/ was named Vanco ...Continue Reading

Having trouble viewing this message? read it online! *City Opera’s Longtime Artistic Director To Retire* Vancouver, BC – The Board of Directors of City Opera Vancouver (City Opera) today announced that Founding Artistic Director Dr. Charles Barber will be retiring from his position, effective March 1, 2023. His departure follows the successful premiere of City Opera’s fifth commission, /Chinatown/, which chronicles the rich history of this dynamic Vancouver neighbourhood. Charles, now 73, has helmed ...Continue Reading

Having trouble viewing this message? read it online! CHINATOWN A triumph HRI can’t get the music of Chinatown out of my head! Or the story. You have a real winner; I think it’s the best score you’ve ever commissioned—by far. If I lived in Vancouver I would go see it again, just to hear that glorious music. I do hope you are going to manage to record it somehow. It’s too good not to get a much wider audience. You may be receiving this message because you attended our recent production of CHINATO ...Continue Reading

Having trouble viewing this message? read it online!In exactly one week, we open CHINATOWNMadeleine Thien • Alice Ping Yee Ho • Paul Yee /“When I saw a preview of /Chinatown/ last November I knew City Opera was once again going to produce another important Canadian Opera. I am anticipating an exciting event.”// – /Judith ForstCHINATOWN stars Emma Parkinson, Erica Iris Huang, Spencer Britten, Derek Kwan, Matthew Li, and Vania Chan.Directed by Desdemona Chiang, conducted by Mary Chun, presented in staged concert wit ...Continue Reading

Having trouble viewing this message? read it online!25 August 2022City Opera Vancouver announces a format change in presentation of the new opera /CHINATOWN/. It opens 13 September at the Vancouver Playhouse.City Opera Vancouver has decided to offer its presentation of /CHINATOWN/ in a new format. We are now offering a complete presentation of the opera, but in a staged concert format.We began general rehearsals on August 23rd and due to production and staffing issues we have run out of time to offer the version w ...Continue Reading

Having trouble viewing this message? read it online!*CHINATOWN*13 – 17 September 2022. Vancouver PlayhouseCITY OPERA announces cast, directors, designers, dates, and tickets for world premiere opera/“CHINATOWN may be the most important new opera premiered in Canada this year.”//–  /Margaret Atwood, Winnie Cheung, Christopher Gaze, Bramwell Tovey, Wendy YipLibrettist: Madeleine ThienComposer: Alice Ping Yee HoHoisan translator: Paul Yee *BREAKING NEWS:  tickets for CHINATOWN are now on sale*$20, ...Continue Reading