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City Opera brings musical gifts to the North Shore on October 6

September 25th 2013 PDT

City Opera Comes to the North Shore on October 6 Why not join us for an enchanted Sunday afternoon at the Kay Meek Theatre? We promise two hours of the most wondrous singing and beautiful music you will ever want to hear. This is music for the whole family. A great introduction to opera for the kids, and a taste of Broadway for everyone. *We brings gifts. Great Music…* Gershwin and Verdi. Bernstein and Bellini. Kern and Donizetti. Rodgers and Hammerstein. In-joke alert: Puccini and Webber. And more. We bring wonderfu ...Continue Reading

City Opera News for September 20, 2013

September 19th 2013 PDT

City Opera News / 20 September 2013 Welcome to City Opera Vancouver. We are a professional chamber opera company, specializing in new and unusual repertoire. Pauline at Lost Lagoon Janet Rogers and Rose-Ellen Nichols On August 24 and 25, Pauline Johnson returned to Lost Lagoon for the first time in a century. Hundreds of people joined us, and heard two gorgeous arias. And the CBC aired a report that included the event. Mezzo Rose-Ellen Nichols, partnered with David Boothroyd at the keyboard, sang two excerpts from /Pa ...Continue Reading

City Opera News for July 3, 2013

July 3rd 2013 PDT

City Opera News / July 3, 2013 The Vancouver Foundation We are delighted to announce a grant of $30,000 from The Vancouver Foundation for Pauline. It is a magnificent vote of confidence from Canada’s largest community foundation, and represents one-tenth of its total cost. We are deeply grateful to the Foundation for its recognition and support, and in particular to Faye Wightman and Lidia Kemeny for theirs. Pauline’s Progress Our world premiere takes place in May 2014. Preparations are gathering speed. At this time the ...Continue Reading

City Opera News for March 15, 2013

March 16th 2013 PDT

City Opera News / March 15, 2013 *Norman Armour* The extraordinary Norman Armour will direct our next new opera, *PAULINE*, by Margaret Atwood and Tobin Stokes. We announced Norman’s appointment in late February, and the news was picked up by over 600 blogs and websites, featured in the /Globe and Mail/, /Georgia Straight/, and generously promoted by the /Arts Alliance/. Read more about Norman and the significance of his work here. Pauline & Kay Meek Opera Series – Auditions 22 and 23 March. Callbacks 27 March. D ...Continue Reading

City Opera News for December 15, 2012

December 16th 2012 PDT

City Opera News / December 15, 2012 Best of the coming season – and year – to all our friends! The year just passed has been exceptional. We gave concerts and recitals, made a film, and concluded the two-year creation of /Fallujah/. Now, we build to an exciting new project… *PAULINE: a chamber opera* It is a deeply moving story, set at Vancouver in the last week in the life of Pauline Johnson (1861-1913). She is dying of breast cancer, and visited by the people and spirits of her past. *PAULINE JOHNSON: Canada’s first ...Continue Reading

City Opera Vancouver: FALLUJAH e-news, special edition

July 9th 2012 PDT

“Fallujah” E-Letter – Special Edition City Opera Vancouver Awarded $100,000 The Annenberg Foundation of Los Angeles has given City Opera $100,000 to make a film documentary about our new chamber opera, FALLUJAH. This gift is in addition to the $250,000 creation grant from the Foundation that we announced in February of 2011. It remains the largest opera commissioning grant in Canadian history. “This new grant takes our project another step forward,” said City Opera President Dr Nora Kelly. “It takes us into social media ...Continue Reading

City Opera News for June 21, 2012

June 21st 2012 PDT

City Opera News / June 21, 2012 Fallujah We have successfully concluded this two-year project. It began with a $250,000 commission from the Annenberg Foundation of Los Angeles, and its Explore.org affiliate. Inspired by the life and work of Christian Ellis, the music for this new chamber opera is by Canadian Tobin Stokes, and its libretto by American Heather Raffo. We have a major announcement in early July concerning its future. It will be quite something. Fallujah Workshop / Carnegie May 11 Thanks to a very generous g ...Continue Reading

City Opera News for December 15, 2011

December 14th 2011 PDT

December 15, 2011 A Great Year For City Opera Thanks to you, your support, and your belief in chamber opera, this has been a great year for our company. In calendar 2011, we: [*]Received $250,000 USD from the Annenberg Foundation / Explore of Los Angeles. This supports the creation of a remarkable new opera set at Fallujah and NYC in 2004. Music by Canadian Tobin Stokes, libretto by American Heather Raffo, based on a scenario by Christian Ellis, USMC (ret’d). It is the largest commissioning grant in Canadian histor ...Continue Reading

City Opera News for September 28, 2011

September 27th 2011 PDT

City Opera News / September 28, 2011 Canadian Classics: New Recording Series Launched In Vancouver Back on 15 April 2007, City Opera proposed the creation of a new recording series, Canadian Classics. Klaus Heymann (the owner of Naxos, the world’s largest classical recording company) said “yes”. Work began. On 24 September, we launched Canadian Classics right here in Vancouver. This is a Vancouver Symphony Orchestra release of an all-Jeff Ryan album, Fugitive Colours, conducted by Bramwell Tovey. It is quite brilliant ...Continue Reading

City Opera News for June 17, 2011

June 17th 2011 PDT

City Opera News / June 17, 2011 Annenberg / Explore Chamber Opera This project, City Opera’s second commission, is rolling ahead. Based on the real-life experiences of Christian Ellis (USMC, ret’d), who fought at the Battle of Fallujah in 2004, this is one of our most unusual and powerful creations. It is funded by a landmark $250,000 grant from the Los Angeles-based Annenberg Foundation, and its Explore organization. Our first of four workshops was held on 15 and 16 May, and saw nine professional actors road-testing ...Continue Reading
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