October 25th 2019 PDT
News Flash: MISSING goes on tour in November 2019 Photography: Jo-Ann Richards / Art Direction & Design: Curt Yoder Creative The acclaimed new Canadian opera Missing, by Marie Clements and Brian Current, and directed by Peter Hinton, is going on tour. After a highly successful run in Vancouver and Victoria in November 2017, giving 14 performances in three venues and two cities, Missing goes on its first tour this month. VICTORIA Wingate Studio, Baumann Centre for Opera / 1 and 2 November 2 ...Continue Reading
September 18th 2019 PDT
New Music, New Singers, And New Board Members In the season ahead, City Opera presents a dramatic new work, Berlin: The Last Cabaret. We welcome five new singers in it. We bid a fond and grateful farewell to three long-serving members of our Board. And, we announce new concerts and special events - including our first co-pro with Early Music Vancouver. Our 12th AGM On September 17, at the Canadian Music Centre, we renewed our Board, our mandate, and our commitment to telling the stories of people wh ...Continue Reading
June 17th 2019 PDT
Our Three Tenors Saluted Pavarotti On June 5, City Opera tenors Turgut Akmete, Scott Rumble, and Sunny Shams, with pianist Roger Parton and curator Alan Corbishley, presented a musical tribute to the great Luciano Pavarotti. 200 attended. Many wept. All applauded. This was the first of four concerts we are giving at Il Centro: The Italian Cultural Centre this season. Our very great thanks to Giulio Recchioni, their Director of Cultural Activities, to the Consuls of Italy and of France, to our ...Continue Reading
May 30th 2019 PDT
A Three Tenors Tribute to Pavarotti /A tribute to the best-loved tenor of all time/ Wednesday 5 June at 7:30pm Turgut Akmete, Scott Rumble, and Sunny Shams Italy vs France: A Duelling Concert /A friendly duel for bragging rights in opera/ Thursday 11 July at 7:30pm Eve-Lyn de la Haye (Soprano), Martin Renner Wallace (Tenor), Meghan Latham (Mezzo), and Jason Cook (Baritone) Bridezillas of Opera /Just what you expect/ Thursday 8 August at 7:30pm Michelle Koebke (Soprano), Mela ...Continue Reading
April 21st 2019 PDT
Put your best foot forward, and join us this Wednesday for a delightful evening of music, shoes, and your friends at City Opera. Enjoy a special evening in a special place, support our ongoing programme of free concerts in the DTES — and more. The evening will include: [*]singers Emma Parkinson, Michelle Koebke, and Sunny Shams, with pianist Roger Parton [*]dinner provided by NUBA [*]wine and cocktails from The Woods Spirit Company [*]gifts and surprises Best o ...Continue Reading
April 9th 2019 PDT
Join us for dinner, cocktails and live comic opera to celebrate City Opera Vancouver. This event is generously supported by John Fluevog Shoes and The Woods Spirit Co. and will feature performances from some of City Opera’s best-loved musicians. Dinner will be provided by our friends at Nuba. Best of all – 50% of the proceeds of all shoes sold on the night of the event will be donated directly to the City Opera Vancouver Production Fund! Dress code: Dapper Tickets include: [*]Dinne ...Continue Reading
March 20th 2019 PDT
In this issue: Three great women join City OperaOur next three productionsTwo new fundraisersOne new concertPerru-Queries?And, we thank Ron and Janet Stern If owning Canadian art interests you... How about the online auction now underway at Heffel’s Fine Art Auction House, and running until 28 March? The following five works in this auction have been donated to City Opera — with all proceeds supporting City Opera’s programs. Here is what’s available: Lot 408: Peter William Daglish. Smoking Lot ...Continue Reading
December 18th 2018 PDT
Chinatown: A New Chamber Opera Madeleine ThienPhoto by Rawi Hage Our next commission, scheduled for world premiere in late 2021, is underway. It tells the story of the people and culture of one of our most vital neighbourhoods. Chinatown will be written by Madeleine Thien/,/ a native daughter of Vancouver and author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing (2016). It won the Governor-General’s Award, and the Giller Prize, and has been translated into 17 languages. This will be Maddie’s first opera. ...Continue Reading
September 19th 2018 PDT
The NIGREDO HOTEL is a choice destination for music lovers and weary travelers -- and it always attracts a unique and fascinating clientele. For example, tomorrow through Saturday, we expect to welcome a brilliant but troubled brain surgeon who has just crashed his car. He will find more than he bargained for when he checks in. You may too. The Hotel is only open at 8pm on 20, 21 and 22 September 2018, and only at The Cultch Historic Theatre. Luckily, there is still some room left. But not for long. ...Continue Reading
September 16th 2018 PDT
/Nigredo Hotel/ is a bizarre black comedy, an operatic thriller, and a project unlike any we have done before. It stars baritone Tyler Duncan and soprano Sarah Vardy, and is directed by Alan Corbishley. The Hotel is startling, lyric, jazz-inflected and improvisational — with a four-player combo onstage. It has become a modern Canadian masterwork. You'll soon know why. ** By Ann-Marie MacDonald and Nic Gotham September 20, 21 and 22, all at 8pm at The Historic Cultch Theatre Victoria x ...Continue Reading
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