Other Companies
This service of City Opera Vancouver is meant to help you navigate to the many wonderful opera companies in the Pacific Southwest (Pacific Northwest, to our American friends…) and we hope you find it useful.
If you would like your company added to this list, please contact our webmaster, Adam Abrams, at info@cityoperavancouver.com. Thanks!
Astrolabe Musik Theatre
www.astrolabemusiktheatre.com
Heather Pawsey, Artistic Director
UPCOMING: TBA
Burnaby Lyric Opera
www.burnabylyricopera.org
David Boothroyd, Music Director
UPCOMING: Puccini, La Bohème (complete, in Italian) 23, 25 February 2012; Massenet, Cherubin (highlights, in French, 22 April 2012; and Tchaikovsky, Queen of Spades (highlights, in Russian) 24 June 2012. Shadbolt Centre, 6450 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby
Chilliwack Opera Troupe
http://www.facebook.com/Chilliwack.Opera.Troupe
founded by Paula DeWit and Bevin van Liempt
UPCOMING: TBA
DragonDiva / New Westminster
www.dragondiva.org
Jeanine Flynn, Artistic Director
UPCOMING: TBA
Fugue Theatre
http://fugue.biz/
Laura Di Cicco, Artistic and Managing Director
UPCOMING: TBA
Nelson Opera / Amy Ferguson Institute / Nelson, BC
http://www.khaosopera.com/
UPCOMING: Khaos, a new opera by Nicola Harwood and Don Macdonald. Now in workshop. Opens in Nelson 8, 9 and 10 March 2012. Tours to Cranbrook on 17 March, Grand Forks on 11 May, Trail on May 12, and Creston May 13.
North Shore Light Opera / North Vancouver
www.nslos.com
Roger Nelson, Producer
UPCOMING: Gilbert & Sullivan. The Mikado. April 2012. Presentation House, North Vancouver, 333 Chesterfield Avenue
Opera Pro Cantanti / Vancouver
http://www.procantanti.com
Richard Williams, Artistic Director
UPCOMING: TBA. Cambrian Hall, 215 East 17th, at Main Street
The Opera Project / Vancouver
www.theoperaproject.org
Heidi Klassen, Artistic Director
UPCOMING: Return to Resonance: Mastery Series for Singers. Various locations.
Pacific Opera Victoria
www.pov.bc.ca
Patrick Corrigan, Executive Director
UPCOMING: Carmen, 16, 18, 22, 24, 26 February 2012. Donizetti, Maria Stuarda, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22 April 2012. Royal Theatre, Victoria
Pacific Operaworks / Seattle
www.pacificoperaworks.org
Stephen Stubbs, Artistic Director
UPCOMING: Carissimi, Oratorios – Prophets. 13, 14 January 2012. Structured Impulse — 400 Years of Improvisation, 3 February. Handel, Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (concert version), 30, 31 March. Various venues, Seattle
Seattle Opera / Seattle
www.seattleopera.org
Speight Jenkins, General Director
UPCOMING: Verdi, Attila. 14, 18, 21, 22, 25, 28 January 2012. Features Canadian John Relyea. McCaw Hall, Seattle Centre, 321 Mercer Street, Seattle
SFU Opera Studies / Vancouver
www.sfu.ca/operastudies
Rosalyn Kaplan, Director, Opera Studies Program and Seniors Program
UPCOMING: Registration begins 27 July 2011
Skagit Opera / Mt Vernon, Washington
www.skagitopera.org
Ron Wohl, General Director
UPCOMING: Liederabend, a fundraiser, 28 January. Donizetti, L’Elisir d’Amore, 3, 4 and 5 February. McIntyre Hall, 2501 East College Way, Mt Vernon, Washington
UBC Opera / Vancouver
www.ubcopera.com
Nancy Hermiston, Director
UPCOMING: Dvorak, Rusalka, 9 – 12 February 2012, The Chan. Lehar, The Merry Widow. 21 – 24 June 2012. Old Aud
Vancouver Academy of Music
www.vam.bc.ca
David Meek, Music Director, Academy Opera Studio Program
UPCOMING: TBA
Vancouver Concert Opera Society
Website and Facebook page
Natalie Burdeny, General Manager
UPCOMING: Verdi, Rigoletto. 15 and 17 February, Canadian Memorial United, Vancouver. 18 February, First United Church, White Rock.
Vancouver International Song Institute
www.songinstitute.ca
Rena Sharon, Artistic Director
UPCOMING: 2-24 June 2012, various locations, primarily at UBC. Special guest this year: Sir Thomas Allen.
Vancouver Island Opera / Parksville – Qualicum Beach
www.vancouverislandopera.com/
Tatiana Vasilieva, Artistic Director
UPCOMING: TBA, 27 and 28 October, 2012.
Vancouver Opera
www.vancouveropera.ca
James Wright, General Director
UPCOMING: Rossini, Barber of Seville. 17, 20, 22, 24 and 25 March. Verdi, Aida. 21, 24, 26 and 28 April. 1 and 3 May. Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Victoria Operatic Society
www.vos.bc.ca
Mary-Lynne Britt, President
UPCOMING: Lerner & Loewe, Brigadoon. 4 – 13 May 2012. McPherson Playhouse
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