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City Opera YouTube Channel

January 26, 2016/in Video

Now, you can view all City Opera videos on our YouTube channel. Interested? Hundreds have already done so. Please feel free to check us out: www.youtube.com/channel/UC1OgkO6rRAUX4CYV-iEpJ1A

City Opera News / 15 December 2015

December 14, 2015/in Mailout, Newsletter

Dear Friends: Chamber opera is alive and well in Vancouver. 2015 included City Opera’s first-ever tour – taking Pauline to Quebec – and a special grant of $127,000 for Missing Women from The Vancouver Foundation. Thanks to the BC Arts Council, we were able to complete our first Strategic Plan, 2015 – 2020. Thanks to the City […]

Domingo / My Christmas

December 2, 2015/in CD / DVD reviews

From simple evocations of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” to a mariachi version of “Feliz Navidad”, this album has a Christmas touch for every Christmas taste.

This invitation is for you. And…

October 21, 2015/in Mailout

your friends who have never quite understood why you love opera so much those you love who have never met Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, and more those who just want to spend an evening warmed and inspired by… The greatest Italian music of all time. City Opera presents a very special event in partnership […]

Special Announcement

September 21, 2015/in Mailout, Mailout - Special Header, Newsletter

The Vancouver Foundation awardsCity Opera $127,000 “We are proud and grateful,” said City Opera Vancouver President Janet Lea, “to advise that the Vancouver Foundation has made a grant of $127,000 in support of our next commission, MISSING WOMEN. “This new chamber opera will tell a story everyone knows, from the vantage of a woman […]

City Opera News / 15 September 2015

September 11, 2015/in Mailout, Newsletter

The Greatest Italian Music Ever Written / 28 October …will be in the air at Il Centro on Wednesday October 28. 7:30pm. View the Il Centro event notice With soprano Shadan Saul, mezzo Barbara Towell, tenor Sunny Shams, baritone Andrew Greenwood, pianist Sean Bayntun, and host Tom Durrie. All seats $20 at the door, or […]

City Opera News / 16 June 2015

June 15, 2015/in Mailout, Newsletter

Pauline Goes To Quebec City / October 2015 “Pauline, by Margaret Atwood and Tobin Stokes, will be given in concert performance for an international audience at Quebec City on Friday 16 October 2015,” City Opera President Janet Lea announced today. This Festival is one of the largest in the world. “At the invitation of Festival […]

Job Opening: General Manager

April 16, 2015/in Mailout, Newsletter

City Opera Vancouver seeks a General Manager CITY OPERA VANCOUVER: HIRING NOTICE JOB OPENING: General Manager COMPETITION PERIOD: 15 February to 31 March 2016 THE COMPANY: City Opera Vancouver is a professional chamber opera company. We specialize in new and unusual repertoire, with an emphasis on Canadian themes and artists. We commission and produce mainstage […]

Auditions in September 2015

April 4, 2015/in Auditions & Job Openings

In September we audition for our next mainstage, The Lost Operas of Mozart. We also hear singers who wish to be considered for the many concerts we perform throughout the year. Auditions and callbacks will be held at Tom Lee Music Hall, Third Floor, 929 Granville Street, Vancouver: AUDITION: SATURDAY 19 September 2015, 10am to […]

City Opera News / 16 March 2015

March 16, 2015/in Mailout, Newsletter

Lost & Found: Mozart! In October 2016 we present our next mainstage production: The Lost Operas Of Mozart. In his early twenties, Mozart started three operas he never completed. Two are Italian comedies, and the third a German singspiel. Each is a tantalizing hint of what might have been. Each is the voice of Mozart […]

The Lost Operas Of Mozart auditions

December 16, 2014/in News Items

THE LOST OPERAS OF MOZART / 2016 Audition details will be posted as soon as finalized. Singers will be asked to prepare two works of contrasting character, both by Mozart and one each in Italian and German. City Opera provides at no cost to singers a highly-qualified pianist; however, singers may engage another pianist at […]

A gorgeous aria from “Pauline”

December 14, 2014/in Video

‘All Yesterday’, sung by tenor Adam Fisher, with pianist David Boothroyd, and filmed by videographer Sharon Kravitz in September 2014. Music by Tobin Stokes, libretto by Margaret Atwood.