Who says hockey isn’t musical? Our national anthem has, since Roger Doucet and the Montréal Canadiens and his first performance at the Forum on 13 October 1970, changed. Originally, it ended by falling to the sub-tonic and rising by half-step to the tonic and its traditional conclusion. So great was Doucet’s rendition, and so […]
The composer at the piano, with members of Symphony Nova Scotia, in a work of fusion, sounding semi-improvised and rhapsodic, direct and endlessly imaginative.
Deeply admired in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for her compassionate community work, a decade ago Sharon Kravitz took a degree in documentary filmmaking at Capilano University. Her remarkably prescient ‘Dear Vancouver’ was the result. It remains alert and pointed today.
Born in Terrace BC, Crystal Pite has led and worked at Ballet BC, Paris Opera Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theatre, the National Arts Centre, Sadler’s Wells, and the Electric Company Theatre. She has a stunning gift for eloquence in dance. Here, REVISOR, from her work with Jonathon Young at Kidd Pivot.
Born in Cranbrook BC, Brent Carver was one of Canada’s most gifted performers, as at home on the stage of the Cultch as at Stratford as on Broadway. As actor, singer, performance artist. As master of Shakespeare and of the avant-garde. Here he is, in one of his last stage shows. He has been […]
CHINATOWN A triumph HR I 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 […]
FINDING CHINATOWN ~ a special invitation ~ Join us on Opening Day at FINDING CHINATOWN, a special event free to all. Tuesday 13 September, 1-4pm, CNL Auditorium, 537 Main Street, between Pender and Keefer. FINDING CHINATOWN is a conversation among friends. A navigational aid. A look at the real history of Chinatown, our neighbourhood. The […]
In exactly one week, we open CHINATOWN Madeleine 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 Forst CHINATOWN stars Emma Parkinson, Erica […]
25 August 2022 City 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. […]
CHINATOWN 13 – 17 September 2022. Vancouver Playhouse CITY 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 Yip Librettist: Madeleine Thien Composer: Alice Ping Yee Ho Hoisan translator: Paul Yee […]
The world premiere of CHINATOWN opens on 13 September. By librettist Madeleine Thien, composer Alice Ping Yee Ho, and translator Paul Yee, CHINATOWN is a love story, a tale of a great neighbourhood and its people, an examination of racism and resistance. “It may be the most important new opera premiered in Canada this year.” […]
“Countless stars, and this ocean too small to hold our memories.” — Xon Pon to Saihin in Chinatown CHINATOWN: a powerful new opera by Madeleine Thien, Alice Ping Yee Ho, and Paul Yee 13, 14, 15, and 16 September at 7:30pm Saturday 17 September at 2pm Vancouver Playhouse Tickets on sale 15 July “It may […]
City Opera Vancouver is grateful and honoured to work, create and perform on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Xwməθkwəyə̓ m (Musqueam), Sḵwxw̱ ú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl ̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
City Opera Vancouver
PO Box 46922 Stn D
Vancouver, BC, Canada
V6J 5M4