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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
2014 was a wonderful year. Thanks to you we gave the world premiere of PAULINE, the new opera by Margaret Atwood and Tobin Stokes. It sold out all five nights at the York Theatre, and drew international attention. We gave THE MOZART MIRACLE at the Carnegie Centre — our 25th event in the Downtown Eastside […]
Welcome to our Fall Season After the extraordinary success of PAULINE — all five performances sold out — we are now in pre-production for our next mainstage, THE LOST OPERAS OF MOZART. Meantime we offer concerts, recitals, and special events. They widen our audience, build our brand, and welcome more people to the world of […]
End of the PAULINE opening night performance. View more photos here. (courtesy Michelle Doherty, Sharon Kravitz) All five houses were sold out at the York Theatre, and every night saw a standing ovation. The media rollout included full-page stories in the Vancouver Sun, the Globe & Mail, the Georgia Straight, and many more in print […]
Pauline Johnson: Two Worlds A warrior spirit. A secret heart. Margaret Atwood, libretto • Tobin Stokes, music Norman Armour, stage director The world premiere of PAULINE is in two weeks. “Pauline will be the runaway hit of the spring.” – Max Wyman PAULINE is the story of poet and performer Pauline Johnson, set in 1913 […]
Exciting News About Pauline Our Early Bird ticket sale has been a great success. We have sold hundreds of tickets, and expect to sell out the entire run. Early Bird prices end this Tuesday, 2 April. If you’d like the best seats in the house, at the best price we can offer, this is the […]
Pauline: A New Opera By Margaret Atwood & Tobin Stokes This is the opera you don’t want to miss. A powerful and poignant story, lyric and memorable, bold and vivid. A world premiere. PAULINE is the tale of a remarkable woman, a proto-Canadian who 150 years ago led a life that was unimaginable in its […]
Pauline Tickets Coming Soon “We believe the world premiere run of Pauline will sell out,” said City Opera President Nora Kelly. “There is tremendous interest already, so tickets will go on sale early in the new year. We are scheduling five performances, but if early sales justify we will add a sixth.” Watch for a […]
Welcome to City Opera Vancouver. We are a professional chamber opera company, specializing in new and unusual repertoire. Pauline at Lost Lagoon 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 […]
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 […]
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.
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