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The Emperor of Atlantis

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Stephen Aberle, Der Lautsprecher.  Andrew Greenwood, Emperor Robyn Driedger-Klassen, Bubikopf.  Photo: Tim Matheson The Emperor of Atlantis closed on 11 February 2009, after 5 consecutive nights of sold out performances. Read the Georgia Straight review Read the Vancouver Sun article by Jaap Hamburger Co-presented with the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre at the Norman Rothstein Theatre, […]

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2014 – Pauline

Pauline May 2014 Music by Tobin Stokes Libretto by Margaret Atwood Pauline is City Opera Vancouver’s second commissioned work. It is based on the life and final days of Canadian writer, poet, and actress Pauline Johnson. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) traveled across Canada, the United States and Great Britain giving readings of her own work when […]

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2009 – The Emperor of Atlantis

The Emperor of Atlantis February 2009 Co-presented with the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, this was the British Columbia premiere of a unique and deeply moving chamber opera by Viktor Ullmann and Petr Kien. While its score survived, its creators did not. The Nazis shipped its entire company off to Auschwitz. Only its art remained. The […]

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