Minoru Chapel, behind the Gateway Theatre in Richmond, was the location of our most recent recital. Wednesday 3 November, 7:30 to 9:00pm was the time and date. A packed house of 100 heard soprano Mariana Valdés, tenor Nicolas Rhind, pianist Dr Greg Caisley and narrator Tom Durrie in a wonderful evening of music from Puccini, […]
On 20 June, we were invited to appear in the opening ceremonies for Italian Week, at the Italian Cultural Centre. Soprano Mariana Valdés, tenor Andrzej Jeziorski, and City Opera staff pianist Greg Caisley were joined by producer-narrator Tom Durrie in a programme of Verdi, Rossini, Puccini, Donizetti, Cilea, di Capua, and De Curtis. Their work […]
And on Sunday 6 June 2010, at the Mainstage on Commercial Drive at Second, we were pleased to participate in a long-overdue revival of Italian Day on The Drive. Produced by Tom Durrie, we presented soprano Mariana Valdés and tenor Nicolas Rhind, joined by City Opera staff pianist Greg Caisley, in a hour-long programme of […]
On Friday 19 February 2010, beginning at 4:15pm, City Opera participated in the second Homeground Festival at Oppenheimer Park in the DTES. City Opera was proud to present soprano Caroline Jang, and pianist Michael Onwood, and to once again bring our music to the neighbourhood. An audience of 70 joined us for light classical and […]
On Saturday 3 October 2009, City Opera gave its first recital in the West End, at historic Roedde House. Soprano Melanie Krueger and pianist Greg Caisley were featured in music that could have been — and very likely was — heard in this mansion 100 years ago. This beautiful Victorian was full, and rang to […]
On 20 February 2009, City Opera participated in the first Homeground Festival at Oppenheimer Park in the DTES. Pianist Michael Onwood and soprano Jamie Onwood presented music from well-known opera and operetta to a wonderfully receptive audience of DTES residents. “It is an ongoing honour for our company to take part so often in the […]
Another recital series for residents of the Downtown Eastside, Strathcona and Chinatown featuring soprano Melanie Krueger and pianist Michael Onwood. On August 24 2008, City Opera gave another DTES recital, this time in our second year as participants in the Fearless Festival. This Festival is organized annually by the Community Arts Network of the Community […]
Our first recital ever was held in May of 2008 – read all about it here.
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