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City Opera News / 15 December 2016

2016 was a wonderful year for chamber opera in Vancouver… and Fallujah was produced in the United States. Twice. City Opera in 2016… produced our ‘premiere’ and first comedy, The Lost Operas of Mozart, over three nights at Christ Church Cathedral in October achieved the $25,000 Mozart matching grant challenge from the Edwina and Paul […]

The comedy hit of the season runs this Thursday, Friday, Saturday / 27-29 October…

And you’re invited. THE LOST OPERAS OF MOZART Christ Church Cathedral, Burrard x Georgia The trouble starts at eight… Have a peek at our rehearsal… (more pics on our Facebook page) We have re-constructed and re-imagined three lost operas of Mozart. These are wonderful works he never finished. Two are Italian comedies, and the third […]

10 days until Lost Operas!

The Lost Operas of Mozart: A Night of Firsts the Canadian premiere of three lost operas by Mozart wonderful music you have never heard – until now our first production at Christ Church Cathedral City Opera’s first comedy the first appearance by Bramwell Tovey IN an opera our first Mozart THE LOST OPERAS OF MOZARTcomedy […]

City Opera News / 20 September 2016

$25,000 challenge grant received from Heller Memorial Fund “We just received our first-ever challenge grant,” City Opera President Janet Lea announced today. “This breakthrough results from The Edwina and Paul Heller Memorial Fund offering to match any new gift for our production of The Lost Operas of Mozart — up to a total of $25,000. […]

The Glory of Italian Opera… shining on Wednesday

We have an exceptional concert for you: The Glory of Italian Opera, this Wednesday evening. From the nation and the culture that invented opera, City Opera Vancouver has drawn a superb concert of Rossini, Donizetti, Puccini, Verdi, Ponchielli, Cilea, Leoncavallo and more. It features some of our finest artists, at an event centuries in the […]

City Opera News / 17 June 2016

Fallujah a triumph in Los Angeles. Moves to New York in November Juno-award winning composer Brian Current to write music for Missing Women City Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria to co-pro Missing Women 6 nights in Vancouver,  followed by 5 nights in Victoria Cathleen Gingrich appointed first City Opera General Manager FALLUJAH: New York premiere […]

Meet Brian Current: our composer for Missing Women

We are thrilled that Canadian composer Brian Current will contribute his gifts to Missing Women. Brian is an exceptional talent, and a marvelous story-teller in music. He was chosen by a Jury using City Opera’s anonymized process. We thank the Jury for its immense contribution to Missing Women, and to the story that librettist (and jury member) Marie Clements […]

City Opera News / 15 March 2016

Mozart is Lost and Found at Carnegie on March 19 Please join us for a sneak preview of Act One, THE LOST OPERAS OF MOZART. This Saturday, 4 – 5pm at the Carnegie Centre. Free, of course. We will be testing our brilliant new script by Maria Reva (above), and giving music from Lo Sposo Deluso […]

City Opera YouTube Channel

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

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

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.