City Opera is creating a Production Fund. We are running an Art Auction in order to finance it. Such a Fund is essential to ongoing success, and to good business management. This Fund will help make possible Pauline – the Margaret Atwood / Christos Hatzis / Judith Forst opera – among other projects.
Especially if you live in Richmond, South Van, or Delta you are invited. On Wednesday 3 November, beginning at 7:30pm, we’re offering Music at the Chapel. Featuring soprano Mariana Valdés, tenor Nicolas Rhind, pianist Dr Greg Caisley, and narrator Tom Durrie, we will be giving opera in recital at the historic Minoru Chapel. This beautiful […]
It is fundamental to City Opera’s identity to share the marquee. Below, what three of our friends are up to these days. They include a quest by our own “Mad Man”, Adam Abrams; an autumn serenade at The Cellar with Rena Sharon; and an eclectic conversation at The Playhouse, hosted by Sam Sullivan.
Mozart thought of himself as a composer of opera above all. So too does conductor James Levine in a masterful new recording of five Mozart symphonies. Just released on the house label of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, these are five compelling essays in lyric and aria, all without words and all premised on song. They […]
City Opera Vancouver has now mounted two amazingly well-received productions. In 2009 we staged Der Kaiser von Atlantis at the Norman Rothstein Theatre. In May 2010 we presented a double bill based on the mediaeval Noh play Sumidagawa – it just ended its run at the Frederic Wood Theatre at UBC. Its two halves were […]
Sumidagawa and Curlew River This has been such a great quarter for City Opera Vancouver, and its many artistic and community partners. We gave the Canadian event premiere of Sumidagawa & Curlew River, co-produced with UBC Theatre and Film, and Blackbird Theatre. It received remarkable reviews, and an overwhelming audience response. Like to download the […]
CITY OPERA NOW ON FACEBOOK We’d like you to considering becoming our fan on Facebook. Great photos, current events, and a nice complement to our website. Please ask your friends to join as well. SUMIDAGAWA & CURLEW RIVER OPENING ON MAY 26 This is a double bill, and a first in Canada. The artistic and […]
Sumidagawa & Curlew River & Accent Inns City Opera Vancouver partners with Accent Inns to provide accommodation for our artists, and our out-of-town audience. They have a Richmond / YVR location that is 17 minutes by car from the Frederic Wood Theatre at UBC, and that offers free shuttle service to and from YVR, and […]
All best wishes for 2010! In order to create Sumidagawa & Curlew River in May 2010, we have made a co-production agreement with UBC Theatre and Film, and Blackbird Theatre. We would like to tell you about Blackbird’s new production of the American classic, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee. It runs from […]
SUMIDAGAWA & CURLEW RIVER Two Great Traditions. One Great Story. May 26, 27, 28 at 7:30 – May 30 at 2:30 Frederic Wood Theatre at UBC – $40.00 general – $26.00 student ID TICKETS ON SALE AT Sikora’s Classical Records ticketstonight.ca A double bill in May. From the immortal Noh drama Sumidagawa, two modern tellings. […]
Listen to the remarkable young Canadian tenor Isaiah Bell singing Robert Schumann’s Mondnacht, Op 39/5 (3:48). This is the voice you will hear as Madwoman in our Curlew River, coming in May 2010. This is a voice you will long remember. Listen by clicking the arrow below, or download this podcast by right-clicking here. [audio:https://cityoperavancouver.com/audio/COV-Vol4-IsaiahBell.mp3]
BENEFIT RECITAL / 2pm / SATURDAY OCTOBER 3 City Opera will soon appear in the West End. Soprano Melanie Kreuger and pianist Greg Caisley will present a concert that could have been heard a century ago at Roedde House, a wonderfully restored Victorian mansion. You’ll have a chance to sing along in Bless This House […]
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