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_{Winter 2022/23 Print Issue} New On The Scene: Brian Cho

by Olivier Bergeron | Mar 8, 2023 | Featured, News

Our Winter print issue’s ‘New on the Scene’ artist is collaborative pianist, Brian Cho, who is currently in the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio Program.

_{OPERA PLACES} Mezzo Soprano Marion Newman takes us to Anchorage

by Communications | Mar 8, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Kwagiulth and Stó:lō First Nations mezzo soprano Marion Newman is currently in Anchorage, Alaska rehearsing for Anchorage Opera’s production of Missing, opening March 10. In this OPERA PLACES, Newman takes us to some of her favourite spots!

_{Artist of the Week} 26 Qs for Aviva Fortunata

by Communications | Mar 7, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Our artist of the week is Calgary-born soprano Aviva Fortunata. This week she makes her role and company debut with Sarasota Opera singing Elvira in Verdi’s Ernani. She sat down with us to reflect on her career in opera, stage mishaps and the best advice she’s ever received.

_{Opéra National de Paris Peter Grimes} “perhaps one of the best opera productions of the last decade”

by Denise Wendel-Poray | Mar 6, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes, directed by Deborah Warner at the Paris Opera this season, was...

_{Winter 2022/23 Print Issue} Business Experts Interpret Opera: Julie Hansen of Salesforce

by Lucia Cesaroni | Mar 3, 2023 | Featured, News

As Global Executive Advisor at Salesforce JULIE HANSEN’S success is tied to her ability to apply cross-disciplinary expertise to simplify complex problems.

_{Pacific Opera Victoria The Birds} “the large cast of principals was top-notch”

by Robin J. Miller | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

Walter Braunfels’s Die Vögel (The Birds) is a very odd duck. Part allegory, part buffo, part...

_{Artist of the Week} 31 Qs for Kyle Albertson

by Communications | Feb 28, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Our Artist of the Week is Kyle Albertson, who also stars as Prometheus in Pacific Opera Victoria’s The Birds. A frequent performer on many of the world’s leading stages, Albertson is celebrated for his luxurious voice and versatility at bringing characters to life on stage.

_{Brott Opera La Flambeau} “a fascinating world”

by Dawn Martens | Feb 27, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

I wondered what I was in for when I read the front of the opera program: “A Modern opera about...

_{Voicebox: Opera in Concert Médée} The Canadian Premiere

by Wayne Gooding | Feb 27, 2023 | Featured, Reviews

Luigi Cherubini’s Médée is the only opera from the Paris of the French Revolution to retain a...

_{OPERA PLACES} Baritone Peter Barrett takes us to Victoria

by Angie Bell | Feb 24, 2023 | Artist of the Week, Featured, News

Peter Barrett opened Braunfels‘s The Birds this week singing the role of Ratefreund at Pacific Opera Victoria. We caught up with him in between rehearsals to get a “tour” of beautiful Victoria, B.C.
Join us as he shares his favourite spots, from most peaceful places to tasty restaurants.