Apr 09 - 12 2026Giulio Cesare Handel
UBC School of Music
Apr 10 - 12 2026Canuck Cantatas Various
Against the Grain Theatre
Redwood Theatre Apr 11 - 12 2026Mandala: The Beauty of Impermanence Various
Confluence Concerts
Heliconian Hall Apr 15 - 19 2026Pelléas et Mélisande Debussy
Opera Atelier
Koerner Hall at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning Apr 17 - 19 2026A Night in Venice Strauss
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Jane Mallett Theatre Apr 17 - 19 2026The Fox Roan Shankaruk
Opera Unbound
Annex Apr 18 - 19 2026The Barber of Seville Rossini
Calgary Opera
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Apr 18 2026The Marriage of FigaroMozart
Manitoba Opera
Centennial Concert Hall Apr 19 2026She Holds Up the Stars Eliot Britton
Red Sky Performance & Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Roy Thomson Hall Apr 22 2026Orpheus & Eurydice Gluck
Pacific Opera Victoria
Royal Theatre
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Giulio Cesare Handel
UBC School of Music
Canuck Cantatas Various
Against the Grain Theatre
Mandala: The Beauty of Impermanence Various
Confluence Concerts
Pelléas et Mélisande Debussy
Opera Atelier
A Night in Venice Strauss
Toronto Operetta Theatre
The Fox Roan Shankaruk
Opera Unbound
The Barber of Seville Rossini
Calgary Opera
The Marriage of FigaroMozart
Manitoba Opera
She Holds Up the Stars Eliot Britton
Red Sky Performance & Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Orpheus & Eurydice Gluck
Pacific Opera Victoria
La vie Parisienne Offenbach
Festival d’Opéra de Québec
Text is from the Festival d’Opéra de Québec website.
Parisian life will be the highlight of the festival. In this joyful work, where the atmosphere is festive, we find idle dandies, cheated tourists, disguised servants… It is in some way a satire of a section of society devoted to appearances and the ephemeral. Pure entertainment!
The work was first created in five acts at the beginning of the 1866-1867 season of the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens. It is Offenbach’s 66th lyrical work, composed when he was at the height of his fame. He is therefore in a very good position to depict in broad daylight, with the help of his librettists, delightful pictures of Parisian life, not forgetting a few parodies, references and snubs to fashionable society. The director Jean-Romain Vesperini, like Offenbach who proposed a modern opera, sets the action in the chic and trendy Paris of the 80s!
To interpret the many characters, we will be delighted to find artists who left their mark on the last edition of the Quebec Opera Festival, local singers that we cherish, irresistible young talents and solid international stars. We will of course find the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, the Choir of the Opéra de Québec and dancers. A joyful cast that will dazzle your eyes and ears!