City Opera Vancouver

City Opera Vancouver City Opera Vancouver is a professional chamber opera company specializing in new & unusual repertoire

City Opera Vancouver gratefully and humbly acknowledges that we work on the traditional, ancestral, and stolen territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and sə̓lílwətaʔɬ.

Happy June and the start of Pride Month!City Opera Vancouver celebrates the q***r stories and artists who make up our co...
06/01/2026

Happy June and the start of Pride Month!

City Opera Vancouver celebrates the q***r stories and artists who make up our community. Although pride lives year round, this month is an opportunity to highlight the incredible work that the people in our circles are creating.

Highlights from the past seasons include The Book of my Sins (2023), Hafu Project (2024), Chinatown (2022) and countless Opera Pubs!

Photos by Diamond's Edge Photography and Mark Yammine

Celebrating the last days of AAPI Heritage Month, reflecting on the stories of community, identity and home that City Op...
05/29/2026

Celebrating the last days of AAPI Heritage Month, reflecting on the stories of community, identity and home that City Opera Vancouver has been a part of over the years.

More than just one month of the year, City Opera Vancouver is always looking to engage and reflect the experiences of the people that make up our community.

From Opera Pubs, to stages productions and experimental triumphs, we're looking forward to how we can be a part of the growing variety of stories in opera and classical music.

This time last year, City Opera Vancouver was getting ready to present "Sophia's Forest", a story of immigration, home a...
05/27/2026

This time last year, City Opera Vancouver was getting ready to present "Sophia's Forest", a story of immigration, home and family, which somehow seems more relevant than ever.

This production incorporated custom instruments, unique sounds, and really brought the feeling of "new" to this centuries old tradition of operatic storytelling.

Composer, Lembit Beecher, described the sound to Opera Canada as “electronically controlled acoustic sculptures, 16 wine glasses, each a different pitch, with 16 electronic fingers” that ring various tones, and a “digital audio station, midi-controlled, [from which he] can control the speed and the fingers.”

05/25/2026

Taking a moment to celebrate four years of Opera Pub in Vancouver!

This event has always been about bringing folks together within the classical music community and inviting new people in! Year after year Opera Pub has grown to provide opportunities to local artists and create lasting relationships with people in Vancouver to connect.

There's nothing quite like enjoying live performance and feeling the support of your people.
We look forward to creating more memories with you soon!

Four years ago, we posed the question "What if opera was brought directly to the community?"Turns out, Vancouver agreed ...
05/22/2026

Four years ago, we posed the question "What if opera was brought directly to the community?"

Turns out, Vancouver agreed loudly and enthusiastically, becoming Vancouver's "best kept secret" (Vancouver Magazine).

Opera Pub at Fabrique St-George has grown into something truly special, and it's all because of the community that shows up month after month.

Let us know many Opera Pubs you made it to - Four years down and more to come!

Photos by Diamond's Edge Photography & Vincent Lim

Opera Pub in May was the perfect end to the City Opera Vancouver season!Featuring members from the Yulanda M Faris Young...
05/19/2026

Opera Pub in May was the perfect end to the City Opera Vancouver season!

Featuring members from the Yulanda M Faris Young Artist Program at Vancouver Opera, the winery was full of excitement with a full recap of the 2025-2026 season. Excerpts from Rigoletto, Cosi fan Tutte and La Bohème made everyone remember exactly why we love live music!

If you have never been to Opera Pub before, make sure to check it out when it returns in the fall with performances on the first Tuesday of each month at Fabrique St. George in Mount Pleasant.

Artists included Vancouver Opera Young Artists (and alumni) - Lyndon Ladeur (2024-2026), Julia LoRusso (current), Marianne Bertrand (current), Mihnea Nitu (current), Luka Kawabata (2021-2023) & Perri Lo (2018-2019).

Photos by Diamond's Edge Photography

Tonight, the Vancouver Playhouse is home to something special!Our friends at Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs are present...
05/16/2026

Tonight, the Vancouver Playhouse is home to something special!

Our friends at Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs are presenting the world premiere of Mother/Land, a new opera-oratorio that retells the ancient story of Naomi and Ruth. Featuring familiar faces Simran Claire, Heidi Duncan, and Luka Kawabata, who've all graced our Opera Pub stage, joining acclaimed mezzo-soprano, Krisztina Szabo for one performance only!

"Be curious. Be prepared. Be you." - Tracy DahlArtistic Director, Gordon Gerrard, sat down with soprano Tracy Dahl ahead...
05/14/2026

"Be curious. Be prepared. Be you." - Tracy Dahl

Artistic Director, Gordon Gerrard, sat down with soprano Tracy Dahl ahead of their upcoming performance together on June 25 and the conversation did not disappoint.

Swipe to read Tracy's thoughts on songs as old friends, curve balls, and the words she'd give any young singer dreaming big!

"If you are able, to hear, see, savour this extraordinary work of art... by all means do, and maybe more than once." — O...
05/12/2026

"If you are able, to hear, see, savour this extraordinary work of art... by all means do, and maybe more than once." — Operawire

Ian Bostridge and Wenwen Du return to Vancouver for the first time in a decade.
Thursday May 14th, 7:30pm at the Vancouver Playhouse.
An evening of Hugo Wolf and Benjamin Britten, intimate, poetic, and human.

Ian Bostridge is as close to legendary as it gets in the world of art song — a three-time Grammy winner whose interpretations have defined the genre for a generation.

A little gift for our City Opera community! Use code CITYOPERA for 20% off all ticket types at checkout.

Tickets available through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.ca/ian-bostridge-wenwen-du-vancouver-british-columbia-05-14-2026/event/11006471459F5956

Presented by Nebula Performances Society.

Another Opera Pub season is now complete!Thank you to everyone who attended any Opera Pubs since the Fall. Performing an...
05/09/2026

Another Opera Pub season is now complete!

Thank you to everyone who attended any Opera Pubs since the Fall. Performing and sharing art with our community is the biggest joy.

Thank you for you ongoing support, enthusiasm and trust as we strive to continue to bring music into the community. Continue to support local art and we will meet you at the next event!

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