Very different posters for next season vs this season. I like the one for Traviata the best I think [From Vancouver Opera Blog: New Season, New Look] I do still need to try to get my hands on a Madama Butterfly poster.
Go see Marriage of Figaro for the comedy, and the singing isn’t bad either
April 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Fine, opera isn’t for everyone, but before you think opera isn’t for you, you need to go see one. Seriously. In the opera world there are a lot of great “first time operas” to attend. My first was Eugene Onegin (not in the list of first ones to see), Gus’s was Tosca, I’d put Madama [...]
Rock Me Amadeus: Marriage of Figaro Opening
April 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Ah Mozart. Love Mozart’s music, but I haven’t been to a Mozart Opera before … until now. The Marriage of Figaro is the second play in a trilogy, Barber of Seville comes first in the series of plays, but as an opera was second (by 30 years, so the prequel isn’t a new invention!). Regardless, [...]
Nixon has flown home, but there are two more operas yet to come this season
March 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This a a belated post, since Nixon in China closed this weekend, but that’s okay because the two operas I’m most looking forward to are coming up next. I haven’t been to a Mozart opera yet, but I tend to like Mozart, and have been listening to Don Giovanni so I think I’ll enjoy Marriage [...]
There is an old Vulcan proverb “Only Nixon could go to China.” Nixon in China-Overture
March 13, 2010 by 5 Comments
It’s not often you can start off a post about opera with a quote from Star Trek. Since the opportunity was there, I just had to take it. Regardless, it’s opening night for Vancouver Opera’s production of Nixon in China, which is the Canadian première of the opera (take that Toronto and COC!). This production [...]
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