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- PURSEsuasion story in the G-Straight today 12:38pm Apr 1
- Manga Salome: Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing 12:25pm Apr 1|1 Comment
- "What struck me however was the number of young faces in the audience. .." 8:42pm Mar 19
Events
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- Salome Fan Night
Queen Elizabeth Theatre Salon A
Tuesday, May 5 at 6:00pm - Rigoletto Fan Night
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Tuesday, March 17 at 6:30pm - Some Like It Hot
Lumiere and DB Bistro Moderne
Monday, February 23 at 6:00pm - Carmen
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Saturday, January 24 at 7:30pm - Eugene Onegin
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Saturday, November 22 at 7:30pm - Overture
Queen Elizabeth Theatre: On Stage
Friday, November 21 at 7:00pm - The Cats of Mirikitani
Nikkei Heritage Center
Sunday, November 9 at 1:30pm - Opera & Arias
Bard on the Beach
Monday, August 25 at 8:00pm - PURSEuasion
DONE
Wednesday, June 4 at 11:30am - La Boheme
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Saturday, April 26 at 7:30pm
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Fashion at the Opera: SalomeUpdated about 6 months ago
Salome Behind the ScenesUpdated about 7 months ago
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Vancouver Opera - Bizarre Opera Video of the Week
Hip Hop Opera: Fugees feat. Bounty Hunter
We been gone for awhile, now we’re back with a vengeance…
Here’s yer new Bizarre Opera Video!
Here’s yer new Bizarre Opera Video!
Opera Destroys Bridges
From our friend (?) Spitzle the Clown…
Voyager's EMH - La donna e mobile
Hilarious intro segment from the Star Trek Voyager episode: Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy
Star Trek Opera
Geek-awesome in so many ways!
From our friends at Robot Chicken!
From our friends at Robot Chicken!
Lego Carmen Act 4
The Lego Operas are back with an exciting rendition of George Bizet’s Carmen broken up into 4 parts for Youtube. Staring Jessye Norman and Mirella Freni.
Lego Carmen Act 3
The Lego Operas are back with an exciting rendition of George Bizet’s Carmen broken up into 4 parts for Youtube. Staring Jessye Norman and Mirella Freni.
Lego Carmen Act 2
The Lego Operas are back with an exciting rendition of George Bizet’s Carmen broken up into 4 parts for Youtube. Staring Jessye Norman and Mirella Freni.
Lego Carmen Act 1
The Lego Operas are back with an exciting rendition of George Bizet’s Carmen broken up into 4 parts for Youtube. Staring Jessye Norman and Mirella Freni.
Viva La Voce Puppet Opera
Viva La Voce Puppet Opera performed Die Fledermaus
Thirsty puppets, jolly opera singers, vengeful bats, and graceful waltzers converge in 19th century Vienna to bring this Strauss opera to life.
Opera has never seemed less stuffy and randy puppets run rampant in this high octane production.
Location: Flynn Space, Burlington Vermont
Who Says Opera Isn't Sexy?
You’ll never watch the Queen of the Night aria in quite the same way…
Joan Sutherland's debut as Lucrezia Borgia(1972)
At Vancouver Opera! How bizarre that someone has a recording of this!
‘Era desso il figlio mio’
Vancouver Opera
26 october 1972
26 october 1972
Lucrezia Joan Sutherland
Gennaro John Alexander
Alfonso Louis Quilico
Orsini Huguette Tourangeau
Liverotto Marcel Larochelle
Astolfo Pierre Charbonneau
Gazella David Myrvold
Petrucci Jose Le Matt
Vitellozzo Larry Benson
Gubetta William Fleck
Rustighello Joseph Pinedo
Servant Robert Warrington
Offstage Voice Ron Bermingham
Gennaro John Alexander
Alfonso Louis Quilico
Orsini Huguette Tourangeau
Liverotto Marcel Larochelle
Astolfo Pierre Charbonneau
Gazella David Myrvold
Petrucci Jose Le Matt
Vitellozzo Larry Benson
Gubetta William Fleck
Rustighello Joseph Pinedo
Servant Robert Warrington
Offstage Voice Ron Bermingham
Vancouver Opera - 2008 Season !!! (better video version)
Interview with General Director James Wright discussing the new 2008 opera season in Vancouver. For more information about the upcoming exciting productions, go to VancouverOpera.ca on the web.
Aretha Franklin - Greatest Singer
OK, maybe not “bizarre” opera video – but Rolling Stone just named Aretha the greatest singer (ever?), and I’ve always been fond of her, ehem, version of Nessun Dorma. I saw this live and at the moment it occurred it was spellbinding. VO
Yma Sumac - Gopher Mambo
Yma Sumac died on Saturday, so in honour of her, here’s a little video tribute. If you take your opera seriously, this is a singer you MUST get to know.
It’ll serve as a good antidote.
Opera Jawa
For Halloween something disturbing but also sort of fascinating from Indonesia: Opera Jawa
(Garin Nugroho, Indonesia, 2006)
(Garin Nugroho, Indonesia, 2006)
Setyo and Siti live a peaceful life as husband and wife, selling earthenware in their village. But when Setyo is called away on business, a flirtatious butcher, Ludiro, takes advantage of Siti’s loneliness to seduce her. Tempted by song and dance, Siti initially refuses his advances but acquiesces in a moment of weakness, setting the stage for an epic battle between the two men. Located in lush forests and on pristine beaches of Java, director Garin Nugroho bases his deeply imagistic and dazzling visual narrative on the “The Abduction of Sita,” from the Hindu epic, The Ramayana.
Fat Lady Sings - and its over - for bananas
Japanese opera singer Kumiko Mori sings the praises of bananas as a way to lose weight – the Japanese public freaks out and the country suffers a banana shortage.
From our friends at http://intermezzo.typepad.com/intermezzo/
a very cool opera blog
a very cool opera blog
Caterpillar Opera
I just don’t know where to start with this one. I’m speechless.
Anybody know what music this is? VO
Anybody know what music this is? VO
Bryn Terfel meets Glam Metal (Tigertailz)
Submitted by Fan Tracey Flattes – a tribute to Welsh Glam Metal band Tigertailz and bassist Pepsi Tate.
Got a Bizarre Opera video you’d like to see? Let us know!
Abandoning the old adage, ne’er the twain shall meet; the two worlds of opera and glam rock come together on the new single from world famous bass baritone Bryn Terfel, soprano and West End star Shân Cothi, Serendipity Choir, the Lucy J. Morgan Orchestra and notorious glam metal band, Tigertailz. Though both genres have long shared a love of flamboyant outfits, startling hairstyles and over the top stage productions, I Believe is the first time the two have united to bring a song into such vibrant life.
I Believe aims to raise awareness and money for the registered charity Amser Justin Time, set up to provide care and support for pancreatic cancer patients and their families in Wales, as well as funding research into the disease itself.
I Believe aims to raise awareness and money for the registered charity Amser Justin Time, set up to provide care and support for pancreatic cancer patients and their families in Wales, as well as funding research into the disease itself.
Tigertailz co-founder and bassist Justin Smith (Pepsi Tate as was to those who spent their adolescence punching the air to the bands commercially and critically acclaimed albums) turned TV director and editor, sadly died from pancreatic cancer last year at the age of 42. His widow, Shân Cothi, is heading up the charity partly in tribute to her husband, but also to help save others from the suffering that both she and Justin had to endure.
Meanwhile, Justin’s musical contribution to this track lives on with his original bass parts remaining fully intact on this re-recording of the Tigertailz original.
For more info go to www.amserjustintime.org
Opera for 100 smart rabbits
Nabaz’mob, opera for 100 smart rabbits
by Antoine SCHMITT and Jean-Jacques BIRGE
by Antoine SCHMITT and Jean-Jacques BIRGE
Filmed by Françoise Romand
http://nabazmob.free.fr
A coproduction Violet – Web Flash Festival,
created at the Centre Georges Pompidou on May 27th 2006
after an original idea by Guylaine Monnier
created at the Centre Georges Pompidou on May 27th 2006
after an original idea by Guylaine Monnier
Choreography and music by Antoine Schmitt and Jean-Jacques Birgé
100 Nabaztag smart rabbits, brought by their owners, did meet at Centre Pompidou, in the same spirit of the flashmobs, to all play together an opera specially composed by Antoine Schmitt et Jean-Jacques Birgé.
Inviting John Cage, Steve Reich, Conlon Nancarrow and György Ligeti, this musical and choreographic partition in three movements, transmitted via wi-fi, plays on the tension between the music ensemble communion and individual behavior to create a strong and involved showpiece.
Computer indiscipline is the subject of this opera, a desire to be together and the difficulty to do it.
Inviting John Cage, Steve Reich, Conlon Nancarrow and György Ligeti, this musical and choreographic partition in three movements, transmitted via wi-fi, plays on the tension between the music ensemble communion and individual behavior to create a strong and involved showpiece.
Computer indiscipline is the subject of this opera, a desire to be together and the difficulty to do it.
Yes! The Swedes Take the Lead in Fabulously Odd Operas!!!
Crucible Studio and Helsinki Skaala Opera collaborated to produce a multimedia opera performance on the life of Alan Turing (1912-1954), a heroic wartime code-breaker and pioneer of computer science. Turing Machine DVD is a live recording of this performance at Korjaamo, “the Helsinki Cultural Factory”.
The Turing Enigma and the 3D scenography for Helsinki Skaala Opera’s Turing Machine are realized by the Crucible Studio team as an experimental production for the EU Commission funded research project, SALERO.
The Turing Machine opera, composed by Eeppi Ursin and Visa-Pekka Mertanen, is comprised mainly of new electronic music and realtime sampling of old and new material. The libretto is based on the play “Turing” by Miko Jaakkola, which tells the strange life story of this exceptionally talented and complex person. The 3D visualization and digital scenography is by Merja Nieminen and the Crucible Studio team.
http://crucible.lume.fi
http://www.oopperaskaala.fi
http://www.salero.eu
http://www.oopperaskaala.fi
http://www.salero.eu
Love Love Love Those Freaky Germans!!!
OK, I have no idea what this is, but I simply love the freakiness of it all!
Spontaneous Opera
What do people do when they are happy? Sing opera of course! Here a new artistic movement was spawned with “Spontaneous Opera”—a do-it-yourself creation of music and lyric all at once, in multiple voices. The rage has yet to sweep the nation.
Enough Muppets, moppets this week....
One of my favorite arias edited nicely to one of my favorite movies: Leon: The Professional, with a very young Natalie Portman (making her debut I think). Great film, great opera. See one of them soon. VO
Beverly Sills on The Muppet Show Part 3 "Pigoletto"
The marvelous (and good-natured!)Beverly Sills and the pigs from the Muppet Show present the opera, “Pigoletto,” straight from the Muppetopolitan Opera. The muppets enthusiastically slaughter arias from operas such as Carmen and Die Walkure, while Miss Sills sings “Sempre Libera” from La Traviata. Included is a high-note battle of the divas: Miss Piggy vs Miss Sills. One has to admire Frank Oz (as Miss Piggy) trying to out-sing Beverly Sills! (RIP, Beverly – we miss you!)
Habanera
Bork Bork Bork Meep Meep Meep La la La LAH!!
It's a (dead) Man's World, Baby!
James Brown & Pavarotti doing “It’s a Man’s World”
James looks excited, Luciano looks dubious at best…..
James looks excited, Luciano looks dubious at best…..
Vancouver Opera Why, thank you Northern Lights for the great props! http://bit.ly/6IeijH
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Vancouver Opera’s Golden Anniversary Season opens with Vincenzo Bellini’s masterpiece, Norma. Performances on November 28, December 1, 3, 5, 2009 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.Opera had its birth in Italy, ...
Vancouver Opera Hear it straight from their mouths! Norma will really be sum'thing! http://bit.ly/7b8KRz
Vancouver Opera Any Facebook friends coming to Norma Tuesday December 1?
Vancouver Opera Golden Anniverary Gala: The Photos now up! http://bit.ly/6Z168A
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On November 6, Vancouver Opera's Golden Anniversary Gala reflected the past, present and future of opera in BC with a special concert and dinner at the Orpheum Theatre and Commodore Ballroom. Internationally ...
Vancouver Opera ok, I gotta say, now that we've changed our picture, getting one of those "fan badges" might be worth considering.
Vancouver Opera Congratulations to our Operabot winners! Thanks to all who came out to the screening party! http://bit.ly/745Mky
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The Operabot screening party was held at Rainmaker Studios this past Tuesday evening and for those of you who missed you, it was a great screening in Rainmaker's 50 seater HD theatre!The 15 Operabot submissions came in from Vancouver, Eastern Canada and the US and can be viewed on our Youtube. ...
Vancouver Opera Norma Fan Nite December 1! BOGO Call 604-683-0222 and give 'em PROMO CODE 2296! 24 hours left for sale! (dun, dun, dah!)
Vancouver Opera Sorry! BOGO PROMO is for Tuesday, December 1. Promo expires 4pm this Friday! Call 604-683-0222 and give 'em PROMO CODE 2295!
Vancouver Opera BO to the GO!! VO Fan Nite is back! Norma December 3. 48 hours ONLY to buy your tix! Call 604-683-0222 and give 'em PROMO CODE 2295!
Vancouver Opera Theory of relativity can eat it. OPERA comes in #1 as 10 Great Achievements of Human Mind. http://bit.ly/4DwIZc
Vancouver Opera Wanna get O.U.T.? You can if you're between 18-29. Tix for $25. Call 604.683.0222 and give 'em Promo 2256 http://bit.ly/CCaTj
Vancouver Opera A few seats lefts! Don't miss out on the Operabot party! Free drinks & eats! Email me at lchan@vancouveropera.ca for guestlist! http://bit.ly/2TZsUa
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Operabot Screening Party, presented by Georgia Straight and hosted by Rainmaker Studios will take place Tuesday, November 17.If you would like to come for the screening, have some bevvies and eats, shoot me an email at lchan@vancouveropera.ca and I'll add you to the guestlist. ...
Vancouver Opera Operabot screening party this Tuesday! Email me for guestlist! lchan@vancouveropera.ca http://bit.ly/2TZsUa
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Operabot Screening Party, presented by Georgia Straight and hosted by Rainmaker Studios will take place Tuesday, November 17.If you would like to come for the screening, have some bevvies and eats, shoot me an email at lchan@vancouveropera.ca and I'll add you to the guestlist. ...
Vancouver Opera For your weekend reading pleasure: November edition of Operagator! http://bit.ly/1LYZJ1
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Welcome to the latest issue of the Operagator, VO’s monthly roundup of news, reviews, diversions and updates from the world of opera. This email will be arriving in your mailbox every month as part of your subscription to Vancouver Opera’s e-news.
Vancouver Opera Didn't make it to Opera Speaks? Listen to Maestro Bonynge here: http://bit.ly/3Ull7a
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"I don't think you'll find any better singers for Norma than we have here."Last Monday, Maestro Richard Bonynge graced us with his presence at Opera Speaks.Press play below to hear the Maestro talk about ...
