Concert
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Dec 5, 2011
Sting sought them out for his lute project Songs From the Labyrinth; this singing ensemble performs without a conductor, thrilling audiences worldwide with their rich musicality.
Event
Jan 1, 2012
Ease into the New Year with an afternoon of Viennese music and dance. The Strauss Symphony of Canada delivers a sumptuous concert performed by members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra with guests Patricia Nessy (soprano), Marc Hervieux (tenor), and the Ukraine’s Kiev-Aniko Ballet.
*Editors' Pick
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Nov 26, 2011
Vancouver Opera performs Gounod’s version of Shakespeare’s tragedy with all the good stuff: emotional duets, balcony scenes, and deaths by poison and dagger. Get swept away by graceful and melodic music of French opera at its most romantic. UBC grad Simone Osborne (now 24, she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2008, one of the youngest performers ever to do so) returns from Toronto’s Canadian Opera Company to debut her Juliette with the V.O.
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Dec 9, 2011
Performed every third year, and with only two Vancouver Chamber Choir performances this year, Handel’s Messiah swells to life. Revered by Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart as the greatest composer who ever lived, Handel is perhaps best known for this work, interpreted here by conductor Jon Washburn and the VSO.
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Dec 21, 2011
Singers Shannon Mercer, Laura Pudwell, John Bacon, and Tyler Duncan join forces with the Bach Cantata Project Players for Early Music Vancouver’s annual concert of Bach’s most glorious music. With musical direction by gifted violinist Marc Destrubé, the evening showcases “Part V” of the beloved Christmas Oratorio.
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