Canada’s Pacific Opera Victoria has announced its 2024-25 season. The season opens with Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” which will star Canadian Andrew Haji, and Jennifer Tarver. Performance Dates: Oct. 16-22, 2024 Rachel Portman’s “The Little Prince” will showcase Emma Parkinson, Ben Butterfield, and Melody Courage. The show will feature a partnership, with Principal Conductor and Chorus Master, Giuseppe Pietraoria {…}
(Pic: Works Photography) The Pacific Opera Victoria has appointed Canadian opera stage director, Brenna Corner, as its next Artistic Director. In a statement, Corner said, “I am deeply honored to have been selected to serve as the Artistic Director of Pacific Opera Victoria. Over the past four decades, Pacific Opera has established itself through its commitment both to the art {…}
The Pacific Opera Victoria has promoted Victoria BC conductor, Giuseppe (Joey) Pietraroia, to the position of Principal Conductor. In a statement, Pietraroia said, “I am excited to serve as Principal Conductor with Pacific Opera Victoria. Having made my home in Victoria for the past two decades, I am eager to continue my working relationship with the musicians of the Victoria {…}
The Ministry of Canadian Heritage of the Government of Canada has awarded the Association for Opera in Canada $434,000 for training programs. Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund provided the funding, which will allow AOC’s new Opera Artist Resilience Program to run two different streams of training. The first stream offers 225 mini-mentorships that provide short opportunities for artists to gain {…}
Pacific Opera Victoria’s conductor Timothy Vernon will step down next year from his position as Artistic Director. The Canadian company announced that a search would begin shortly to hire a replacement. Vernon was a co-founder of the company and will remain involved with Pacific Opera until his current five-year contract ends in June. He will assist the company on a {…}
Canada’s Pacific Opera Victoria has announced its 2022 season. The season kicks off with Bizet’s “Carmen” starring Aude Extrémo, Adam Luther, and Lauren Margison. Brenna Corner directs the production. Timothy Vernon conducts. “This will be the company’s 5th Carmen,” Timothy Vernon, the company’s artistic directors said in a press statement. “It is always exciting, and this production will be vital, {…}
Canadian company Pacific Opera Victoria is set to perform a double bill of “The Italian Lesson” and “Bon Appétit” available to stream until June 21, 2021. The double bill, which will be streamed for free via the company’s official website, will star Megan Latham as Julia Child and will be directed by Glynis Leyshon. Giuseppe Pietraroia conducts the production. Latham {…}
Pacific Opera Victoria has reimagined its 2020-21 season, which will feature both online and live presentations. The new season is set to launch in July with radio and online broadcasts of past company productions as well as new intimate operas created for the small screen. The company will also engage with Pop Up Opera outside local residences and programming for {…}
Pacific Opera Victoria has announced a new schedule of online and On Demand programming to keep bringing the arts to audiences at home. These broadcasts will stream the last week of April, and then on a weekly basis in May. The schedule, as per a press release, is as follows: Fri, April 24 – Listening Party Podcast at 4pm Opera artists from {…}
On April 5, 2020 Pacific Opera Victoria will present their “Inside Opera” program, a discussion between host and Curator of Public Engagement Robert Holliston, and Timothy Vernon, the company’s Artistic Director. The podcast will go live at 10 a.m. PT, at pacificopera.ca. As Holliston and Vernon discuss their favorite operas and composers, listeners will also receive a link to a {…}
The Pacific Opera Victoria in Canada is launching online programming to continue to share music and knowledge during the COVID-19 quarantine. The company will launch its platform on Friday, March 27 with a Listening Party Podcast Fridays at 4 p.m. on pacificopera.ca. Rebecca Hass will be joined by local and national opera artists with each podcast set to include a {…}