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Pacific Opera Project Gears Up for Pandemic-Inspired ‘Covid fan Tutte’

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Pacific Opera Project’s new staging of Mozart’s “Cosi fan Tutte,” titled “Covid fan Tutte,” is set to open in November for a socially distanced, drive-in production at Camarillo United Methodist Church. This production features a new English libretto by Artistic Director Josh Shaw. The cast includes three real-life couples: Jamie Chamberlin and Nathan Granner as Fiordilgli and Ferrando; Christina Pezzarossi {…}

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Pacific Opera Project Embraces Drive-In Opera for 2020 Fall Season

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Pacific Opera Project has announced its 2020 fall season, which will feature Drive-In operas at the Camarillo United Methodist Church in Ventura County. “We saw an opportunity to do live performance, to give our artists work, to give our fans a show, and to prove that, as always, POP will do whatever it takes to make accessible, affordable, and entertaining {…}

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Pacific Opera Project Announces Online Watch Party for Historic ‘Madama Butterfly’ Production

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Pacific Opera Project has announced that on July 15, 2020, it will be presenting a watch party for its production of “Madama Butterfly.” The party, which kicks off at 5 p.m. PST, will feature interviews with Artistic Director Josh Shaw and Opera in the Heights Artistic Director Eiki Isomura as they relate the first-ever interpretation of this famed opera that {…}

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Pacific Opera Victoria Reimagines 2020-21 Season

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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 {…}

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Vancouver Opera & Pacific Opera Victoria to Stream Maxime Goulet’s ‘The Flight of the Hummingbird’

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The Vancouver Opera, in collaboration with Pacific Opera Victoria and composer Maxime Goulet will be presenting “The Flight of the Hummingbird” on May 19, 2020. The 45-minute chamber opera is based on the book by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and focuses on the challenges of climate change. In the story, animals in a forest come together to save their home from {…}

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Pacific Opera Project Announces Watch Party for Nintendo-Inspired ‘The Magic Flute’ Stream

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Pacific Opera Project has announced that it will launch an interactive watch party for its production of “The Magic Flute.” The party kicks off at 5 p.m. PST on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 via the company’s Facebook and YouTube channels. The popular iteration is rife with references to video games, particularly “Super Mario Bros.” and “The Legend of Zelda.” The {…}

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Pacific Opera Victoria to Stream New Work ‘The Flight of the Hummingbird’

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Pacific Opera Victoria has announced they will be streaming their new work “The Flight of the Hummingbird” on May 19, 2020. This 45-minute opera first premiered in January of this year, touring through schools in the region before the performances were canceled due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. The work is described as being “based on an indigenous parable from {…}

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Pacific Opera Victoria to Hold Weekly Podcasts

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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 {…}