(Photo credit: Early Music Vancouver) Early Music Vancouver and re:Naissance Opera have reimagined the story of Dido for the modern audience in “The Queen of Carthage.” The film version is set to premiere online. Cecilia Duarte stars in the multidisciplinary filmed performance of “The Queen of Carthage.” The piece was filmed on location in Vancouver by Collide Entertainment in the {…}
IndieFest, a musical gathering in its third year, will present everything from new opera to Indigenous practice to drag throughout its 11-day Festival in the Canadian Pacific Northwest. IndieFest will run November 16-27, 2022. The Festival highlights stories and people traditionally overlooked in the arts. “The history of opera is steeped in colonial constructs that have excluded many histories, particularly {…}
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 {…}
“Angel’s Bone” is set to make its Canadian premiere on Nov. 25-27, 2022, at The Annex Theatre in Vancouver as part of IndieFest. The work by Du Yun and Royce Vavrek will be presented by re:Naissance Opera, Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre, Turning Point Ensemble, Arraymusic, and Loose Tea Music Theatre. The work follows two youths who are lured into relationships with {…}
Landon Krentz and re:Naissance Opera will showcase “Jesse: An ASL Opera” in a workshop on Monday, June 24, 2019 in Vancouver, BC as part of the Queer Arts Festival. The opera is being created by Deaf playwright and performer Landon Krentz with the intention of challenging social and artistic practices by “integrating sign language into the DNA of the opera.” {…}