UBC Opera
6344 Memorial Rd V6T1Z2 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Here's an excerpt from our upcoming production of Jonathan Dove's opera "Mansfield Park" https://youtu.be/u4OQQv0erMk. We will stream the opera live February 6 at 7 p.m., and February 7 at 2 p.m., but you can watch the production any time until February 14. Purchase your single tickets today at: http://ubcoperatickets.com or a subscription to our entire virtual season: https://tickets.ubc.ca/online/default.asp

You follow us on facebook, but how about Instagram? Right now, we're offering you a chance to win a FREE Virtual Subscription to our 20202021 Season! Just head over to our Instagram page for more information. https://www.instagram.com/ubcopera/

We can all have lots of fun playing with Google's "Blob Opera"! https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/AAHWrq360NcGbw

The Vancouver Opera family is saddened by the news of the sudden passing of Carmen Garcia. Carmen was Vancouver Opera’s long-standing Head of Make-Up since 1986... and had worked for VO in the make-up department since 1978. Carmen not only worked for VO but was also part of the team that provided such professionalism and encouragement to the young singers in the UBC Opera program. Carmen, Elke Englicht (Head of Wigs and Hair), and Parvin Mirhady (Head of Costumes) have been working on UBC shows providing a professional level of Costumes, Wigs and Makeup to the young singers for many years. Our sincere condolences go out to her husband Chris, himself a seasoned member of the Vancouver Opera Chorus, her son and her two grandchildren. Later this spring, we hope, if conditions permit, to get together with our colleagues at UBC Opera to honour Carmen. Carmen’s charities of choice are Vancouver Opera, BC Children’s Hospital and UBC Opera. To donate to Vancouver Opera in Carmen’s memory, please call 604-682-2871 ext. 0, or to choose the other charities, please donate to them directly. https://www.vancouveropera.ca//vancouver-opera-remembers-/ Photo of Carmen applying makeup to Caitlin Wood, Soprano during 2017's The Marriage of Figaro, taken by Emily Cooper.

You won't want to miss reading all about our 2020-2021 Virtual Season, filled with Opera and Concerts. Tickets are now on sale! https://issuu.com/ubcopera/docs/season_brochure_2020-2021

You may be wondering, what will happen to our upcoming production if our building had a flood? Our production of Rossini's Il Viaggio a Reims, originally planned to open this Saturday, will now be hosted at the Chan Centre running this FRIDAY OCTOBER 16 - SUNDAY OCTOBER 18. We will have three performances all beginning at 7:30PM! All performances are available for viewing for FREE through the livestream links below. https://linkin.bio/ubc_music ... October 16 Link: https://vimeo.com/468653248 October 17 Link: https://vimeo.com/468656534 October 18 Link: https://vimeo.com/468657391

Thank you for the mention, Opera Canada

Don't miss our final, streamed performance of Rossini's "Il viaggio a Reims", tonight at 7:30 p.m. https://vimeo.com/468657391

You may be wondering, what will happen to our upcoming production if our building had a flood? Our production of Rossini's Il Viaggio a Reims, originally planned to open this Saturday, will now be hosted at the Chan Centre running this FRIDAY OCTOBER 16 - SUNDAY OCTOBER 18. We will have three performances all beginning at 7:30PM! All performances are available for viewing for FREE through the livestream links below. https://linkin.bio/ubc_music ... October 16 Link: https://vimeo.com/468653248 October 17 Link: https://vimeo.com/468656534 October 18 Link: https://vimeo.com/468657391

UPDATE: Last Friday morning the deluge system went off in our Old Auditorium causing a huge flood of water leading to the closure of our auditorium for the next 6-8 weeks!

Don't miss our first 'virtual' Opera Tea this Sunday! https://mailchi.mp/e30e8470eee9/ubc-opera-tea-goes-virtual

Meet our 20202021 Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists! Over the next 4 Thursdays, we'll be featuring the members of this season's artist residency program. Tenor I...an Cleary Originally from Chatham, tenor Ian Cleary recently completed an Opera Diploma at the University of British Columbia School of Music and has a Bachelor of Music from Wilfred Laurier University. Ian has performed Hoffmann in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Armoured Guard in Die Zauberflöte with the UBC Opera Ensemble; Hoffmann in Les Contes d’Hoffmann and Schoolmaster in Cunning Little Vixen with Opera Laurier; Judge Roan in Parade and Giuseppe in The Gondoliers with Opera NUOVA. He has studied and worked with J. Patrick Raftery, Kimberley Barber, Richard Epp, Leslie Dala, Raffi Armenian, Rosemary Thompson, Nancy Hermiston, Anna Theodosakis, Brian Deedrick and Rob Herriot. Read More: https://www.vancouveropera.ca//2020-2021-yulanda-m-faris-/

Meet our 20202021 Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists! Over the next 3 Thursdays, we'll be featuring the members of this season's artist residency program. Luka Ka...wabata, Baritone Vancouver baritone Luka Kawabata holds a Master of Music in Opera Performance from the University of British Columbia School of Music. Recent credits include the title role in Don Giovanni, Lieutenant Audebert in Silent Night, Dappertutto and Dr. Miracle in Les Contes d’Hoffmann as well as Tadeusz in the Canadian premiere of Pasaerka with the UBC Opera Ensemble. He has performed roles in the Westben Arts Festival Theatre’s La Traviata and the European Music Academy’s La Bohème and Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Luka has been featured in concert performances including St. John’s Passion and as Hobson in the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's Peter Grimes. Last season, Luka understudied the role of Owl in Vancouver Opera In Schools’ production of The Flight of the Hummingbird. He has studied with Peter Barcza and worked with prominent names including Carol Isaac, David Agler, Bramwell Tovey, Russell Braun, Eric Owens, and Luca Pisaroni. Read More: https://www.vancouveropera.ca//2020-2021-yulanda-m-faris-/

UBC Opera Alum, Brandon Thornhill sings "I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin" as part of OperaBox Company's Porgy and Bess Week, by George Gershwin

Our new Assistant Professor of Voice and Opera!

UBC Opera Alum Geoffrey Schellenberg (MMus '17) performs "Votre Toast", Escamillo's aria from Bizet's "Carmen" with OperaBox Company!

Sodam Lee (MMus'20) sings two traditional Korean songs, Reminiscence (Choo-uhk) by Youngsup Choi and May Arirang under a covered walkway between the Frederic Lasserre and School of Music buildings. Click the link to see Sodam's full performance! https://belkin.ubc.ca/events/sonic-responses-sodam-lee