Pacific Opera Victoria
Pacific Opera Victoria is located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It performs three full productions per season at Victoria's Royal Theatre accompanied by members of the Victoria Symphony. In their 2009/2010 season, Pacific Opera Victoria expanded to four productions per season and added Saturday matinees. In 2010/2021, Pacific Opera Victoria only produced two productions due to the Covid19 pandemic, and returned to doing four and three productions depending on year.[1]
Founded in 1980, Pacific Opera Victoria (POV) performs a variety of repertoire ranging from standard canon to new pieces.[2] Timothy Vernon is POV's founding artistic director. In 2023, Timothy Vernon retired after 43 years with the company, and was succeeded by Brenna Corner.[3]
Pacific Opera Victoria is notable for constructing its own sets and costumes and retaining its own set construction facilities. It is responsible for several Canadian premieres, including Marc Blitzstein's Regina in 2008, Richard Strauss's Daphne in 2007 and Capriccio in 2010, Lee Hoiby's The Tempest in 2004, and Vittorio Giannini's Taming of the Shrew in 2001.
In February 2000, Pacific Opera staged the world premiere of Erewhon by Louis Applebaum and Mavor Moore,[4].
In 2011, the company commissioned Mary's Wedding, composed by Andrew P. MacDonald with libretto by Stephen Massicotte based on Massicotte's play of the same name. [5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Production History | Pacific Opera Victoria | Victoria, BC". Pacific Opera Victoria. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ Jordan, Robert. "Pacific Opera Victoria 20th anniversary," Opera Canada. Fall, 2000
- ^ "Pacific Opera welcomes new artistic director, its first change in the position in 43 years". Times Colonist. 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ Chris Dafoe (February 18, 2000). "Operatic Erewhon didn't spring out of nowhere". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ Marsha Lederman (November 10, 2011). "Lest we forget, opera breathes new life into Mary's Wedding". The Globe and Mail.
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