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Mass with a touch of operatic flair, as Vancouver Bach Choir takes on Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, May 14

Better known for works like Barber of Seville, the composer penned a famous mass

MUSICJanet SmithMay 12, 2022Vancouver Bach Choir

The PRISMA Festival returns to Powell River June 13 to 25

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the 2022 fest features an 80-piece orchestra and 23 guest artists from around the globe

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithMay 12, 2022PRISMA Festival

The Pearl Fishers, The Flying Dutchman on the horizon as Vancouver Opera unveils 2022-23 season plans

Going big, the company will also stage its first version of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithMay 11, 2022Vancouver Opera

TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival unveils eclectic Innovation Series at the Ironworks programming

Concerts also announced for Roundhouse Performance Centre and the North Shore Jazz Series

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMay 10, 2022Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz

Pianist Eric Lu shows why he's well on his way to legendary status at The Vancouver Chopin Society, May 22

Appearing here for the first time, the 25-year-old is celebrated for a maturity and depth far beyond his years

MUSICJanet SmithMay 9, 2022Vancouver Chopin Society, Eric Lu, SPRING

Stir Pairing: Mother's Day 2022 edition

Second Sundays Jazz at Havana Theatre features the Laura Crema Quartet on May 8

MUSIC, CULINARYGail JohnsonMay 6, 2022CULINARY

The Leonids, Chor Leoni's new professional supergroup, makes its Vancouver debut

All of the ensemble’s bass, baritone, and tenor members are among North America’s top singers

MUSICGail JohnsonMay 6, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Chor Leoni, The Leonids

The Lake / nx̌aʔx̌aʔitkʷ marks a meeting of minds, cultures, and opera music, at DOXA

Film traces soprano Heather Pawsey’s long journey to decolonize a work about an Okanagan homesteader

MUSIC, OPERA, FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithMay 5, 2022Vancouver Opera, Astrolabe Musik Theatre, SPRING, DOXA

Piano virtuoso Angela Cheng joins Vetta for all-Dvořák gala concert

Included in the program is a four-hands, one-piano piece Cheng will play with her husband, fellow Juilliard grad and Oberlin professor, Alvin Chow

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra closes season with Mahler's sweeping 5th Symphony

Taipei-born VSO principal violist Hung-Wei Huang also takes the spotlight on the program

MUSICJanet SmithMay 5, 2022VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Elektra Women's Choir, Sitka String Quartet unite in dreamy Lake of Stars

The concert features world premieres and other compositions that celebrate nature and life

Vetta Chamber Music features Canadian concert pianist Angela Cheng in all-Dvořák program

Gala concert is the organization’s grand finale of the season

MUSICJanet SmithMay 3, 2022Vetta Chamber Music, Partner Content

Review: Vancouver Opera's HMS Pinafore floats a feminist update on Gilbert & Sullivan classic

A feel-good operetta has fun while trying to show the world has changed since women wore pinafores

MUSICJanet SmithMay 2, 2022Vancouver Opera

New York’s Emerson String Quartet brings some hope for humanity to Vancouver

The acclaimed ensemble performs a potent mixed program before its 2023 grand finale

MUSICGail JohnsonMay 2, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Friends of Chamber Music

France's Ensemble Correspondances takes baroque court music to the people

Les Plaisirs du Louvre gives Early Music Vancouver audiences the French royal treatment

Vancouver Chamber Choir shines a light on the next generation of choral conductors at NORDIC SOUNDS

VCC’s Conductors’ Symposium features five rising talents from across North America

MUSICJanet SmithApril 29, 2022Vancouver Chamber Choir

Music of the Night: The Concert Tour celebrates Andrew Lloyd Webber's 75th birthday

Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre’s show features a professional cast singing hits from shows like Phantom of the Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar

Vancouver Opera's HMS Pinafore brings new depth to Gilbert & Sullivan's familiar songs

Stage director Brenna Corner works with top-flight singers and writer JD Derbyshire to update the witty parody of the class system

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithApril 28, 2022Vancouver Opera

Lucinda Williams tickets now on sale, as singer-songwriter is set to hit TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival July 2

Fest also unveils a range of concerts for Jazz at Pyatt Hall and Performance Works series for summer event

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithApril 28, 2022Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz, Lucinda Williams

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces 2022-23 season, with guest artists including Itzhak Perlman, Stewart Copeland, and Colonel Chris Hadfield

Comeback season also features Measha Brueggergosman, Marion Newman, Sarah Slean, a Wizard of Oz concert, and a series dedicated to the planet

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