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Pacific OPera Victoria: La Boheme

Young love, Paris, and Puccini … resistance is futile.

One of the most loved operas of all time, Puccini’s La bohème is a gorgeous, nostalgic slice of life about a group of young friends hanging out together, experiencing Paris and love, and loss. Puccini’s music sparkles with humour, pours out lush, sumptuous melodies, and is always completely irresistible.

Conductor: Giuseppe Pietraroia

Director: Maria Lamont

Production Designer: Camellia Koo

Lighting Designer: Kevin Lamotte

Details

February 15, 17, 23, 2018, at 8 pm
Wednesday, February 21, at 7 pm
Sunday, February 25, at 2:30 pm

Royal Theatre

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Ballet Victoria: The Gift

A uniquely wonderful Christmas ballet set to the music of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker performed by the Victoria Symphony. Join a flurry of dancing characters and a mischievous young girl who sparks an adventurous world of unexpected wonders when she opens a present early, despite her uncle’s warning.

Details

Thurs, December 28th 7:30 PM

Fri, December 29th 2:00 PM

Sat, December 30th 2:00 PM

Royal Theatre

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VS Pops Series: Christmas Pops

Celebrate the season with the Victoria Symphony! Join the orchestra and the talented voices of Vox Humana to hear both popular and classical holiday favourites in this family-friendly presentation of Yuletide cheer.

Giuseppe Pietraroia, conductor
Kathleen Brett, soprano
Vox Humana Chamber Choir,
Details
Fri, December 8th 8:00 PM
Sat, December 9th 8:00 PM
Sun, December 10th 2:00 PM

The Piano Men: Billy Joel and Elton John

You’ll want to be here for this musical salute to two of the century’s most popular contemporary songwriters. From “Your Song” to “Candle in the Wind” and “Just the Way You Are,” award-winning pianist and singer Jim Witter takes you on a tour of the greatest hits of Billy Joel and Elton John.

When

May 1 & 2 (8pm), 3 (2pm)

Where

Royal Theatre

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Madama Butterfly

A young geisha renounces her family to marry an American man. When he leaves to go back to his own country, she waits with their child for his return. Though she is the gentlest of heroines, Butterfly has formidable inner strength. Guided by honour and fidelity, sustained by hope, she refuses for the longest time to believe she has been abandoned. Puccini himself loved Butterfly above all his heroines – her for whom I wrote music in the night. And what music! The score pours out lush melodies, infused with delicate Japanese harmonies – it is as ravishing as anything in opera!

When

April 9, 11, 15, 17, 2015, at 8 pm
Matinée April 19 at 2:30 pm

Where

Royal Theatre

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Broadway Lights

Welcome back to the amazingly talented young singers, dancers, and performers of the Canadian College of Performing Arts in a tribute to the best of Broadway. Get your tickets early and don’t miss out on seeing these future stars!

When

March 20 & 21 (8pm) 22 (2pm)

Where

Royal Theatre

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Victoria Symphony Education Concerts

The Victoria Symphony’s Education and Outreach concerts are designed for students in grades K to 7 in Victoria, Saanich, Sooke, Gulf Islands and Cowichan school districts as well as independent and home schools.

These concerts provide fun, accessible and engaging experiences while exposing students to the wonders of live classical music. Each year these concerts outreach to over 6,800 elementary school students on Vancouver Island.

When

February 17,18, 23

Where

University of Victoria – Farquhar Auditorium

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Lucia Di Lammermoor

In the brooding Scottish lowlands, it is men who call the shots. Clan rivalries, political maneuvering, and ancient vendettas leave no place for a woman who falls in love with the wrong man. Lucia is caught in the brutal web of her brother’s manipulation, her lover’s jealous rage, and the implacable enmity between their two clans. When she is bullied into an arranged marriage, her fragile spirit is shattered. In the most celebrated mad scene in all of opera, Donizetti’s entrancing melodic lines entwine round Lucia’s unraveling coloratura. This is the archetype of romantic bel canto opera … tempestuous passions, murder, madness, and doom, spun out in glorious song.

When

February 12, 14, 18, 20, 2015, at 8 pm
Matinée February 22 at 2:30 pm

Where

Royal Theatre

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