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Vancouver Opera | Voices of the Pacific Rim | Feb 3

Posted by Tamiko, January 29, 2008 12:02 AM |


Madame Butterfly, it's not...no matter, Asia + Opera co-exist together in The Vancouver Opera's VOICES OF THE PACIFIC RIM concert on Sunday, Feb. 3rd. In partnership with the Powell Street Festival Society, the Vancouver Opera's Voices of the Pacific Rim will feature popular opera selections combined with traditional Asian songs, performed by rising young Asian Canadian opera singers.

Voices of the Pacific Rim
recital will celebrate and honour the Chinese, Korean and Japanese communities, with sopranos Jessica Cheung, Gina Oh, and Sookhyung Park, tenor Sam Chung, and baritone Gene Wu. They will be joined by sopranos Lucy Choi, Stephanie Nakagawa and Szu-Wen Wang, and tenor Brian Lee. Music direction is by Leslie Dala. Kinza Tyrrell will accompany the singers on piano.

Vancouver Opera: VOICES OF THE PACIFIC RIM
Sunday, February 3, 2008 | 7:30 pm
Where: Vancouver Playhouse (INFO on location)
Tickets are $20 each, including GST (order at 604-683-0222)

(Image: Madama Butterfly 2003 art courtesy of Marco Tulio)

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