Washing your hands has never been so much fun!
Opera artists combine health and safety with great singing. Feel free to join in as opera divas and divos demonstrate proper handwashing technique while singing popular arias to new words.

As Lady Macbeth would say,
Una macchia è qui tuttora…Via, ti dico, o maledetta!
(Yet here’s a spot. Out, damned spot! out, I say!)

The Keynotes Collection is a curated exploration of Pacific Opera Victoria’s recent productions, featuring articles from our Keynotes Newsletter, as well as Programme Notes, production photos, video trailers, reviews, and more.

Dip your toe into new opera experiences (the water is warm) or relive the magic of productions you’ve seen. Come back often as new archival materials are added to the collection.

A week-long daycamp for young people aged 9 to 13.
Create and perform your very own opera with help from an opera teaching artist, a composer, and an art teacher. Write the words and music, design, build, and paint the set, and create costume pieces. At the end of the week, the students’ performance will be videotaped for sharing with their families.
July 20 to 24, 9 am to 4 pm daily.

A space and a platform for IBPoC (Indigenous, Black, People of Colour) opera artists to share their personal experiences through musical performance or stories of moments that bring home the fact of racial division as they have lived through it. Pacific Opera invites IBPoC opera artists to share your voice, your stories, and your creativity for all to hear.
Communication of truths is what art and artists can do unequaled directness.

Head ‘Behind the Scenes’ for opera stories, artist profiles, and more…

Pacific Opera Victoria is one of the most influential professional opera companies in Canada. From its home in the Baumann Centre, Pacific Opera Victoria creates significant career opportunities for creative and performing artists and curates opera in surprising ways – enticing newcomers and captivating loyal opera-goers.