For A Look Or A Touch

Heggie/Scheer

Thursday
Apr 21, 2022

Saturday
May 21, 2022

Venue Online

Duration 40mins

For A Look Or A Touch is available to enjoy from June 15 to 29 as a part of our Pride Programming!

An operatic film adaptation of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s theatrical song cycle on what it meant to be a gay man during the Holocaust.

The opera features gritty instrumentation, elements of jazz and swing, and a score that captures the spirit of complicated relationships in catastrophic times.

COVID-19 Safety Information

All Pacific Opera events held at the Royal Theatre will follow the COVID-19 Protocols of the theatre. We are watching provincial health orders daily, and will review our policies with the Royal Theatre and the Victoria Symphony when the province changes the current requirement.

You can view the Royal Theatre’s Public Health Information here.

Gad and Manfred reach out to each other, fingertips barely touching, so close to each other, yet not quite able to hold on. The chorus is silhouetted behind them in dark blue and purple.
Andrew Love and C. David Johnson in For A Look Or A Touch, 2021. Mackenzie Lawrence Photography.