Ticket Access Program

Join us at the Opera!

1,000 Free Tickets to the Opera

Pacific Opera Victoria is collaborating with a growing number of community partners to provide access to over 1,000 free tickets over the course of our 3 productions at the Royal Theatre during the 2025|26 Season; ensuring members of our community experiencing barriers to seeing live opera have the opportunities and support to attend.

What is the Pacific Opera Ticket Access Program (TAP)

Opera TAP provides 10 free tickets to each of our mainstage performances to partner organizations in the Greater Victoria Area for them to distribute to untapped audiences who would benefit from the opportunity to attend a live performance. In return, these organizations provide their expertise and community organizing capacity, guiding Pacific Opera through how to engage with their clients and community in a good way, connecting with them with the experience of live opera while delivering to each organization’s unique mission and mandate.

Meet our Community Partners

  • 1Up – Victoria Single Parent Advocacy Centre
  • African Arts and Culture Community Contributor Society (Issamba)
  • Anawim House
  • BC & Alberta Guide Dogs
  • BGC South Vancouver Island
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria Capital Region
  • British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society
  • Burnside Gorge Community Association
  • Choirs YYJ
  • Congregation Emanu-El
  • Cridge Center for the Family
  • Esquimalt Military Family Resource Centre
  • Esquimalt Neighbourhood House
  • Fairfield Gonzales Community Association
  • Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group
  • Foundry Victoria
  • Gender Generations Project Society
  • Greater Victoria Housing Society
  • Greater Victoria Public Library
  • Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra
  • Hollydene Church
  • Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria
  • Island Playwrights
  • James Bay Community Lunch Program
  • James Bay Community Project
  • James Bay New Horizons Society (Senior Activity Centre)
  • James Bay United Church Community Lunch Program
  • John Howard Society of Victoria
  • Kaleidoscope Theatre
  • La Société francophone de Victoria
  • Memory Connections (Momentia Victoria)
  • Military Family Resource Centre Esquimalt
  • Moosehide
  • Navigate NIDES/ Heartwood Learning Community – Victoria
  • New Horizons
  • North Park Neighborhood Association
  • Our Place
  • Pacific Centre Family Services Association
  • Pivot Point Family Growth Centre Inc
  • Quadra Village Community Centre
  • Saanich Neighbourhood Place
  • Shekinah Homes Society
  • Sooke Elderly Citizens’ Housing Society
  • Sooke Family Resource Society
  • Sooke Region Communities Health Network
  • St. John the Divine
  • Ukrainian-Canadian Cultural Centre
  • Victoria Children’s Choir
  • Victoria Disability Resource Centre
  • Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society
  • Victoria Native Friendship Centre
  • Victoria On Stage Musical Theatre Society
  • Victoria Women in Need Community Cooperative
  • Victoria Youth Empowerment Society
  • Volunteer Victoria

Meet our Educational Group Partners

  • Ball Studio
  • Camosun College Counselling Department
  • Camosun College English Language Development Department
  • Canadian College of Performing Arts
  • Central Middle School
  • Claremont Secondary
  • Colleen Ball Music Studio
  • Cordova Bay Elementary
  • École Victor-Brodeur
  • EPIC Learning Community
  • Fawkes Academy
  • Happy Valley Elementary
  • HLC Victoria Intermediate and Learning Support
  • Homeschool District 64 (Salt Spring)
  • Inlingua Victoria
  • Maria Montessori Academy
  • Oak Bay High School
  • Pacific Design Academy
  • Reynolds High School, Low Incidence Program
  • Shoreline Middle School
  • Spencer Middle SchoolSt.
  • Margaret’s School
  • Stone Soup Studio
  • University of Victoria, Department of Theatre
  • University of Victoria, Department of Writing
  • University of Victoria, School of Music
  • Victoria Conservatory of Music
  • Victoria High School
  • Victoria Homeschool HangOut

How can I participate as an individual?

If you are involved with one of these organizations or programs, there are free tickets available to you! Each organization distributes tickets differently, so connect with your community organization to find out more, or call our box office for information at 250.385.0222.

What do I have to do for a ticket?

Come and experience the opera and let us know what you think! That’s all. This is a completely free way to access mainstage performances at the opera, but we do hope you will fill out an anonymous survey at the end to let us know how your experience went, and what we might explore for enhancing future experiences.

Are we missing an organization you think would benefit from this program? Let us know!

If you would like to become a part of the Ticket Access Program, please fill out the following form:

If you have any questions about our Ticket Access Program, please contact Christina Patterson at [email protected]

Please use the form down below to request tickets.

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