Oak Park Fieldhouse
Please join us in Oak Park for a fabulous concert with soprano Emma Petersen, mezzo-soprano Yenny Lee, bass-baritone Andrew Greenwood, tenor Ian McCloy, and pianist Roger Parton. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy an afternoon of opera in the park.
Saturday, August 19
2pm-3:30pm
Free
Oak Park in Marpole
7575 Fremlin St, Vancouver
Email to reserve a chair (limited supply) or bring your own: info@operalirica.ca
Weather permitting.
The Marpole Neighbourhood House invited us to perform again at their annual summer BBQ. Coloratura soprano Olivia Kang and pianist Roger Parton performed popular opera arias and Korean art songs. Olivia wowed the audience with her stunning vocal agility and fabulous acting ability!
Last Saturday, we held an in-house recital for our Community Opera Chorus members. It was a chance for our chorus members to sing solo. Everyone received vocal coaching and rehearsal time. Members chose popular Chinese songs, duets, opera arias, and art songs. For some, it was their first time singing solo in front of an audience.
Thank you to the wonderful voices of soprano Rachel Buttress, mezzo-soprano Alyssa Nicole Samson, and tenor Ian McCloy for making our July 9th concert in Oak Park extra special with exciting duets and dramatic arias! We had over 100 people stop by to catch some opera in the park! Thanks to the Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre for lending us some extra chairs for the day.
Mezzo-soprano Alyssa Samson and pianist Roger Parton performed Canadian folk songs at the Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre seniors’ luncheon for a Canada Day celebration leading with everyone singing O Canada!
Here are photos from our June 25th concert at Oak Park with amazing singers soprano Julie Duerichen, mezzo-soprano Holly Duerichen, and baritone Yuhui Wang with accompaniment by Roger Parton. So far, it’s been a beautiful summer filled with music from around the world, superb artists, glorious sunshine, and fabulous audiences! We are 8 concerts in with another 2 to go plus some workshops coming up and other fun activities coming this fall at the Oak Park fieldhouse.
We joined the DVBIA’s World Music Day celebration with a free concert of art songs from Korea, the Philippines, and China. Guest performers were coloratura soprano Olivia Kang, mezzo-soprano Alyssa Nicole Samson, and bartione Yuhui Wang with piano accompaniment by Roger Parton.
This year, we got to perform in the beautiful Telus Garden Centre lobby for the VSO Day of Music. Mezzo-soprano Yenny Lee sang a selection of Korean art songs and finished the concert with a couple of popular opera arias. The concert was free to the publish and over 100 people attended. It was a fabulous turnout and Roger got to play on the custom designed Fazioli piano!
Mezzo-soprano Yenny Lee and pianist Roger Parton performed a selection of popular opera arias for the Marpole Community Day Festival at Oak Park. June 3, 2023.
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