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Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about the French Romantic opera Manon

For this UBC Opera and Opera West collaboration, emerging stars take the lead in a classic story with a long history of fame and scandal

OPERA, MUSICStir VancouverMarch 20, 2025Opera West Society, UBC Opera

Opera West Society and UBC Opera stage Jules Massenet’s Manon, March 28 and 30

French Romantic masterpiece stars soprano Emily Pogorelc as Manon and tenor Frédéric Antoun as Chevalier des Grieux

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 3, 2025Partner Content, Opera West Society, UBC Opera, Spring 2025

Opera West Society presents Massenet’s Manon with UBC Opera, March 28 and 30

Riveting French Romantic production stars internationally acclaimed soprano Emily Pogorelc in the titular role

MUSICStir VancouverDecember 12, 2024Partner Content, Opera West Society, UBC Opera

Famed Mexican tenor Javier Camarena performs in Vancouver at Singer Behind the Song, October 3

UBC Opera and Opera West Society copresent the celebrated “king of the high Cs”

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 26, 2024UBC Opera, Opera West Society, Javier Camarena

From Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore to Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, UBC Opera announces 2024-25 season

Jules Massenet’s beloved Manon rounds out the operatic offerings

OPERA, MUSICJanet SmithJuly 16, 2024UBC Opera, Opera West Society

UBC Opera's Cendrillon conjures a fairy-tale world with some serious singing

As Cinderella and her Prince Charmant, soprano Alexandra Baird and mezzo Katie Fraser relish the chance to stage Massenet’s magic-dusted masterpiece at the Chan Centre

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 25, 2024UBC Opera, CHan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts hosts UBC Opera's Cendrillon, February 1 to 4

Guest conductor Gordon Gerrard leads a classic fairy tale-inspired performance of Jules Massenet’s 1899 French work

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