Singer

Few operas capture life’s full range of beauty, love and heartbreak like La Traviata. Inspired by Alexandre Dumas, fils’ The Lady of the Camellias, Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece tells the story of Violetta Valéry, a celebrated courtesan who dares to follow her heart despite the weight of society’s expectations and the fragile state of her own health.

La Traviata

Kelowna Community Theatre

It’s a kind of magic… Opera Kelowna teams up with the Gary Cable Project to rock out with Queen, the ultimate genre-bending band. This one-night-only event will feature One of Canada’s most exciting and innovative opera singers, Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野, taking on lead vocals made immortal by Freddie Mercury. Under the musical direction of Rosemary Thomson, the night will also feature six Bohemian Backup Singers sprinkling in a few opera gems, backed up by both The Gary Cable Project rockers and Their Majesty’s Strings.

With hits like Somebody to Love and Bohemian Rhapsody mixed in with a selection of tunes from deep within the Queen catalogue, this performance offers Okanagan audiences a unique experience. Our performers deliver the vocal dexterity, instrumental virtuosity, and dynamic energy that Queen’s music shares with the world of opera.

Queen: A Night with the Opera

Così fan tutte, roughly translated as “they are all like that,” tells the story of sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella facing the conundrum of remaining faithful to their lovers Guglielmo and Ferrando. Our production updates the setting from the 1790s to a Rocky Mountain resort in the 1930s. The sisters arrive for their vacation. They cast eyes upon, and promptly fall for, two dashing young mounties. Exasperated and charmed by the couples mooning around the hotel, resort staffer Despina teams up with long-term resident Don Alfonso to play a double trick on them, testing both the depth of their affections and their assumptions about their own motivations. The story walks the tightrope between Opera Seria (serious plots) and Opera Buffa (comedic plots) and Mozart takes full advantage of these moods weaving his music between the two contrasts throughout.  Flighty and fickle? Faithful and true? One could argue that couples must discover their balance to know their future.  While a happy ending is never guaranteed, these lovers throw themselves into the discovery with flirtation and fun, while also questioning what motivates their true desires.

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Mark Wells

Events

Past events

22 - 23 Aug, 2025

La Traviata · Opera Kelowna

Mar 1, 2025

Queen: A Night with the Opera · Opera Kelowna

Future and recently performed repertoire

Marquis d'Obigny in La traviata by Verdi

Opera Kelowna

Singer in Così fan tutte by Mozart

Opera Kelowna

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