Tag: Opera

James Wright, former General Director of Vancouver Opera, has been inducted into the prestigious BC Entertainment Hall of Fame (2024) for his outstanding contributions to the city’s vibrant arts community.

Don (Donald) Garrard. Bass, b Vancouver 31 Jul 1929. He was a semi-finalist in the CBC’s ‘Singing Stars of Tomorrow’ . He made his COC debut as the Speaker in The Magic Flute and won a leading role in the premiere of Dolores Claman’s Timber!! at Vancouver’s TUTS. He undertook a sustained course of study…
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Heppner was born in Murrayville, BC and lived in Dawson Creek. He began his musical studies at UBC and has gone on to become one of the most prominent contemporary dramatic tenors. He is associated particularly with the Wagnerian repertoire, but he performs a wide range of operas from the German, French and Italian canons.…
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Irving (Allen) Guttman was born in Chatham, Ontario October 27 1928. After studies 1941-6 at Strathcona Academy in Montreal he attended the RCMT 1947-52. He was an assistant to Herman Geiger-Torel 1949-54 at the Opera Festival (COC). He made his directing debut in May of 1953 in Cornwall, Ont, with Menotti’s The Consul, for which…
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Judith Forst was born in New Westminster, November 71943. She studied piano as a child and voice later with at the University of British Columbia, and was coached by Harold Brown. A participant 1966-8 in the Vancouver Opera Association training program, Forst won the 1967 western finals of the San Francisco Opera auditions and the 1968…
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