{"id":71105,"date":"2021-05-18T15:23:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T19:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=71105"},"modified":"2021-05-18T15:23:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T19:23:53","slug":"scoop-city-opera-vancouver-presses-pause-chinatown-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/05\/18\/scoop-city-opera-vancouver-presses-pause-chinatown-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | City Opera Vancouver Presses Pause On \u2018Chinatown\u2019 Until 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vancouver’s Chinatown (Photo: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

City Opera Vancouver has announced the world premiere of Chinatown<\/em> will be postponed until the 2022 season.<\/p>\n

Chinatown<\/em> is a chamber opera by Alice Ping Yee Ho with a libretto by Madeleine Thien. The chamber opera has been in development for the past four years.<\/p>\n

City Opera president Ethel Whitty stated that the delay is due to the ongoing health restrictions from COVID-19 by the BC provincial government.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to mount this show, install sets and props and costumes, rehearse in ensemble for a month, sell tickets, build the lobby museum displays, prepare the orchestra, manage the Finding Chinatown July and August workshops in Maple Ridge, Richmond, and Vancouver, and organize the Opening Night community dinner and Memorial March, we need a clear 120 days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Founded in 2006, City Opera Vancouver has focused on presenting some of Canada\u2019s most notable new operas.<\/p>\n