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Marion Newman on The Work of Being a Good Person

September 29, 2026

Marion Newman is a mezzo-soprano, a teacher, and the voice you hear on CBC's Saturday Afternoon at the Opera. Kwagiulth and Stó:lō, born in Bella Coola and raised in Sooke, she spent more than twenty years in Toronto before coming home to teach voice at the University of Victoria, where she once studied piano.Recorded in her office at UVic, this conversation moves from a piano lesson in a castle tower to a rehearsal at the Orpheum, where the late Bramwell Tovey stopped to ask her how she ...

Jean Orr & Joshua Beamish: Canada's First Giselle

September 06, 2026

In February 1948, an eighteen-year-old Jean Orr danced Giselle in Ottawa — the first full production this country had ever seen, with a full orchestra in the pit. She went on to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and decades later became a founder and the first president of Ballet BC.Ashley Daniel Foot sat down with her in her West Vancouver living room, alongside Joshua Beamish, who has just founded Ballet Vancouver and opens its first season this month. Jean describes choosing to die by the sword r...

The Hidden Art of Stage Management

August 28, 2026

Stage Manager Theresa Tsang celebrates 30 seasons with Vancouver Opera.Every performance you have ever seen at Vancouver Opera, every blackout, every curtain, every entrance, every burst of light exactly on the downbeat happened because one voice on a headset in the dark said a single word, ‘go.’She says it hundreds of times a night. She has said it for 30 seasons across almost 100 productions. The orchestra follows the conductor, everyone else in the building follows her. Today we are joined...

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Inside Vancouver Opera typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Professional experience in opera, dance, music, theatre, arts administration, stage production, or related cultural leadership, ideally with a connection to Vancouver Opera or the wider Canadian performing arts community. Common among recent guests: Professional performing or production career; Leadership of an arts organization or company; Meaningful contribution to opera, dance, or performing arts in Canada. Recent guests include Joshua Beamish, Jean Orr, and Theresa Tsang.

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