Vancouver Opera

Date: Sunday, July 13, 2025 Time: 5:15–6:00 PM Location: Deer Lake Festival Lawn | Free Admission Presented in partnership with the City of Burnaby Supported by TD as part of Vancouver Opera’s VOICES Free Concert Series Join us for VOICES RISING 2025: Vancouver Opera Pre-Concert Celebration, featuring the stunning sounds of Sarabande and M’Girl. Sarabande Sarabande is a bold and expressive chamber choir from the Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs, under the direction of Shane Raman. Sarabande brings lush harmonies and dynamic energy to everything they sing—and for this special free outdoor performance, they’ll perform stunning choral arrangements of Sia and Roberta Flack, alongside a selection of contemporary choral works that showcase the emotional power of ensemble singing. They’ll be joined by members of the Vancouver Opera Chorus — adding even more vocal brilliance to this moving musical experience. M’Girl Rooted in Indigenous traditions and storytelling, M’Girl is a group of Indigenous women whose songs speak to connection—connection to land, to culture, to spirit, and to each other. Their stunning harmonies and original works are at once intimate and expansive, blending ancestral knowledge with contemporary vocal artistry.

Opera in the Park

After VOICES RISING 2025 our annual free Opera in the Park concert will begin at 7:30pm. Music Director Jacques Lacombe will lead the Vancouver Opera Orchestra in an evening of duets, arias, and timeless music, featuring highlights from Verdi’s eternally thrilling Rigoletto, Mozart’s light-hearted Così fan tutte, Puccini’s most enduring story, La Bohème, and more!