Opera Treats

Bite-sized opera on demand

Craving opera? Mariposa is delighted to serve up bite-sized musical content from some of our award-winning artists – free, accessible and online! In the fall of 2020, Opera Mariposa was fortunate enough to receive support from Creative BC and the City of Vancouver to explore safer music-making processes during the pandemic. The result was the launch of our ‘Opera Treats’ series. Check out the first three videos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel to make sure you don’t miss a thing!

Access: Videos include captioning, as well as a transcript of song lyrics accompanied by an English translation in both the video description and linked digital show programmes. Run time per video ranges from approx. 3 minutes to 7.5 minutes each.

WATCH PLAYLIST


Supported by Creative BC
and the City of Vancouver

The pink Creative BC logo is shown over the blue and green City of Vancouver logo
A YouTube thumbnail depicts a red play button, hovering over an image of performer Jacqueline Ko on a cream background with music notes, the song title Nun eilt herbei, and the logo Mariposa's Opera Treats with a stylized cloud and music note.

Jacqueline Ko, soprano
Maria Hwa Yeong Jung, piano

Videographer – Sean Sullivan (Bombshelter Productions)
Recordist – Michael Foster (Blackfish Sound)
Editing + Engineering – Allison Cociani, David Meyer
Production Manager – Stephanie Ko
COVID-19 Safety Captain – Robin Hahn
Production Assistant – Sandra Ko
Translators – Birgit Eder, Robin Hahn

Filmed on September 30, 2020 at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver with strict COVID-19 protocols in place.


Download the ‘Nun eilt herbei’ show programme.

A YouTube thumbnail depicts a red play button, hovering over an image of performer Lyndon Ladeur on a purple background with music notes, the song title Dies Bildnis, and the logo Mariposa's Opera Treats with a stylized cloud and music note.

Lyndon Ladeur, tenor
Nina Horvath, piano

Lighting Designer – Harika Xu
Lighting Operator – Michelle Williams
Set + Lighting Crew – Frantz De Rycke, Brittony LeFever
Videography – Shot By Steph
Video + Audio Editing – Stephanie Ko, Jacqueline Ko
Translator – Jacqueline Ko

Originally filmed on June 18, 2018 at ‘Toward Tomorrow: A Benefit + Awareness Show’ at Marpole United Church in Vancouver, Canada.


Download the ‘Dies Bildnis’ show programme.

A YouTube thumbnail depicts a red play button, hovering over an image of performer Robin Hahn on a pink background with music notes, the song title Adieu, notre petite table, and the logo Mariposa's Opera Treats with a stylized cloud and music note.

Robin Hahn, soprano
Maria Hwa Yeong Jung, piano

Video + Audio – Jacqueline Ko, Stephanie Ko
Covid-19 Safety Captain – Sandra Ko
Translation – Robin Hahn, Stephanie Ko

Recorded on September 9, 2021 at Opera Mariposa’s Vancouver studio with strict health and safety protocols in place.


Download the ‘Adieu, notre petite table’ show programme.

YouTube video thumbnail with a red play button hovering over a background of aqua music notes and a cutout image of soprano Lindsay Gillis performing in a red dress. Italicized text reads, Je suis encore, next to a small icon of an antique carriage. In the corner is a stylized logo featuring a cloud and a music note, saying, Mariposa's opera treats.

Lindsay Gillis, soprano
Michael Onwood, piano

Video + Audio Editing – Stephanie Ko, Jacqueline Ko
Translation – Stephanie Ko

Footage courtesy of Lindsay Gillis. Filmed on August 18th, 2022 at Shaughnessy Heights United Church.


Download the ‘Je suis encore’ show programme.

Behind the scenes

A special sneak peek from the filming of our first Opera Treats video (2020). Photo credits: Robin Hahn, Sandra Ko.
Want to learn more about what’s happening these days behind-the-scenes? Find out how we keep our team members safe through our safety plan.

In the foreground, a large video camera has a display monitor showing a closeup of a Chinese Canadian performer in a blue evening gown. In the blurred background, that same performer can be seen on an otherwise empty stage, framed by a backdrop with a rainbow sunburst.
A colourful stack of Covid mitigation items is so large, it resembles a mountain. It includes HEPA air filters, cleaning products, boxes of PPE, and several masks on mannequin heads.
Closeup of a black condenser microphone, viewed from below, with a high wooden ceiling blurred in the background.
Closeup of Robin Hahn, a femme-presenting human with brown hair, wearing a set of headphones, a red shirt and a colourful mask with a print of cartoon princesses and crowns. Her eyes are closed as she listens intently to the music.
In the foreground, a long-haired pianist with brown ombre hair faces her back to the viewer, playing a grand piano. Through the open lid of the instrument, in the distance, is an Asian Canadian singer in a blue gown performing onstage.
Back view of a young woman seated onstage, wearing a blue gown, with her very long black hair trailing on the floor. Around her is a light-filled church sanctuary. In the blurry distance can be seen various microphones on tall stands, as well as the small figure of a cameraman with a video camera.
In a large mid-century style church full of wood and pale green and gold stained glass, sits the smlal figure of a man wearing a black face mask over a white N-95 face mask and a dark gray shirt. He is operating a large black video camera.
Closeup of an array of three laptop computer keyboards, with hands typing on the middle keyboard. Cables snake between the computers, and a microphone with a pop filter can be seen protruding in front of one of them.
An artistic-ooking image shows the open lid of a grand piano iwth a glimmering gold interior and strings, past which is a gleaming silver studio microphone, an empty stage, and a backdrop decorated with a rainbow starburst pattern.

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