MVOH Opera Workshops
As part of the Multi Voices One Heart (MVOH) 2023 Trans-Pacific Cantonese Opera Festival, PCHC-Museum of Migration Society in partnership with the Italian Cultural Centre Museum and the David Lam Centre at Simon Fraser University will present a pair of workshops after the three live shows at Michael J. Fox Theatre.
Date: Sunday, August 20, 2023
Time: 2 – 3pm Workshop I (English)
3:15 – 5pm Workshop II (Cantonese) + reception
Venue: Room 1400, SFU Harbour Centre (555W. Hastings, Vancouver, BC)
WORKSHOP I (in English: 2-3pm) FREE - Register here.
The Cultural Legacy of Cantonese & Italian Opera in Vancouver: A Conversation Open to All — a conversation based on a joint project and exhibition in 2017 bearing the same name. Dr Angela Clarke, and Ms. Winnie L. Cheung will host a conversation to further examine the cultural legacy of Cantonese and Italian Opera and its impact on multicultural Canada. Some artefacts from both opera traditions will be on display.
An online resource entitled “Common Voices: the Cultural Legacy of Cantonese & Italian Opera in Vancouver” created from the 2017 project is available for free downloading here.
WORKSHOP II (in Cantonese: 3:15pm-5pm) $20 per head incl. reception. Register here.
粵劇大師深度分享會
資深紅伶吳仟峰先生與粵劇曲藝大師劉永全先生的對話，由「萬千聲音眾志－心」創辦人姜張麗青女士主持，與知音者細訴如何透過聲線、唱腔、做手等藝術元素演繹歌曲及劇中人物, 並探討粵劇作為活的文化藝術載體，如何在保留傳統的同時，去蕪存菁及靈活地創新。
講者: 資深紅伶吳仟峰先生
粵劇曲藝大師劉永全先生
主持人: 「萬千聲音眾志－心」創辦人姜張麗青女士
PCHC-Museum of Migration Society
Multi Voices One Heart 2023
Multi Voices One Heart (MVOH) – the annual trans-Pacific Cantonese Opera Festival first launched in Vancouver and Toronto by PCHC-MoM Society in 2017– is coming back to the West Coast this summer with three benefit shows and 2 workshops.
All three benefit shows (with different programs as listed on the accompanying poster) are staged at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby, BC;
Show 1 – 7pm, August 18, 2023 (Friday). Click here for English-language program notes.
Show 2 – 2pm, August 19, 2023 (Saturday) – free to elders (aged 60 & above) and accompanying guests. Click here for English-language program notes.
Show 3 – 7pm, August 19, 2023 (Saturday). Click here for English-language program notes.
These shows are mostly sold out, except for a small number of seats held for PCHC-Mom Society, which is one of the three MVOH 2023 beneficiaries. Ticket enquiries please call or WhatsApp: 778-636-2368 (in English) or 778-788- 8809 (in Chinese)
Info on the free workshops in the afternoon on Sunday August 20 will be available soon.
MVOH 2021 Returns With a Bigger Cast
Event: Multi Voices One Heart Cantonese Opera Benefit Concert
Day 1 : May 22 (Sat.)/ 2pm (HK ) l May 21 (Fri.)/ 11pm (PST)
Day 2: May 23 (Sun.)/ 2pm (HK) l May 22 (Sat.)/ 11pm (PST)
Last year due to COVID restrictions our annual trans-Pacific Cantonese opera project — Multi Voices Once Heart (MVOH) — went virtual and viral. Over two days during Asian Heritage Month, that marathon concert was live-streamed from a studio, reaching over 200,000 viewers globally!
Encouraged by the response from fans around the world, an even richer program – 25 songs by 13 professionals and 12 seasoned amateurs from both sides of the Pacific – will be offered in front of a limited audience in a theatre in Hong Kong, from where it will be live-streamed to the world in May again.
PCHC is delighted to be the co-presenter of such a popular program in North America, where Cantonese opera has taken deep roots, as this beloved performance art has migrated along with the people from South China since the 19th century. It has spread from the West Coast, and across the continent to the East Coast, as well as South to countries such as Cuba, Panama and Mexico.
Included as part of the 25th explorASIAN festival in Vancouver to mark Asian Heritage Month, the MVOH 2021 Cantonese Opera Online & Offline Benefit Concert will be live-streamed as four shows over two days (May 22 & 23, HK time). PCHC-MoM will be providing information in English about the artists and songs closer to the time of the concert. Meanwhile, we are recruiting youth volunteer leaders to help us get this free gift of music to as many seniors as possible.
For now, please subscribe to either the MVOH Facebook page or YouTube channel below to ensure you won’t miss the concert: