Bach's Coffee Cantata: Oak Bay United
Schedule
Thu May 02 2024 at 07:30 pm to 08:15 pm
Location
Oak Bay United Church | Victoria, BC
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☕️Lizzy is open for love, but first? Coffee. Specifically iced coffee. Gay4Nature Collective is pleased to present a queered and whimsical production of Bach’s charming 30-minute opera about a daughter and father who cannot agree on coffee, and the lengths Lizzy is willing to go to for her favourite beverage!
Funded by the City of Victoria’s Music Strategy Grant, and supported by Oak Bay United Church, this is Gay4Nature’s first live touring production.
??About G4N: Gay4Nature Collective is a creative music collective dedicated to the amplification of community connection and queer joy, and advocacy for nature at the intersection of sound, movement, and drama. Drawing on tools like Western classical music, contemporary dance, theatre, and film, founders Anna Bigland-Pritchard and Alex Chen assemble teams of innovative artists to grapple with experiences of climate crisis, queer love, friendship, and finding a way forward in a fraught modern world.
FEATURING
Anna Bigland-Pritchard, soprano | Lizzy
Alex Chen, baritone | Schlendrian
Tim Carter, tenor | Narrator
Perri Lo | Pianist & Music Director
Loreto Espinoza | Director
“The Coffee Cantata is so wonderfully silly! We tend to imagine classical composers as very serious individuals, but they weren’t above splitting hairs about a beverage order. The music is still delectably Bach, but with the shared joys of everyday life that modern audiences can relate to.” - Alex Chen
“If you are a mortal like me, you haven't had many opportunities to experience classical music live and even less inside a coffee shop! It is such a unique, almost surreal event and It's an excellent way to bring this high art form to a quotidian place.” - Loreto Espinoza (director)
? DATES AND TIMES:
? Thursday May 2nd | 7:30pm: Oak Bay United Church (1355 Mitchell Street, Sanctuary. Elevator and accessible seating available)
? Friday May 3rd | 12pm: GAGE Gallery Collective ft. The Farmhouse outside in Bastion square
? Friday May 3rd | 3:30pm: Caffe Fantastico on Quadra
? Saturday May 4th | 11am: Friends of Dorothy Victoria
? TICKET INFO:
Each performance is free to attend, and a “donation” bucket will be available for optional donations toward Gay4Nature Collective’s upcoming film, Green (A 20-minute opera film set to Debussy’s song cycle Ariettes Oubliées about queer love and climate grief). In the case of performances at coffee and brunch spots, you are encouraged to purchase drinks and food from the venue.
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Where is it happening?
Oak Bay United Church, 1355 Mitchell Street,Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays: