Sheila Christie – soprano

Wanna know why? Click here….read the post that Tris Hussey (my boyfriend) wrote and then play the video.

Wow! How did it get to be Monday night?!? I just dropped off my Mom and her friend to head back to White Rock where they are staying with her friend’s sister. My mom, her friend, her friend’s sister, and her friend’s sister’s friend (LOL) came to opening night of Rigoletto on Saturday. My mom [...]

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Well, it has been a busy couple weeks for me. Since my last post, we’ve finished rehearsing in the hall at Holy Rosary Church. We did a final run through of the show in the hall last Friday and it was so great to see the whole show (even if the set was tape on [...]

My third Rigoletto rehearsal was on Saturday afternoon, Valentine’s Day.  I was originally called in the morning and my boyfriend had planned this lovely picnic for Valentine’s Day and then the schedule got changed so, we went for a lovely brunch instead. We went to Crave on Main Street and I had an omelet – [...]

I had my first staging rehearsal for Rigoletto yesterday. It was SO much fun! I wasn’t sure how much I would get to do as Giovanna as I don’t have a lot of singing but I get to do a lot of onstage work with Gilda and Rigoletto!  Glynis (the director) is really letting everyone [...]

This past Thursday was closing night of Vancouver Opera’s Carmen. I start rehearsals for Rigoletto on Tuesday. I am so excited to be doing the role of Giovanna in VO’s production! As promised, here are some pictures from the backstage of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre from the run of Carmen.

Here is my dressing room table [...]

Vancouver Opera’s current production is Bizet’s Carmen. This is one of the most presented operas in the repertory and is a must-see. If you have never been to an opera before, this is a perfect one to introduce yourself to the genre. The opera is sung in French with French dialogue but there are English [...]

Just a reminder to come out to the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert “Pride and Jubilation” on Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 7:30pm at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby. For more details, check out their website here. I will be singing the soprano solo in the fourth movement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony along with [...]

Last night was closing night of Vancouver Opera’s Eugene Onegin. The opera was a success and ended up being a lot of fun. For me, this run seemed particularly long. Perhaps it is because I am working more than I have during the run of a contract or perhaps it is because the preparation for [...]