Editorial notes, monthly guides, and features from the rich and growing classical scene in Victoria.
Victoria's 2026/27 season starts in earnest this month — the Victoria Symphony's Beethoven Seventh, a choir singing at the observatory, and a world-class pianist working through the Well-Tempered Clavier.
Read more →The Victoria Symphony fills Christ Church Cathedral and The Butchart Gardens, James Ehnes returns for the Victoria Summer Music Festival, and free recitals run all season long.
Read more →Christian Kluxen conducts Mahler's Fifth, Ballet Victoria stages Alice in Wonderland, and Cascadia Strings marks ten years — as Victoria's ensembles close out their seasons.
Read more →The Emily Carr String Quartet closes its 20th anniversary season, Pacific Opera stages Orpheus & Eurydice, and the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra marks forty years.
Read more →Victoria Baroque brings Bach's St John Passion to Christ Church Cathedral, Ensemble Caprice returns with Vivaldi, and the Byrd Ensemble sings the Flemish School.
Read more →Pacific Opera stages Puccini's Tosca at the Royal, the Victoria Symphony pairs Fauré's Requiem with the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony, and Iberian baroque organ music closes the month.
Read more →The Victoria Symphony takes on The Planets and Star Wars, Pacific Opera stages a genre-bending jazz collaboration, and Constantinople puts Bach in conversation with Persian poetry.
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A heart-lifting program of beloved compositions for voices and instruments by the Bach family, centered around J.S. Bach's Jesu meine Freude.
📍 St. John the Divine (1611 Quadra Street)
🎭 Victoria Baroque Music Society
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The Victoria Symphony performs John Williams's score to Home Alone live to a screening of the complete film, under Giuseppe Pietraroia. Williams's wri…
📍 Royal Theatre
🎭 Victoria Symphony
Learn MoreThe Victoria Symphony performs John Williams's score to Home Alone live to a screening of the complete film, under Giuseppe Pietraroia. Williams's wri…
📍 Royal Theatre
🎭 Victoria Symphony
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Ballet Victoria's enchanting version of The Nutcracker, set to Tchaikovsky's timeless score, blends classic and original elements for the holiday seas…
📍 Royal Theatre
🎭 Ballet Victoria
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