The Totally Subjective, Somewhat Random Top Five Performing Arts Moments Of 2010

Vancouver Opera's Nixon in China makes it onto Janet Smith's top 5 performing arts moment of 2010!


Photo credit: Tim Matheson

In one of the strongest years in memory at our local aria purveyors—a year that saw a mind-blowing Butterfly, a luminous Lucia, and an insanely ambitious new Canadian opera—this was the show that stood out. The abstract, ever-shifting tableaux of towering podiums and propaganda posters gave it the look of an opium dream, and John Adams’s ever-driving music felt epically cinematic. Striking, challenging, and unforgettable. - Georgia Straight

Thank you Georgia Straight!

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