Still With Us: A Legacy of HIV/AIDS in the Arts
Fri, Nov 21
|The Baumann Centre
Anna Bigland-Pritchard, soprano, performs in heart-touching new ambient opera, "i am beauty," November 21 and 22 at the Baumann Centre. Along with three other soloists and electronics, this stunning verbatim opera-in-development by Rick Waines and MJ Coomber is unlike any opera you've ever seen.
Time & Location
Nov 21, 2025, 7:00 PM – Nov 22, 2025, 11:00 PM
The Baumann Centre, 925 Balmoral Rd, Victoria, BC V8W 2L5, Canada
About the event
This show is part of the Victoria Arts Council’s month-long event, STILL WITH US: A Legacy of HIV/AIDS in the Arts — an ambitious project, two years in the making, that brings together local and international partners from the literary, performing, and visual arts communities, in association with a leading local health agency. Tickets for this show will be available October 1. Learn more about the other events HERE.
This performance evening includes:
A welcome drum song from Aunty Collective;
Saying Goodbye to My Brother, a remount by Lynda Raino of the duet she choreographed and performed with Shawn Costello (1961-1989) in 1988, co-presented by Dance Victoria;
an excerpt from i am beauty, a new verbatim opera by librettist Rick Waines and composer Mary Jane Coomber featuring Rebecca Hass, Michaela Dickey, Anna Bigland-Pritchard, Tim Carter, Louis Dillon, Robert Holliston, and electronics.
activating the HIV in My Day oral history research project housed at the University of Victoria;