Vancouver opera company uses big screen TVs to get seniors singing and dancing in quarantine

Posted: Dec 15, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
Performer Rosa Cheng prepares her make up for The Art of the Flower Princess, which was streamed for seniors in care homes. (Michelle R. Lee)
Before COVID-19, a small opera group would travel to seniors' homes and community centres around Vancouver to perform for Chinese Canadian elders.
They'd all gather in one room and enjoy an opera in Cantonese.
But, when the pandemic hit and care homes had to go into strict lockdown, the woman who organizes those shows was stuck in Peru. 
April Liu, who produces the Vancouver Cantonese Opera, had only planned to be in Lima for a few weeks. But as for many, her year has been challenging.

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