A Victoria-based opera singer is putting her own spin on a classic German song cycle in order to better reflect her Punjabi-Canadian community. Simran Claire, 24, an opera singer with Pacific Opera, is part of the group's Citizen Artist program. "English surtitles above an opera stage that's being sung in Italian, that's kind of difficult for her to follow along with." Claire says she hopes the video will be a way of opening up the opera world to her family and community. "The opera world has always been seen as this very kind of stoic, rigid, uptight world," Claire said.

Source: CBC News December 28, 2020 18:56 UTC