The Chorus Urbanus Productions Feel the Magic of Christmas concert drew a full house at Saint George’s Basilica on a relatively calm winter night on Sunday 15 December . Smiles were plentiful as patrons came out of the cold into a warm and inviting sacred enclave that was buzzing with Read more…
Il-Kuncert tal-Milied 2019 – Chorus Urbanus Chorus Urbanus Juniors and Chorus Urbanus, along with Urbanus Festive Orchestra, under the direction of Dr John Galea, always indulge the festive character with the local artists, musicians and voices that make this concert a formidable experience for the Gozitan and foreign audiences that Read more…
Chorus Urbanus will be holding a very important Annual General Meeting on Sunday 19th January 2020 at 10.30 a.m., where the 2020 projects and updates will be communicated to the members. The Secretary’s annual review will be read, followed by the Financial report by the Treasurer and an address by Read more…
The highlight of the Mediterranea Festival presented at the Astra Theatre during October 2019 was the presentation of Giuseppe Verdi’s famous and popular opera “Il Trovatore”. Altrhough Dr John Galea is no newcomer to opera, this opera happened to be his debut opera as musical director of Astra Theatre following Read more…
For the third year in succession, the Oratory Don Bosco together with Chorus Urbanus Productions will be presenting another popular musical following the successes of “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Scrooge” in the past two years. This year, the evergreen musical “Sound of Music” is being presented on the 9th, Read more…
The Akathistos is the most beautiful hymn by which the Byzantine Church celebrates the divine motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary, solemnly proclaimed at the Council of Ephesus in 431 A.D. It celebrates the Virgin ‘s role in the mystery of the Incarnation. Over the years, this hymn has been Read more…
“Magic” may be the key word in Chorus Urbanus’ 3-year project title. However “Magic” was surely on everyone’s tongue after the excellent spectacle that Chorus Urbanus presented as part of the ‘Feel the Magic’ Project. ‘Feel the Magic of Musical Theatre’ is without any doubt the grandest concert ever organised Read more…
Chorus Urbanus announce the fourteenth choral tour to the Holy Land during September 2019. This is a choral tour with a marked and significant difference since it also embraces the compelling charm of a pilgrimage to the most holy places in Biblical Israel, not to mention the thrill of singing Read more…
If the inaugural Feel the Magic concert opened with a big bang, the second event of the series was no less spectacular and stunningly impressive! The concert featured a well-knit Sicily Ensemble performing a representative selection of Astor Piazzolla’s tango-inspired oeuvre in a truly thrilling and riveting performance. The ensemble was under Read more…
The second event in the Feel the Magic series is being held on 4th July 2019 at 8.00pm in the Internal Courtyard at the Ministry for Gozo. The concert, “Feel the Magic of Piazzolla” had originally been scheduled for the 4th of May as part of the Gozo Alive events Read more…