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Inês
Content warning: blood, gun violence, murder

Pedro Carmona, a young surgeon and son of a prominent Portuguese general, has escaped military service in Angola in 1968 by fleeing to Toronto with his upper-class wife Constanza. In order to survive, he has taken two jobs while he retrains to qualify as a doctor. The opera begins as Constanza—sick...
Composer: James Rolfe
Librettist: Paul Bentley

Inês
Bessie
A famous blues singer is warming up in her dressing room before the show. Her partner, Jack, enters and a fight begins.
Composer: Chris Thornborrow
Librettist: Morris Panych

Bessie
Bessie
Aeneas and Dido
Both Purcell’s and Virgil’s versions of Dido and Aeneas feature an Aeneas who is a man of action. He is what he does, in contrast to Dido, who is what she feels. Aeneas and Dido tries to imagine Aeneas’s interior life. What drives Aeneas to choose an uncertain quest for a new homeland over Dido’s offer of love and country? His heart has been tur...
Composer: James Rolfe
Librettist: André Alexis

Aeneas and Dido
Hook Up
Content warning: explicit language, sexual violence, sexual content, alcohol, blackout drinking

Hook Up tells the story of three friends who have made it to university, each with their own unique desires and inner conflicts. Mindy is just excited to keep her high school friend circle together and finally get some privacy with her boyfriend. T...
Composer: Chris Thornborrow
Librettist: Julie Tepperman

Hook Up
Tony the Tenor
Maude relates her horrible experience with Tony the tenor, and vows never to be with a man like him again.
Composer: Rebecca Gray
Librettist: Christene Adina Browne

Tony the Tenor
Pomegranate
On a fateful school trip to the ruins of Pompeii, the fantasies of smitten teenagers Suzie and Cass are ignited. They are transported from 1977 to 79 AD, where they discover romantic freedom in the looming shadow of Mount Vesuvius – but not for long. The timeline shifts to 1981 and the Fly by Night, a Toronto lesbian bar, in the aftermath of the...
Composer: Kye Marshall
Librettist: Amanda Hale

Pomegranate
Pub Operas (The Sloans Project)
Content warning: murder, death, corpse

Composer Gareth Williams and librettist David James Brock created a site-specific promenade opera inspired by Glasgow's oldest pub, Sloans. The audience moves through the 250-year-old pub and encounters a series of scenes telling stories of love, loss, revenge and forgiveness.
Composer: Gareth Williams
Librettist: David James Brock

Pub Operas (The Sloans Project)
Pub Operas (The Sloans Project)
a little rain must fall
Rain and Simone are in the kitchen, prepping dinner. Things are weirdly tense. Suddenly, Rain snaps and accuses Simone of killing his ex-girlfriend, Sally. Of course, Rain doesn’t really have proof of this (other than the time Simone killed a Yorkie for biting her - but they’re an aggressive breed). Simone tries to placate Rain. She’s always bee...
Composer: Chris Thornborrow
Librettist: David Yee

a little rain must fall
a little rain must fall
See Saw
Content warning: suicidal thoughts

A comedy. Trish laments her breakup with Ralph. She is desolate and considers suicide. Gina scolds Trish for over-dramatization and urges her to move on in her life. She succeeds in getting Trish to agree to go out for a drink at a bar nearby. They are intercepted by Ralph (on his bicycle) carrying a box of ...
Composer: Andrew Staniland
Librettist: Anna Chatterton

See Saw
See Saw
Where is Ava
Chloe and Eddie are in the throes of love when they’re interrupted by Matt, Chloe’s athlete ex-husband. Matt asks where their daughter Ava is, and criticizes Chloe for abandoning Ava for some man.
Composer: Ivan Barbotin
Librettist: Katherine Koller

Where is Ava
Where is Ava
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Excerpts
Pub Operas (The Sloans Project) – Mad with It
A young couple celebrates their recent engagement in the Sloans pub, only to be interrupted by a drunk whose 24-year marriage has just ended. The drunk leaves his wedding ring, and, sensing an opportunity, the young couple takes it.
Where is Ava – Where is Ava
Chloe and Eddie are in the throes of love when they’re interrupted by Matt, Chloe’s athlete ex-husband. Matt asks where their daughter Ava is, and criticizes Chloe for abandoning Ava for a man.
Pub Operas (The Sloans Project) – “I remember the drink we shared” (aria)
An old drunk recounts his failed marriage.
Hook Up – Section 3, Scene 3: “The Party”
Cindy and Mindy eye potential hook-ups for Mindy. Tyler arrives with Heather. Mindy’s livid, and Cindy reminds her not to do anything crazy. Mindy’s response is to commit to the idea of hooking up with someone at the party.
Hook Up – Section 2, Scene 5: “Time Out” (duet)
Mindy confronts Tyler about his “study partner” and accuses him of lying to her, which Tyler denies. Mindy makes a sudden decision: she wants a time-out, and thinks they should see other people. Tyler leaves, confused and devastated.
Bessie – Bessie
A famous blues singer is warming up in her dressing room before the show. Her partner, Jack, enters and a fight begins.
a little rain must fall – a little rain must fall
A playful duet between romantic partners that offers a comedic take on a sinister secret.
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