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Ashlike on the Cradle of the Wind
Content warning: AIDS, death, illness

The interior of a thumping, vibrating gay nightclub with obligatory disco ball and coloured strobe lights. A middle-aged gentleman is sitting at the bar, back to the audience, lost in his thoughts and seemingly oblivious to his surroundings. The truth is he isn't used to going to clubs, or hasn't since th...
Composer: Andrew Staniland
Librettist: Jill Battson

Ashlike on the Cradle of the Wind
Blind Woman
A blind dancer and the shadow of her former sight share a final dance.
Composer: James Rolfe
Librettist: David Yee

Blind Woman
Blind Woman
Perfect Night
A Woman and Man in bed.  Naked.  Or nearly.  The Man reads to the Woman.  Poetry by Irving Layton.  They have the house to themselves.  They are reconnecting, finally, after their youngest kid has headed off to college.  It’s a perfect night.  Until the mosquito shows up.
Composer: Jana Skarecky
Librettist: Nick Carpenter

Perfect Night
Perfect Night
Playing Ball
An estranged father and daughter re-establish their relationship after he has suffered a stroke and can no longer speak. He tries to convey to her that he loves her and is sorry for the harm he caused her. She is still too hurt from their past to see what he is trying to say. Instead, she passes the time by reading a book. He finds another way o...
Composer: Norbert Palej
Librettist: Marcia Johnson

Playing Ball
Playing Ball
She Sees Her Lover
Agnieska and Sumana share a night together after meeting in a bar. The night, however intimate, has vastly different meanings to each woman. While Sumana is brimming with the excitement of a first chance at love, Agnieska is haunted by memories of her romantic past.

The next morning, Agnieska wakes early and admires her new lover Sumana as sh...
Composer: Craig Galbraith
Librettist: Leanna Brodie

She Sees Her Lover
She Sees Her Lover
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
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Excerpts
Ashlike on the Cradle of the Wind – Scene 2
An intimate encounter between two gay men.
Blind Woman – The Blind Woman
A blind dancer and the shadow of her former sight share a final dance.
Dark Star Requiem – “The Great Gale”
An intimate description of sex.
Perfect Night – Perfect Night
A middle-aged couple's romantic night: the Man, reading poetry to the Woman, is distracted by the need to hunt down a mosquito in the room.
Playing Ball – Playing Ball
Tabitha helps her father Ken, who has had a stroke. She combs his hair and helps him with his therapy ball, retrieving it each time he drops it.
She Sees Her Lover – “Oh, it’s beautiful” (aria)
Excited by the possibility of a night with a new lover, Sumana anxiously expresses her anticipation.
She Sees Her Lover – “So many ways” (aria)
Agnieska questions why all of her previous relationships have failed.
She Sees Her Lover – “Cinnamon Limbs” (aria)
Waking early, Agnieska admires her new lover Sumana as she is sleeping.
She Sees Her Lover – Scene 1 (duet)
Agnieska and Sumana share an intimate night together after meeting in a bar. Memories of past lovers almost make Agnieska give up on this new love, but Sumana convinces her to hold on to hope.
She Sees Her Lover – Scene 2
Waking early, Agnieska admires her new lover Sumana as she is sleeping. When Sumana wakes, the couple share an intimate conversation and eventually descend into fits of laughter.
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