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    Operas
    R.U.R. A Torrent of Light
    The fictional tech company R.U.R., founded by couple Helena and Dom, dominates the A.I. software market and powers the now-ubiquitous androids that serve their human owners.

    As Dom becomes more focused on growing R.U.R’s profits, Helena’s creative research leads to an unexpected technological breakthrough that pits the couples’ visions square...
    Composer: Nicole Lizée
    Librettist: Nicolas Billon

    R.U.R. A Torrent of Light
    Get Stuffed
    Get Stuffed is a comic opera about serious decisions, featuring vocalizing vegetables and a big helping of other opinionated edible characters, all competing to influence one child's daily diet. Written for 5 singing actors and 2 musicians, this opera is intended for family audiences and touring to schools with a focus on encouraging youth to ma...
    Composer: Richard Payne
    Librettist: Alexis Diamond

    Get Stuffed
    Hydrophis Expedition
    "My real voice is my cry: OPEN YOUR EYES."

    The Hydrophis is a Deep Sea Submergence Vehicle (DSV) that takes scientists on extreme-depth expeditions to research and explore. During a recent expedition, a rare jellyfish, Stygiomedus Gigantea, has been captured on film. It is rarely seen but thought to be one of the largest invertebrate predator...
    Composer: Benton Roark
    Librettist: Colleen Murphy

    Hydrophis Expedition
    Shelter
    Content warning: birth

    A nuclear family adrift in the atomic age. Since Prometheus stole fire from the gods, we have flirted with the dangerous beauty of science. In this cartoon fable, a father protects his family at any cost.

    Thomas and Claire fall madly in love at a fundraising party. Thomas has decided to “find a wife, get a life,” whi...
    Composer: Juliet Palmer
    Librettist: Julie Salverson

    Shelter
    TAP:EX Augmented Opera
    This fifth installment of the Tapestry Explorations (TAP:EX) series offers a take on a Silicon Valley product launch, where audiences are the first to learn about Elysium, a new cloud-based technology that reimagines the afterlife as a perfect curation of our best memories. This fictional product draws attention to the modern world developing ne...
    Composer: Benton Roark
    Librettists: Debi Wong, Benton Roark

    TAP:EX Augmented Opera
    Nigredo Hotel
    A ‘Hitchcock-style thriller’ for baritone and soprano, Nigredo Hotel is “the story of a neurosurgeon, a man of science, who has lost his soul. One night he thinks he has hit a child on the road and hides out in a decrepit, Hitchcockian motel run by a monstrous concierge called Sophie. The terrifying crone — his anima — locks him into his room an...
    Composer: Nic Gotham
    Librettist: Ann-Marie MacDonald

    Nigredo Hotel
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    Excerpts
    Hydrophis Expedition – Hydrophis Expedition (Close Your Eyes)

    In a deep sea submergence vehicle, a crew voyages in search of a sea creature whose gaze can cause burns to the eyes.

    Shelter – Scene 6: Trinity (aria)

    Hope introduces the pilot to her family. He leaves, and Hope argues with her parents about going with him.

    Shelter – Scene 4: Hope Grows Up, “This is Our House” (aria)

    Hope grows up quickly, climbing out of her crib as a woman of twenty-one. She sings to herself, wanting to leave the house.

    Shelter – Scene 4: Hope Grows Up, “Waiting” (duet)

    Thomas has brought Lise to become Hope's tutor, but Hope has grown up and wants to leave the house. Lise warns her not to give her love away to just anyone.

    Shelter – Scene 4: Hope Grows Up, “Dusk of Tears” (duet)

    Thomas and Lise sing of feeling the burning of two suns on their faces.

    Shelter – Scene 5: The Pilot (duet)

    The pilot watches Hope from afar. They meet and become lovers.

    Shelter – Scene 1: Love & Science (duet)

    Thomas and Claire meet at a party and fall in love.

    Nigredo Hotel – “The square root…” (aria)

    Ray frantically tries to calm himself by reciting scientific jargon, while a being claiming to be his own child self tries to open the door.

    Hydrophis Expedition – Serpent’s Aria

    An undersea monster sings to the scientists observing her.

    Get Stuffed – Scene 6

    Zach's hunger-hallucination, Part 2: The Garden Trio (Apple, Carrot and Broccoli) treat Zach to a savoury song about vitamins.

    Get Stuffed – Scene 1

    Zach's class studies the Canada Food Guide, making Zach's tummy grumble.

    TAP:EX Augmented Opera – Section 6: “Elysium”

    Eurydice C is shown her Elysium with Orpheus in the garden - she is not sure she wants him there, but it fades before she can decide. The CEO brings her back to reality and closes the presentation.

    TAP:EX Augmented Opera – Section 5: “Fragments”

    Eurydice C remembers different versions of her lover in an Arioso, Bourrée, and Passacaglia. She questions what might have been, before Calliope calls her back to the present.

    TAP:EX Augmented Opera – Section 4: “Inner Sanctum”

    In memory, Eurydice C's painter lover pushes her to allow him to paint her and make love to her, even though she is reluctant.

    TAP:EX Augmented Opera – Sections 2 and 3: “Descent Into Memory – Garden of the Subconscious”

    Calliope and the Muses lead Eurydice C into her subconscious, to the memory of her first love.

    TAP:EX Augmented Opera – Section 1: ” Product Launch”

    Eurydice volunteers to test new A.I. technology that promises to capture your most vivid memories and curate your perfect virtual afterlife. Lab techs hand out eye masks to the audience.

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