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Orpheus and Eurydice
Seeking his wife Eurydice in the underworld, Orpheus implores Hades to let him bring her back to life. Hades gives in reluctantly, on condition that Orpheus not look back at Eurydice while she is being led back to earth. The reunited couple begin their journey back. Hades praises the peacefulness of the underworld over the turbulence of life on ...
Composer: James Rolfe
Librettist: André Alexis

Orpheus and Eurydice
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
Betty Box Office
A box office worker longs to be on the stage. When the lead of the production is injured, she begs for her chance in the spotlight.
Composer: Jack Perla
Librettist: Ken Gass

Betty Box Office
Betty Box Office
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
Bandits in the Valley
The Don Valley. 1880, Toronto.

Join George Taylor and the travelling Gilbert & Sullivan theatrical troupe The Vagabonds in a twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of the birth of his papermill. Unbeknownst to him, Jeremiah - the leader of a local small-potatoes bandit group called The Rift Rafters - just discovered a long-hidden secret abo...
Composer: Benton Roark
Librettist: Julie Tepperman

Bandits in the Valley
La Maupin
Content warning: contains depictions of gun violence, mentions of homophobia, transphobia, self-harm, attempted suicide, memory loss, illness, death, and violence

Julie d'Aubigny (1673-1707), more often known by her stage name "Mademoiselle Maupin," was a queer and gender non-conforming opera singer. She was a mezzo-soprano, and sang some of ...
Composer: Colin McMahon
Librettist: Camille Rogers

La Maupin
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Excerpts
TAP:EX Tables Turned – La Callas Fantasie – voice, percussion, and track
Using quintessential recordings of Maria Callas arias, an aspiring soprano engages with the full and intense presence of her idol. What begins as suffocation and frustration ends as confidence as the soprano gains a deeper understanding of her idol: she’s human. They both are.
La Maupin – VI. The Last Love
Maupin remembers her romance with the Countess de Florensac.
La Maupin – V. The Duel
Maupin challenges a rude nobleman to a duel.
La Maupin – IV. The Artist
Maupin takes to the stage of the Paris Opéra.
La Maupin – III. The First Affair
Maupin tells the story of a scandalous love affair from her youth, culminating in a daring escape from a convent.
La Maupin – II. Introduction
La Maupin introduces herself to the audience, sharing some of the gossip that has been spread about her.
Bessie – Bessie
A famous blues singer is warming up in her dressing room before the show. Her partner, Jack, enters and a fight begins.
Betty Box Office – Betty Box Office
A box office worker longs to be on the stage. When the lead of the production is injured, she begs for her chance in the spotlight.
Betty Box Office – “Box office, may I help you?” (aria)
A box office worker longs to be on the opera stage.
Bandits in the Valley – Finale
The Vagabond Theatrical Troupe presents!  Jeremiah gives George an ultimatum but has to prove himself first in more ways than one, and all is wrapped up in the finest paper package.
Bandits in the Valley – Group 2, Scene 2: The Dressing Room
George has a proposal for Lily. Henri has a confession. The Great Recorder Smackdown happens, and Lily is caught in the crossfire. Lily sends them all away without answering.
Bandits in the Valley – Opening Scene – voices, percussion, and accordion
George celebrates the 25th anniversary of his paper mill with an important announcement. Lily is introduced. Freddy gets some bad news.
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