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Four Victorian women sit down for a most unusual tea time. The women have two things in common: their dislike of the other women and of their husbands. Each woman refuses to drink tea for one reason or another while brainstorming ideas such as poison, prison, bee-stings or drowning. But who...

Consisting of 18 scenes, the opera covers 16 years in the life of Manitoba school teacher and Métis hero Louis Riel, from the Red River Rebellion (1869­–70) to the North-West Rebellion (1884–85), and his trial and hanging in Regina in 1885. It also dramatizes the political scheming in Ottawa that resulted from Riel’s actions, as well as several ...

Ma Zegner, after doing all that’s required of her as stipulated by the Homestead Act, confronts the deaths of her children and rails against fate.
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Ma Zegner sleepwalks to the graves of her daughters and sings about what ties her to the land.
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A deranged, dirt-covered man sings obsessively about the infinite promise of westward expansion. He speaks of his family and how they couldn’t make it, but that doesn’t seem to matter to him because he has fulfilled all the requirements of the Homestead Act. It’s possible that he came to see his family as an impediment to “proving up” and has ki...

Johannes Zegner sings of the “queer little trees” at a neighbor’s abandoned homestead. These trees are actually gravestones – crosses made of human bones.
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Johannes Zegner, an alcoholic homesteader in drought-ridden 1870s Nebraska, tries to convince his son to make a dangerous journey that will help the family obtain the title to their land.
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Miles saddles up his horse, Nore, and sets off on his own hero’s journey, determined to help his family “prove up” and attain the title to their land. His youthful optimism is counteracted by the inhospitable environment and the presence of mysterious supernatural elements.
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Miles, an adolescent boy, reflects on the meaning of home as his family struggles and fails to build a homestead.
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Quatre femmes victoriennes s'assoient pour un tea time des plus insolites. Les femmes ont deux choses en commun : leur aversion pour les autres femmes et pour leurs maris. Chaque femme refuse de boire du thé pour une raison ou une autre tout en réfléchissant à des idées telles que le poison, la prison, les piqûres d'abeilles ou la noyade. Mais contre qui complotent-ils : leurs partenaires ou entre eux ?

After days of near catatonia in his cold apartment, the landlady asks Petrovich to repair Akakiy’s old coat, to no avail. Even his coworkers arrive to check in, but by then, Akakiy is unreachable. Akakiy is committed to a mental hospital. Once he arrives, the other residents encourage him to look at things a little differently. It turns out he h...

The name day party. Everyone is dressed to the nines, but Akakiy adds up to at least an eleven. They fawn over his coat, going so far as to toast to it. Akakiy forgets to count his drinks, and ends up completely drunk. He gets lost on the way home, winding up in the rough part of town. Akakiy asks two men for directions, but instead, they knock ...

Mesurer Akakiy devient un ballet de maladresse. Petrovich et sa femme s'interrogent sur ce qui définit vraiment un homme : son apparence

Petrovich déclare que le manteau d'Akakiy est complètement irréparable, mais aussi que c'est l'occasion pour Akakiy de choisir quelque chose de nouveau. Évidemment, il aura à payer.

Après s'être précipité au travail, Akakiy est intimidé par ses collègues. Il travaille trop fort, cela fait mal paraître les autres.

Akakiy révèle sa fascination pour les chiffres, et le chœur annonce qu'ils aideront à comptabiliser les choses. Sa propriétaire entre pour lui apporter de la soupe aux choux - et plus encore, ce qu'il refuse.