Trois jeunes archéologues, perdus dans le désert égyptien, se penchent sur le mythe antique d'Isis pour tenter de sauver leur professeur mourant. Plongés au cœur d'une lutte épique d'un passé lointain, ils découvrent le pouvoir guérisseur de la sagesse ancestrale.

The Secret World of Og is an operatic adaptation of the well-known children’s book by Canadian icon Pierre Berton.  The classic story of a group of siblings who venture into the dark subterranean world of the Ogs to rescue their baby brother and their cat has been a favourite with Canadian children since the 60's and features Berton’s own childr...

The Sword in the Schoolyard blends the contemporary schoolyard of a young student with his imaginings of King Arthur’s medieval England.  His despair at the deployment of his beloved sister to a foreign war, forces him to wrestle with the meaning of leadership, violence, duty, loyalty and equality through the legend of the mythic king.

Proving Up, based on a story by Karen Russell, is an opera about the American Dream, told through the story of Nebrasken homesteaders in the 1870s. A family dreams of "proving up" and obtaining the deed to the land they've settled. They obsessively list the requirements of the Homestead Act: five years of harvest, a sod house dwelling, and perha...

Content warning: abuse, death, fire, violence

Fanny and Alexander is a grand opera in two acts, adapted from the film by Ingmar Bergman by Mikael Karlsson and Royce Vavrek, with support from the Bergman Estate and artistic consultation from Cinematograph AB (Ingmar Bergman Jr. and Claes du Rietz).

ACT 1

Christmas at the Ekdahls.  Helena...

Content warning: cannibalism, gun violence, starvation

Based on a short story by Judy Budnitz, Dog Days tells a post-apocalyptic tale of a typical American family. The country has fallen into chaos as an undefined war rages on U.S. soil. Roads are closed except for military use. There is no work. Progressively, the schools close. Food runs ou...