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Opéras
A young refugee panhandling on the street shares her true frustrations with and feelings towards the people who walk by, and occasionally give her small change or an online donation.
Musique : Prokhor Protasoff
Livret : Sarah Henstra
Act One
In the mountains of British Columbia in 1980, Irene and her son Jimmy pack up Irene’s beloved cabin, in preparation for moving her to the city for better care. Jimmy discovers an old-fashioned spinning top. Irene reveals it once belonged to Lillian Alling, a mysterious woman who disappeared into the wilderness more than fifty years ago....
In the mountains of British Columbia in 1980, Irene and her son Jimmy pack up Irene’s beloved cabin, in preparation for moving her to the city for better care. Jimmy discovers an old-fashioned spinning top. Irene reveals it once belonged to Lillian Alling, a mysterious woman who disappeared into the wilderness more than fifty years ago....
Musique : John Estacio
Livret : John Murrell
Avertissement de contenu: xénophobie, emigration
Un jeune enfant se réveille seul sur la plage. Il cherche sa mère. Le bruit des vagues étouffe les voix des gens qui s’inquiètent des nouveaux arrivants et de l’effet qu’ils auront sur leur société. D’autres voix prennent le relais : d’autres enfants disent que sa place est avec eux maintenant.
Inspired by ...
Un jeune enfant se réveille seul sur la plage. Il cherche sa mère. Le bruit des vagues étouffe les voix des gens qui s’inquiètent des nouveaux arrivants et de l’effet qu’ils auront sur leur société. D’autres voix prennent le relais : d’autres enfants disent que sa place est avec eux maintenant.
Inspired by ...
Musique : Afarin Mansouri
Livret : Marcia Johnson
Act One, Scene One
Autumn, 1915
In the park of a small town in the Crowsnest Pass, family and friends celebrate the wedding of Filumena Costanzo to Charlie Lassandro. As festivities proceed, Filumena seems withdrawn, stunned by her new husband’s brusqueness. Charlie has given her a new “Canadian” name, Florence, which she clearly rejects. ...
Autumn, 1915
In the park of a small town in the Crowsnest Pass, family and friends celebrate the wedding of Filumena Costanzo to Charlie Lassandro. As festivities proceed, Filumena seems withdrawn, stunned by her new husband’s brusqueness. Charlie has given her a new “Canadian” name, Florence, which she clearly rejects. ...
Musique : John Estacio
Livret : John Murrell
Un Iranien, assis dans une chambre d’hôtel au Canada, écrit ses prières du matin.
Musique : Afarin Mansouri
Livret : Jessica Murphy Moo
Naomi’s Road, which details a young Japanese-Canadian girl’s experiences as her family is interned during World War II, is a coming-of-age story that celebrates the power of hope, cultural understanding and compassion. This compelling and emotional story is taken from one of our country’s most painful and complex social periods, a time that for ...
Musique : Ramona Luengen
Livret : Ann Hodges
Avertissement de contenu : captivité, traite des personnes, travail du sexe, violence sexuelle, violence, mort
The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G. is a fictional dramatic opera built on extensive factual research. Set in Ukraine in 1997, it is the story of Oksana, a young woman lured into the world of sex trafficking by a Russian recruiter, Konstantin, who ...
The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G. is a fictional dramatic opera built on extensive factual research. Set in Ukraine in 1997, it is the story of Oksana, a young woman lured into the world of sex trafficking by a Russian recruiter, Konstantin, who ...
Musique : Aaron Gervais
Livret : Colleen Murphy
The opera is a poetic love story following resistance against a fictional state that oppresses lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. It centres on the rebellious Solana and her beloved Lilah, who is now a wife and mother; together, they fight for a new future, even as their secret romance is threatened by Lilah’s unpredictable h...
Musique : Leslie Uyeda
Livret : Rachel Rose
Content warning: child neglect, death, migration, strong language, trauma, war
When Sophia’s mother dies, Sophia confronts half-forgotten traumas from her childhood. Sophia and her sister Emma grew up in a war torn country. The two young girls cope with and escape their grim circumstances – the adult world of war, death and displacement – thr...
When Sophia’s mother dies, Sophia confronts half-forgotten traumas from her childhood. Sophia and her sister Emma grew up in a war torn country. The two young girls cope with and escape their grim circumstances – the adult world of war, death and displacement – thr...
Musique : Lembit Beecher
Livret : Hannah Moscovitch
Avertissement de contenu : racisme, colonialisme, violence, mort
En Chine dans les années 1880, Lai Gwan, une jeune femme appauvrie, est à l'aube d'un énorme changement. Sa mère mourante la presse de respecter et d'honorer la mémoire de son père, Manli, dont la disparition au Nouveau Monde les hante tous les deux.
Armed with the hope that she will find her father aliv...
En Chine dans les années 1880, Lai Gwan, une jeune femme appauvrie, est à l'aube d'un énorme changement. Sa mère mourante la presse de respecter et d'honorer la mémoire de son père, Manli, dont la disparition au Nouveau Monde les hante tous les deux.
Armed with the hope that she will find her father aliv...
Musique : Ka Nin Chan
Livret : Marc Brownell
Avertissement de contenu : antisémitisme, génocide, Holocauste, infanticide, meurtre, nazis, violence sexuelle, travail du sexe, violence, guerre
Still the Night tells the fictional story of two Jewish Polish cousins, both named Bryna, who have escaped from the Nazis and joined the Partisans. Along the way they are hung on crosses, raped, almost shot and forced to tu...
Still the Night tells the fictional story of two Jewish Polish cousins, both named Bryna, who have escaped from the Nazis and joined the Partisans. Along the way they are hung on crosses, raped, almost shot and forced to tu...
Musique : John Alcorn
Livret : Theresa Tova
Avertissement de contenu : décès, suicide
Dragon’s Tale is the story of a young Chinese-Canadian woman (Xiao Lian) and her ailing father, both living in Toronto. Xiao Lian wakes up in the ancient past and witnesses the last days of one of China’s greatest poets, Qu Yuan. In doing so, she begins to understand her father and herself as she returns to a c...
Dragon’s Tale is the story of a young Chinese-Canadian woman (Xiao Lian) and her ailing father, both living in Toronto. Xiao Lian wakes up in the ancient past and witnesses the last days of one of China’s greatest poets, Qu Yuan. In doing so, she begins to understand her father and herself as she returns to a c...
Musique : Ka Nin Chan
Livret : Marc Brownell
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...
Musique : Kye Marshall
Livret : Amanda Hale
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Extraits
Pavlo lit la lettre d'Oksana à ses parents leur annonçant qu'elle rentrera à la maison le 8 novembre, jour de son anniversaire. Ils sont ravis et s'emballent en organisant une fête pour elle.
Xiao Lian’s father bitterly reveals that he will die soon. Xiao Lian’s mother appears in spirit form and asks her to forgive her father. She speaks of their happiness together as a family in earlier times. As a child, Xiao Lian had a close connection with the Dragon Boat Festival, known as Duanwu and its hero, the ancient poet Qu Yuan. Her Fathe...
Le père Alexander et Oksana se rendent compte qu'ils partagent une attirance l'un pour l'autre, mais Oksana est déterminée à rentrer chez elle et à raconter à ses parents ce qui s'est passé. Konstantin téléphone au refuge pour récupérer Oksana.
En Grèce, dans un bar, trois femmes sont retenues captives : Konstantin envoie Lyubia avec un homme d'affaires, Natalyia avec l'agent d'immigration qui la coupe, et Oksana est achetée par Konstantin aux enchères. Konstantin propose alors à la foule un viol collectif au moment où la police arrive pour faire une descente dans le bar. Au lieu de cela, il s'échappe avec Oksana et Natalyia.
Un homme essaie d'écrire une lettre à sa maison, mais il ne trouve pas les mots justes. Il brûle chaque tentative rejetée.
Un enfant se promène sur une plage, à la recherche de ses parents.
À bord d'un navire qui emmène des travailleurs chinois en Colombie-Britannique, ils ont faim et soif. Ah Lum commence une bagarre avec Lai Gwan, déguisé en jeune homme, mais ils s'arrêtent lorsque la côte apparaît.
Avant de mourir, Ama parle à Lai Gwan de son père, lui donne une robe de mariée et la presse d'aller en Amérique du Nord pour retrouver son père - tout en se souvenant toujours des traditions chinoises.
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