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Opéras
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...
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...
Musique : Benton Roark
Livret : Julie Tepperman
Agnieska et Sumana partagent une soirée ensemble après s'être rencontrées dans un bar. La nuit, aussi intime soit-elle, a des significations très différentes pour chaque femme. Tandis que Sumana déborde de l'excitation d'une première chance amoureuse, Agnieska est hantée par les souvenirs de son passé amoureux.
The next morning, Agnieska wakes early and admires her new lover Sumana as sh...
The next morning, Agnieska wakes early and admires her new lover Sumana as sh...
Musique : Craig Galbraith
Livret : Leanna Brodie
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
Glimmer attempts to address the urgent matters and seemingly irreconcilable coexisting realities at the core of queer existence through multiple frames and lenses. Taking full advantage of an all-queer cast of performers, with whom the piece was developed organically through a series of discussions and workshops, this work intertwines the autobi...
Musique : Thierry Tidrow
Livret : Thierry Tidrow
We open on an Alzheimer’s hallucination. Martha, a woman in her seventies, sees a surreal and exaggerated world in which strangers torment her and weather invades her kitchen. Martha remains in the grips of her hallucination until the presence of Martha’s daughter, Winnie, rips her out of it. Suddenly, shockingly, Martha i...
Musique : Lembit Beecher
Livret : Hannah Moscovitch
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
A not-so-pure Maiden is sent to marry a not-so-manly Lord, who is advised by a not-so-celibate Priest, and protected by a not-so-insensitive Thug in an England ruled by a King who won’t get out of bed. Based on the award winning play by Moira Buffini.
Musique : Leslie Uyeda
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Extraits
Henri s'exprime de façon poétique sur son amour non réciproque et a une idée.
George a une proposition pour Lily. Henri a quelque chose à avouer. Le Great Recorder Smackdown a lieu et Lily est prise entre deux feux.
Enthousiasmée par la possibilité d'une nuit avec un nouvel amant, Sumana exprime avec anxiété son impatience.
Agnieska se demande pourquoi toutes ses relations précédentes ont échoué.
Se réveillant tôt, Agnieska admire son nouvel amant Sumana pendant qu'elle dort.
Agnieska et Sumana partagent une soirée intime après s'être rencontrées dans un bar. Les souvenirs d'anciens amants poussent presque Agnieska à abandonner ce nouvel amour, mais Sumana la convainc de garder espoir.
Se réveillant tôt, Agnieska admire son nouvel amant Sumana pendant qu'elle dort. Lorsque Sumana se réveille, le couple partage une conversation intime et finit par éclater de rire.
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