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Content warning: death, injury, paralysis, sexual violence, suicide attempt, violence
Based on the film by Lars von Trier, Breaking the Waves tells the story of Bess McNeill, a religious young woman with a deep love for her husband Jan, a handsome oil rig worker in 1970's Scotland. When Jan becomes paralyzed in an off-shore accident, Bess’s m...
Based on the film by Lars von Trier, Breaking the Waves tells the story of Bess McNeill, a religious young woman with a deep love for her husband Jan, a handsome oil rig worker in 1970's Scotland. When Jan becomes paralyzed in an off-shore accident, Bess’s m...
Musique : Missy Mazzoli
Livret : Royce Vavrek
Avertissement de contenu : meurtre, violence, maladie mentale
The story begins with a distressed Paul being interviewed about his missing parents. It switches to two weeks earlier with Harold and Julia in the airport after sending him off. Julia worries that something is wrong with their son. Harold is sure that he'll be back to his old self after the tr...
The story begins with a distressed Paul being interviewed about his missing parents. It switches to two weeks earlier with Harold and Julia in the airport after sending him off. Julia worries that something is wrong with their son. Harold is sure that he'll be back to his old self after the tr...
Musique : Stephen Andrew Taylor
Livret : Marcia Johnson
À travers huit brèves vignettes, des couples vivent de petits moments de frustration, de mauvaise communication et d’attirance.
Musique : Iman Habibi
Livret : Phoebe Tsang
Content warning: infant death, suicidal thoughts
In the summer of 2007, CBC investigators Mary Wiens and John Nicol brought an enthralled listening audience the tale of a mummified baby found in the floorboards of an East Toronto home. Further investigation to uncover the origins of the child, now known as “Baby Kintyre” revealed a cast of c...
In the summer of 2007, CBC investigators Mary Wiens and John Nicol brought an enthralled listening audience the tale of a mummified baby found in the floorboards of an East Toronto home. Further investigation to uncover the origins of the child, now known as “Baby Kintyre” revealed a cast of c...
Musique : Dean Burry
Livret : Dean Burry
Avertissement de contenu : mort, meurtre, violence
This opera explores the interior realm of a woman’s response to a crisis. The Laurels plays with audience assumptions and expectations; it is well into the piece before we realize the stranger is not the person he appears to be. While it is important that Laurel’s understanding of the Stranger is consi...
This opera explores the interior realm of a woman’s response to a crisis. The Laurels plays with audience assumptions and expectations; it is well into the piece before we realize the stranger is not the person he appears to be. While it is important that Laurel’s understanding of the Stranger is consi...
Musique : Jeffrey Ryan
Livret : Michael Lewis MacLennan
Content warning: ableism, institutionalization, medical abuse, mental illness, sanism, sexual violence
10 Days in a Madhouse is a psychological opera that plays with notions of madness, inspired by the life of Nellie Bly, a trailblazing reporter who in 1887 faked madness in order to be admitted to Blackwell’s Asylum for the Insane and report ...
10 Days in a Madhouse is a psychological opera that plays with notions of madness, inspired by the life of Nellie Bly, a trailblazing reporter who in 1887 faked madness in order to be admitted to Blackwell’s Asylum for the Insane and report ...
Musique : Rene Orth
Livret : Hannah Moscovitch
Avertissement de contenu : maladie mentale, consommation d'alcool, incarcération pour cause de maladie mentale
Est-ce les vêtements qui font un homme, ou est-ce autre chose ?
Based on the satirical Nikolai Gogol story of the same name, The Overcoat centres on Akakiy Akakiyevich, a diligent man no one likes, who works the numbers best he can. But he can barely pay th...
Est-ce les vêtements qui font un homme, ou est-ce autre chose ?
Based on the satirical Nikolai Gogol story of the same name, The Overcoat centres on Akakiy Akakiyevich, a diligent man no one likes, who works the numbers best he can. But he can barely pay th...
Musique : James Rolfe
Livret : Morris Panych
Avertissement de contenu : maladie mentale
Simone lutte contre une dépression post-partum non diagnostiquée et est en train de perdre. Elle décide de partir, de faire ses valises, et son mari Marc essaie de lui demander des explications. Alors que leur fils dort dans la chambre voisine, elle part, et Marc n'essaie pas de l'arrêter.
Simone lutte contre une dépression post-partum non diagnostiquée et est en train de perdre. Elle décide de partir, de faire ses valises, et son mari Marc essaie de lui demander des explications. Alors que leur fils dort dans la chambre voisine, elle part, et Marc n'essaie pas de l'arrêter.
Musique : Darren J
Livret : Sharon Bajer
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Extraits
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.
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...
Paul est interviewé au sujet de ses parents disparus. Paul est-il un suspect ? L'interrogateur est-il un policier ou un psychiatre ? Quelles étaient les personnes qui se trouvaient dans la maison de ses parents lorsque Paul revenait de voyage ? Tout n’est pas ce qu’il paraît.
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
Akakiy gets caught in rush hour and arrives late to find the head the department telling a sad story about encountering a homeless vagrant. Annoyed at being interrupted, the head of the department grills Akakiy on his little notebook of numbers. Akakiy explains he was using it to find ways to save money, which gives the head an idea. He’ll cut c...
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.
Dans un parc boisé la nuit, on dirait que Laurel court pour sauver sa vie, mais il s'avère qu'elle fuit le souvenir du meurtre qu'elle a commis cette nuit-là.
Laurel stabs the Stranger, killing him. As his body slides to the ground to rest at her feet, she begins to feel a new sense of freedom, not realising that it is at the cost of her conscience and her humanity. The aria should be performed with an improvisational blues quality over the regular pulse of the accompaniment, to convey both this sense...
Une jeune femme, Laurel, traverse une forêt sombre, remplie d'anxiété et hantée par des souvenirs inquiétants.
Erica est en colère contre Keith pour avoir eu une crise d'angoisse alors qu'ils organisent une fête ensemble.
Simone décrit sa dépression post-partum et se demande comment se fait-il qu'elle ne puisse pas aimer son propre enfant.
Une mère souffrant de dépression post-partum quitte son mari et son fils.
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