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The Hydrophis is a Deep Sea Submergence Vehicle (DSV) that takes scientists on extreme-depth expeditions to research and explore. During a recent expedition, a rare jellyfish, Stygiomedus Gigantea, has been captured on film. It is rarely seen but thought to be one of the largest invertebrate predator...
The Hydrophis is a Deep Sea Submergence Vehicle (DSV) that takes scientists on extreme-depth expeditions to research and explore. During a recent expedition, a rare jellyfish, Stygiomedus Gigantea, has been captured on film. It is rarely seen but thought to be one of the largest invertebrate predator...
Musique : Benton Roark
Livret : Colleen Murphy
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
Avertissement de contenu : mort, meurtre, suicide, xénophobie
Jason, an army captain and now war-hero, is returning home after years of war and an uncertain future. His interpreter and lover M’dea and their son Chase accompany him to a new life in the West. Jason begins a political career, working alongside the President and Dahlia, the President’s bea...
Jason, an army captain and now war-hero, is returning home after years of war and an uncertain future. His interpreter and lover M’dea and their son Chase accompany him to a new life in the West. Jason begins a political career, working alongside the President and Dahlia, the President’s bea...
Musique : John Harris
Livret : Marjorie Chan
The night before her birthday, an aging Queen Elizabeth I catches an intruder in her boudoir. It turns out to be none other than her arch-nemesis Grace O’Malley, Irish pirate and chieftain, come to reclaim her seized ship and her trampled rights. A comedic opera about power and politics, destiny and desire, and how hard it is to be a woman at th...
Musique : Sean Ferguson
Livret : Alexis Diamond
Avertissement de contenu : descriptions d'esclavage, de violence, de violence sexuelle, de mort
A father will do anything to save his daughter. Of the Sea follows the story of Maduka, his daughter Binyelum, and fellow Africans thrown overboard during the Middle Passage who now populate mythical underwater kingdoms that span the ocean floor. Amidst the waves, ...
A father will do anything to save his daughter. Of the Sea follows the story of Maduka, his daughter Binyelum, and fellow Africans thrown overboard during the Middle Passage who now populate mythical underwater kingdoms that span the ocean floor. Amidst the waves, ...
Musique : Ian Cusson
Livret : Kanika Ambrose
Avertissement de contenu : erreur de genre, mentions d'agression sexuelle et de violence implicite
Chrysaor and Pegasus, children of the gorgon Medusa, have been living with their aunts Euryale and Stheno. They receive a message from their dead mother telling the story of her assault and murder by their father Poseidon. Rejecting his mother’s family, Chrysaor g...
Chrysaor and Pegasus, children of the gorgon Medusa, have been living with their aunts Euryale and Stheno. They receive a message from their dead mother telling the story of her assault and murder by their father Poseidon. Rejecting his mother’s family, Chrysaor g...
Musique : Colin McMahon
Livret : Charlie Petch
As a teenager in the 1920s, my grandmother Gladys played piano for silent films in the remote New Zealand town of Takaka. She still recalls a film which was shot nearby at Pohara beach. Although Glad has never seen the film, I found out later that it was the underwater spectacular Venus of the South Seas, starring Australian diver Annette...
Musique : Juliet Palmer
Livret : Juliet Palmer
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Extraits
Un monstre sous-marin chante pour les scientifiques qui l'observent.
Dans un véhicule de submersion en haute mer, un équipage voyage à la recherche d'une créature marine dont le regard peut provoquer des brûlures aux yeux.
Un enfant se promène sur une plage, à la recherche de ses parents.
Une sortie en famille à la plage se transforme en séance photo pour les paparazzi.
Après les meurtres, M'dea manque de se suicider mais est interrompue par Chase. Ils s'enfuient vers la plage.
Poursuivis par Jason et les gardes, M'dea et Chase escaladent une falaise au bord de l'océan. Lorsqu'ils atteignent le sommet, ils jouent à une version de leur jeu imaginaire et sautent.
Le shaman explique la fin de l'histoire du couple.
La chef pirate irlandaise Grace O'Malley se faufile dans la chambre de la reine Elizabeth I d'Angleterre et convainc la reine de lui rendre son navire et de libérer son amant. En retour, Grace assistera à la célébration de l'anniversaire de la reine et fera sensation, ce qui ravira Liz.
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