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Opéras
Avertissement de contenu : génocide, colonialisme, mort, violence armée, mort d'un enfant, violence contre les animaux
« Rien n’est aussi réconfortant que la captivité ».
Beth, a young diplomat, and her husband Andrew are stationed at a Canadian Embassy in Africa. They are troubled by news of political upheaval, forced migrations and indiscriminate slaughter. They ...
« Rien n’est aussi réconfortant que la captivité ».
Beth, a young diplomat, and her husband Andrew are stationed at a Canadian Embassy in Africa. They are troubled by news of political upheaval, forced migrations and indiscriminate slaughter. They ...
Musique : Rodney Sharman
Livret : Atom Egoyan
Lost and Found is a sexy tango encounter between two lost travelers who don’t share a common language, but bond over the serendipitous lexical delight of learning that the word “mango” is gloriously, sensuously, mutually intelligible. Jubilant over their shared discovery, the man asks the woman about returning to his place posthaste. The travele...
Musique : Elisabeth Mehl Greene
Livret : Sharon Bajer
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
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Extraits
Malcolm et Eugene dansent, mais on apprend vite qu'ils pratiquent l'anglais. Malcolm demande si Antoine a déjà écrit la lettre de recommandation. Eugène lui dit qu'il n'est pas encore prêt. Malcolm devient frustré.
Deux voyageurs essayant de communiquer en anglais - qu'aucun d'eux ne parle bien - découvrent qu'ils sont attirés l'un par l'autre.
Une jeune femme sino-canadienne (Xiao Lian) est confrontée à un choix difficile : honorer le passé traditionnel de sa famille ou embrasser un avenir plus moderne. Son père s'attarde sur la mémoire de sa femme décédée et lui rend hommage en accomplissant la tradition funéraire Qingming. Pendant ce temps, les deux amis de Xiao Lian veulent qu'elle sorte et soit plus sociale. Son ...
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 Y...
Xiao Lian jure de regarder vers le passé et d'invoquer le grand esprit de Qu Yuan. Son esprit s'élève et prend la forme du père de Xiao Lian.
All hope is lost as the villagers return and collect Qu Yuan’s possessions. They take the scrolls containing his famous poetry to the Daoist temple, where they will be preserved forever. Xiao Lian returns to the present at the bedside of her dying father. With his encouragement and love, she finally recognizes the value of honourin...
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