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Opéras
Avertissment de contenu: mort, emprisonnement, interrogatoire, suicide, torture
A translator at a secret prison for suspected terrorists witnesses extreme torture and death of detainees. She leaks the information to news broadcasters, but the government covers it up as a hoax. Her supervisor begs her to say nothing more about the things she has seen -...
A translator at a secret prison for suspected terrorists witnesses extreme torture and death of detainees. She leaks the information to news broadcasters, but the government covers it up as a hoax. Her supervisor begs her to say nothing more about the things she has seen -...
Musique : David Ogborn
Livret : Leanna Brodie
Content warning: execution, incest, murder, sexual assault, slavery, torture, violence
Beatrice Chancy is a historical drama based upon the true story of the Cenci family of Rome, circa 1600. The story is set on a plantation in Nova Scotia during the last days of slavery, circa 1800, with the heroine Beatrice as the half-caste daughter of her...
Beatrice Chancy is a historical drama based upon the true story of the Cenci family of Rome, circa 1600. The story is set on a plantation in Nova Scotia during the last days of slavery, circa 1800, with the heroine Beatrice as the half-caste daughter of her...
Musique : James Rolfe
Livret : George Elliott Clarke
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Extraits
Traumatisée par ses expériences, Alessandra revient sur son travail de traductrice dans une prison militaire américaine.
Le colonel Crane, le superviseur d'Alessandra, lui dit laconiquement de perdre ce qu'elle perçoit comme son sens naïf de la moralité : « Nous sommes juste là pour gagner. »
2003 : Après avoir divulgué sur Internet des photos de torture, la traductrice de l'armée américaine Alessandra Jenson refuse de se taire et diffuse en direct son suicide en signe de protestation.
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