Opera

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Overview:

Operas produced in the U.S. (Long Beach Opera, California, New York City Opera, New York, The Kennedy Center, Washington DC) and in Canada (British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario), with selections in concert in London, UK, and Pilsen, in the Czech Republic.

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Rattenbury 

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Based on the true story of the murder of ambitious architect Francis Rattenbury. Selections presented in concert at King's Head Theatre in London, UK in Sept, 2014, and at Empress Hotel Ballroom, Victoria BC, in 2012. A concert from a 2015 workshop was presented twice in BC, April 2016. Premiered November 2017 Victoria, Canada, with leads Richard Margison and Kathleen Brett, conductor Arthur Arnold, produced by Pacific Opera Victoria/Other Guys Theatre Company.

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Pauline

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A collaboration with author Margaret Atwood. Follows the life of famous Canadian poet/performer Pauline Johnson. Commissioned by City Opera Vancouver. Premiered Vancouver, Canada, May 2014. A concert version was presented at Le Festival Québec en toutes lettres, fall 2015. 

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Fallujah

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Premiered March 2016, Long Beach Opera, livecast on USA cable & webcast worldwide. MORE... Produced again in November 2016 by New York City Opera.

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Performances in Long Beach and New York City after a workshop presentation in Tampa, Florida, and concert presentation at Kennedy Center in Washington DC, with special presentations in Vancouver BC and at Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center in Long Beach, all including involvement with vets, dialogue about PTSD with doctors and specialists, funded by Explore.org and Annenberg Foundation.

 

Set in 2004 during the Iraq war, commissioned by City Opera Vancouver, initial funding by Annenberg Foundation/Explore.org. Librettist Heather Raffo. First workshop in Vancouver May 2012. A staged reading presented at World Stages Festival, Kennedy Center March 2014 with conductor Miloš Repický & director Joanna Settle. 2nd place winner, Armel Opera Competition, Hungary/Czech Republic, announced February 2014. An aria from Fallujah was featured at TedMed talk, Kennedy Center, September 2014, sung by LaMarcus Miller. A week of workshopping culminating with a public reading took place at USF (Tampa, Florida) in association with Arts2Action and Building Bridges, March 2015, musical director/conductor Miloš Repický. Fallujah premiere: Long Beach Opera March 2016 with direction by Andreas Mitisek, conducted by Kristof Van Grysperre, live broadcast on KCET and affiliates across USA and on internet. Fallujah was presented by New York City Opera in the fall of 2016, at the Duke Theatre on 42nd Street, New York. Learn more HERE.

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Bianchi, a five-minute bicycle opera

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Performed by Bicycle Opera Project Ontario in 2014 and 2015, and the Canadian East Coast in 2015, this opera tells a super short tale using the worst bicycle puns imaginable. Bianchi has also been performed as part of Toronto Symphony Orchestra's new creation festival, the Toronto Conservatory's new music festival, and elsewhere. 

 

Waterfront

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A short, one-act opera for three singers and three musicians written for Bicycle Opera Project, set in a shuttle on the way to Mars. Premiered April 2016, Toronto, Canada. MORE...

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The Vinedressers 

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Set on Pelee Island, Lake Erie, Canada near the end of the 18th century. Produced in 2001 in Victoria BC by The Other Guys Theatre Company at the Belfry Theatre, Victoria BC, 2005 by the Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific in Powell River BC, and 2015 by Highlands Opera Studio, Haliburton, Ontario.

Based on true stories and an Indigenous myth from Pelee Island Set at the Vin Villa vineyard, home, wine cellar, and the Pelee Island lighthouse, amongst the migrating Monarch butterflies. The work explores fate, beauty, and legacy.

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