| Saturday Mar 23, 2019 7:30 PM - Saturday Mar 23, 2019 9:30 PM | CA$25.00 - CA$30.00 |
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Musique 3 Femmes: The Next Wave
5 new operas. 5 composers. 5 librettists. 5 directors. Witness a unique creation event which celebrates Canadian female creative leaders in opera!
Montreal-based ensemble Musique 3 Femmes, with the support of Tapestry Opera, presents an evening of staged excerpts from winners of this year's Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes, a new $25,000 award in Canada supporting the creation of operas by emerging female and female-identifying composers and librettists.
On March 23, Musique 3 Femmes these five exciting new works by all-female creative teams to the stage, in collaboration with Toronto-based directors Jessica Derventzis, Amanda Smith, Anna Theodosakis, Aria Umezawa, and Alaina Viau. Join us at the Ernest Balmer Studio at 7:30, and stay for a wine reception following the performance (included in ticket purchase) to mingle with our creators and performers.
Tickets are also available at the door, CASH only.
Performers in this event are Musique 3 Femmes artists soprano Suzanne Rigden, mezzo-soprano Kristin Hoff, and pianist Jennifer Szeto, with guest artists soprano Gillian Grossman, mezzo Lindsay Connolly, and pianist Natasha Fransblow!
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This year's winners are:
L'HIVER ATTEND BEAUCOUP DE MOI
Composer: Laurence Jobidon (QC)
Librettist: Pascale St-Onge (QC)
Director: Aria Umezawa
Amidst the harsh and cold weather of northern Quebec, Léa tries to reach a safe-house in order to protect herself and her unborn child. She meets Madeleine, a tormented woman who promises to lead her to the end of a road where no one else goes. L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi is a chamber opera that pays tribute to feminine solidarity and resilience, as well as to the strength of the Quebecois territory. The work is led in Toronto by director and former San Francisco Opera Adler fellow Aria Umezawa and will see its full premiere in Montreal in March 2020.
BOOK OF FACES
Composer: Kendra Harder (SK)
Librettist: Michelle Telford (SK)
Director: Jessica Derventzis
"Nothing on Earth has prepared me for life like the Internet..." Book of Faces is a comic opera exploring the world of social media and two millennials for whom the struggle is just too real. The second collaboration between Saskatoon composer Kendra Harder and librettist Michelle Telford, Book of Faces sees a world premiere at Next Wave Workshop led by director and Artistic Director of Opera 5 Jessica Derventzis, and later performances as part of Highlands Opera Studio's 2019 summer season.
SINGING ONLY SOFTLY
Composer: Cecilia Livingston (TO)
Librettist: Monica Pearce (PEI)
Director: Alaina Viau
Singing Only Softly is a song-cycle opera by Toronto composer Cecilia Livingston, featuring an original libretto by Monica Pearce inspired by redacted texts from Anne Frank's famous diary. The work explores Anne's complex adolescence, her growing maturity, and her tumultuous relationship with her mother, Edith. Singing Only Softly is led here by Loose Tea Music Theatre founder and Artistic Director, stage director Alaina Viau, and features guest artist soprano Gillian Grossman. Singing Only Softly sees a full production by Loose Tea Music Theatre in May 2019.
SUITES D'UNE VILLE MORTE
Composer: Margareta Jeric (QC)
Librettist: Naima Kristel Phillips (QC)
Director: Amanda Smith
A woman returns to a place where she fell in love. She finds a piano on a heap of rubble. An exploration of the anatomy of a piano, this work examines the interplay of loss and connection in a world where everything can change in an instant. Based on the play Ghost Town Suites by Naima Kristel Phillips, Suites d'une ville morte is the first collaboration by Phillips with Croatian-Canadian composer Margareta Jeric. The work is in development for Toronto's FAWN Chamber Creative, and is led here by FAWN founder and stage director Amanda Smith.
THE CHAIR
Composer: Maria Atallah (ON)
Librettist: Alice Abracen (QC)
Director: Anna Theodosakis
"You didn't even know her name. You don't even know my name." With an original libretto by Alice Abracen on a short story by composer Maria Atallah, The Chair explores grief, loss, and friendship through the eyes of a teenager. Melanie loses her best friend in a tragic accident and returns to school to face throng of well-wishers and a mysterious new classmate. For the Next Wave Workshop, the piece is led by COC Ensemble dramatic coach and founder of Toronto's Muse 9 Productions, stage director Anna Theodosakis.
MUSIQUE 3 FEMMES is a Montreal-based ensemble which supports future female leaders in opera. In 2018, they launched the Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes, a biennial $25,000 award which supports the creation and development of operas written by emerging female and female-identifying composers and librettists in Canada. The 2018 prize enabled the creation of five new French and English language operas by teams from all across Canada. The pieces received a first workshop in collaboration with Opera McGill in September 2018, with a featured performance at "Opera's Changing Worlds", a national summit co-hosted by Opera.ca, Opéra de Montréal, and Opera McGill. In March 2019, Musique 3 Femmes an Ensemble-In-Residence at Queens University's DAN School of Music and at Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB. Musique 3 Femmes comprises mezzo-soprano Kristin Hoff (mezzo-soprano), Suzanne Rigden (coloratura soprano), and Jennifer Szeto (piano). They are joined by guest performer mezzo Lindsay Connolly for Toronto's Next Wave Workshop, March 19-23, 2019, with performances at the Canadian Opera Company's Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre and Tapestry Opera's Ernest Balmer Studio.
THANK YOU to Tapestry Opera for their invaluable support as a venue sponsor, Canada Council for the Arts for their generous support of this project which benefits so many Canadian artists, and the SOCAN Foundation for enabling the participation of our workshop mentors: JUNO-Award nominee composer James Rolfe and two-time Governor General award winning playwright and librettist Colleen Murphy.
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LocationErnest Balmer Studio (View)
9 Trinity Road - #316
Toronto, ON M5A 3C4
Canada
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| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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