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Premiered: May 16, 2019
SHANAWDITHIT
Commissioned by Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon in 2019 with Algonquin librettist Yvette Nolan, this ground-breaking opera tells on the story of Shanawdithit (1801-1829), thought at the time of her death to be the last member of the Beothuk Nation in Newfoundland, Canada. Shanawdithit was awarded the 2020 DORA Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Opera.
PremiereD: July 3, 2015
The Bells of Baddeck
It always amazes me to look at the development of a project from inspiration to the stage, and if there is one word that is intimately linked with the name Alexander Graham Bell it is inspiration. It certainly was the inspiration of Lorna MacDonald, which lifted The Bells of Baddeck off the ground, but it was my own first visit to Baddeck and the Bell Museum, which provided all the inspiration that I needed to create the “sound” of the show.
Premiered: November 4, 2022
Il Giudizio dI Pigmalione
The opera Il Giudizio di Pigmalione (The Judgment of Pygmalion) and was inspired by the myth of the sculpture Pygmalion as told in Ovid’s Metamorphosis:
“He made, with marvellous art, an ivory statue, As white as snow, and gave it greater beauty Than any girl could have, and fell in love with his own workmanship.”
The opera is scored for seven soloists, women’s chorus, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, piano and strings.
