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The Wild Rose Opera Project connects four composers inspired by Alberta s landscape and mental health

Author of the article: Mark Morris Publishing date: Mar 04, 2021 • March 4, 2021 • 4 minute read • Alberta-born Brooklyn-based librettist Royce Vavrek is contributing an operatic short to the Edmonton Opera s new Wild Rose project. Photo by Ricardo Beas /Supplied Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content On March 13 the Jubilee Auditorium should have been resounding with Anne Boleyn going mad as she’s about to be executed on orders from her husband, King Henry VIII, in Donizetti’s searing opera Anna Bolena. Instead, the stage will be empty and the hall dark. Up in the industrial stretches of 128 Street, where Edmonton Opera builds its sets, the power tools are silent, the rehearsal halls deserted.

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The Wild Rose Opera Project connects four composers inspired by Alberta s landscape and mental health

The Wild Rose Opera Project connects four composers inspired by Alberta s landscape and mental health
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Mezzo-soprano creating new work for Calgary Opera celebrating Indigenous resilience

Author of the article: Eric Volmers Publishing date: Feb 12, 2021 • February 13, 2021 • 5 minute read • Mezzo Soprano Marion Newman. Photo by Liz Beddall. jpg Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content For the past three weeks, Marion Newman and a group of predominantly Indigenous artists have been hard at work in Calgary creating a new opera. While a well-known mezzo-soprano, this is Newman’s first time leading a project as a dramaturge. She enlisted playwright Yvette Nolan as librettist. Ian Cusson and Parmela Attariwala are the composers. Soprano Melody Courage, mezzo-soprano Michelle Lafferty and tenor Asitha Tennekoon were brought in to workshop the piece at Calgary Opera.

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