OPERA LABS
Opera Labs draws on Calgary Opera's long history in the field of new opera development.
Its purpose: to provide a fertile and supportive environment for creative experimentation and to nurture innovative and collaborative opera projects at various stages of their development, from concept to curtain.
OPERA FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Opera Labs was borne out of a desire to find adaptive, scalable and sustainable processes to engage artists interested in the creation of new works that will go on to add new stories from diverse voices and perspectives to the international opera canon.
PROJECTS
Although we couldn’t invite the public to witness the incredible work that was happening behind our closed doors, we wanted to take this opportunity to pull back the curtain on the fascinating process of creating new opera.
So we enlisted the help of Pluto Pictures to create four short films that capture the trials, tribulations and triumphs of creating new works of opera in the midst of a global pandemic.
NAMWAYUT
Participants: Marion Newman, Ian Cusson, Parmela Attariwala, Yvette Nolan, Melody Courage, Michelle Lafferty, Asitha Tennekoon, Evan Mounce, Shelby-Jai Flick, Marc Lavallée
Lab Dates: January 25 - February 14, 2021 & April 2022
VASTATION
Participants: Samy Moussa, Johannes Debus, Aria Umezawa, Mark Morash, Lynne McMurtry, Eden Tremayne, Scott Rumble, Jeremy Dubé, Dominic Veilleux, Kallie Clayton, Lillian Brooks, Alanna Fraize, Jeffrey Strand, Jack Olszewski, Mel Kirby, Shelby-Jai Flick, Marc Lavallée
Lab Dates: January 11 - 30, 2021
ARRIVING AT THE FIRE
Participants: Kelly Marie Murphy, Paula Wing, Jean-Claude Picard, Elizabeth Stepkowski Tarhan, Mark Morash, Mel Kirby, Jack Olszewski, Neil Craighead, Lillian Brooks, Kallie Clayton, Jeremy Dubé, Alanna Fraize, Scott Rumble, Jeffrey Strand, Eden Tremayne, Dominic Veilleux, James Bundy, Shelby-Jai Flick, Marc Lavallée
Lab Dates: February 8 - 28, 2021
THE CIPHER CLERK
Participants: John Estacio, Clem Martini, Glynis Leyshon, Mark Morash, Mel Kirby, Tyler Fitzgerald, Eden Tremayne, Scott Rumble, Jeremy Dubé, Dominic Veilleux, Kallie Clayton, Lillian Brooks, Alanna Fraize, Jeffrey Strand, Shelby-Jai Flick, Marc Lavallée
Lab Dates: April 5 - 18, 2021