Singer

In this historical, mystic opera, 21st century Joséphine-Marie, through a grandmother’s story, is transported to 1870s Montana where she encounters an ancestor, the sharpshooter Josette, a runaway travelling with Riel and the last buffalo brigades. Josette falls in love with the young, passionate, Louis Riel, in disguise, on the run from assassins.

The pair confront jealousy, destiny, deprivation, and torment wrought by four shape-shifting Black Geese of Fate, but are comforted by ghost choruses of ancestors, the bison brigades, and the women of their peoples, as they try to salvage a nation and save themselves from total destruction in the burning heart of the continent of the 1870s.

EPSG:4326

Li Keur, Riel’s Heart of the North

Centennial Concert Hall

When Ava, a young white woman, is thrown from her car in a crash and badly injured, she sees another body, a young native girl, lying on the ground. Their eyes meet…their worlds connect. This USA premiere production of Missing, by distinguished First Nations playwright Marie Clements & Juno-award winning composer Brian Current, gives voice, in English and the Native language, Gitxsan, to the stories of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. A poetic expression of loss, hope and the spirit finding home.

Michelle Lafferty

Mezzo-soprano

Events

Past events

18 - 24 Nov, 2023

Li Keur, Riel’s Heart of the North · Manitoba Opera

8 - 12 Mar, 2023

Missing · Anchorage Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Native Mother in Missing by Current

Anchorage Opera

Black Goose 1 in Li Keur, Riel’s Heart of the North by Weisensel

Manitoba Opera

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