Local opera company, OperOttawa, honours Canadian women leaders throughout history with a new requiem by Composer-in-Residence, Jack Hui Litster. Performed by a chamber orchestra of 13 musicians and a women’s choir of 17 singers, OperOttawa presents the world premiere of “Gates of Heaven: Requiem for a Life of Peace” on March 10, at 2:30pm at the First Baptist Church, in a fitting tribute to Women’s History Month.
Voices Dance Project is a new interdisciplinary dance troupe keeping talent in Ottawa. Their show Poetry in Discipline is taking place on October 5 at Arts Court.
Handel’s romantic and dramatic opera, Alcina, weaves a complex narrative where lovers’ quarrels unravel on an island. The story is filled with electrifying magic, heartache, and even spell-casting. To depict some of those lofty scenes, Ottawa opera company OperOttawa will simplify some visuals in its upcoming performance of the show this March. An urn is broken to release Alcina from her sorcery, and some surprising character changes are revealed through costuming.
