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23DegreeTheatre Presents: Expectations

After our sold out exploration of identity through contemporary opera, 23DegreeTheatre is more than happy to return by challenging your EXPECTATIONS. Welcome to a night of contemporary opera where we promote critical thought and self-awareness. We hope to help you question your expectations when you arrive to see opera, how the stories unfold in your mind, what you think is right (theatrically, morally, socially..), how you think about social issues, and, especially, question how you think the operas should end!

ENTANGLEMENT-
Composer: Charlotte Bray
Librettist: Amy Rosenthal

The gripping story of Ruth Ellis and her entangled life with racing-car driver David Blakely and lonely businessman Desmond Cussen is one that needs to be told. Love, romance, anguish, and abusethe tragic story itself has all the drama needed to create a gripping and powerful opera. Timeless and universal in many regards, especially with the debate over capital punishment continuing today.

YELLOW WALLPAPER
Composer: Grace-Evangeline Mason
Librettist: Grace-Evangeline Mason

'Taking place entirely in one room, The Yellow Wallpaper is a chamber opera in one act based on the story of the same name by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935). The story is centred on a nameless young womans descent into psychosis as her mental health issues, namely post-natal depression, are left misunderstood.

A Prayer Lord? Please Dont Let Me Die in a Funny Way
Composer : Wang Jie
Librettist: Paul Simms

Paul Simms comedic short story about all the ways you could die that you dont want your friends hearing about.

Pursuit
Composer: Iman Habibi
Librettist : Jessica Murphy Moo

Pursuit depicts a relationship between a barista and one of her regulars.

Opposites Attract
Composer: Iman Habibi
Librettist: Phoebe Tsang

Eight scenes depicting dysfunctional and hilarious everyday relationships.

PERFORMERS:

Sopranos: Gina Hanzlik, Brittany Rae
Tenor: Alexander Cappellazzo
Baritone: Bryan De Parsia

Flute: Michael Zappavinga
Clarinet: Christine Elizabeth Hoerning
Violin: Tomo Wakiyama Newton
Viola: Sydney Link
Cello: Zou Zou Robidoux
Double Bass: Stéphane Krims

Stage Director: Sarah Dufresne
Musical and Co-Artistic Director: Daniel Arthur
Co-Artistic Director: Lindsay Connolly