Essential Opera - In Her Hands: The Tragedy of Lady Macbeth
Sun, Sep 22 at 7:30pm (Atlantic)
Essential Opera is putting on a new opera workshop!!!
Sunday, September 22 @ 7:30pm
“In Her Hands: The Tragedy of Lady Macbeth”
A new opera by Fiona M. Ryan
Motyer-Fancy Theatre
Sackville, NB
In Her Hands: The Tragedy of Lady Macbeth
Based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Composed by Fiona M. Ryan
Edited and additional text by F. M. Ryan
Directed by Emily Jewer
Weird Sister 1 - Thera Barclay, soprano
Weird Sister 2 - Winona Myles, soprano
Weird Sister 3 - Elizabeth Stepkowski Tarhan, mezzo
Lady Macbeth - Erin Bardua, soprano
Duncan - Danielle Buonaiuto, soprano
Hecate - Maureen Batt, soprano
Violin/Nyckelharpa - Kirsty Money
Percussion - Joël Cormier
One-time-only workshop performance of a new opera by Halifax composer Fiona Ryan, presented by Essential Opera. Featuring a team of artists from as nearby as Sackville and as far away as NYC and Vancouver, this performance is the result of a week-long experimental rehearsal process. Our take on Macbeth will change the way you think about opera and Shakespeare! Come get your fill of pre-Hallowe'en/Samhain eeriness, and see what we've been brewing up.