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The Whisper Opera

Presented by Soundstreams

The Canadian premiere of the most intimate chamber work you’ll ever encounter.

Using a libretto compiled from search-engine responses to such prompts as “When I think of you, I think of…,” Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang explores the tension between our private and online selves in a work that demands the most intimate live performance possible. Reprising their successes at Lincoln Center and Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, soprano Tony Arnold and New York’s International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)—hailed by The New York Times as “one of the most adventurous and accomplished groups in new music”—make their Canadian debuts in an opera so quiet, so delicate, that it can be experienced by just 52 people at a time.

February 26, 2015
to March 1, 2015

Venue

The Theatre Centre

Performance Dates

Thursday, Feb 26 – 8:00pm
Friday, Feb 27 – 7:00pm
Friday, Feb 27 – 10:00pm
Saturday, Feb 28 – 2:00pm
Saturday, Feb 28 – 7:00pm
Sunday, Mar 1 – 2:00pm

 

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