MCO 7 / SONGS OF RIVER & FIRE

Why we picked it

7 / SONGS OF RIVER & FIRE7.30pm, Thursday, April 30Desautels Concert Hall, University of ManitobaMelody Courage and Marion Newman, vocalsAnne Manson, conductorCasey Koyczan, video artist Themes of motherhood, loss, and joy emerge in a program that spans opera, Indigenous voices, and folk tradition, with song and spirit rising together like flame and tide.  Métis soprano Melody Courage gained national attention as The Native Girl “...played with ethereal grace...” in the 2017 world premiere of Marie Clements' and Brian Current’s opera Missing, co-produced by City Opera Vancouver and Pacific Opera Victoria. Missing gives voice, in English and Gitxsan, to the story of Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous women.  Critically acclaimed and award-winning mezzo-soprano Marion Newman is Kwagiulth and Stó:lō First Nations with English, Irish and Scottish heritage. She is one o