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Missing: In Concert

Thu Jul 24 - 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT

20-102

Koerner Hall, Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, Canada

Festival passes on sale now! Individual tickets go on sale March 14.
To purchase your pass, please call the Royal Conservatory of Music Weston Family Box Office at 416-408-0208.

Missing (concert performance)
Marie Clements, librettist
Brian Current, composer
Tim Long, conductor
Andy Moro, technical director

CONTINUUM Ensemble:
Leslie Newman, flute
Anthony Thompson, clarinet
Carol Fujino, violin
Paul Widner, cello
Gregory Oh, piano/electric piano
Ryan Scott, percussion
Michael Murphy, percussion 

CAST (in order of vocal appearance):
Ava: Caitlin Wood
Native Girl: Melody Courage
Jess: Andrea Ludwig
Devon: Asitha Tennekoon
Dr. Wilson: Marion Newman
Angus: Evan Korbut
Native Mother: Michelle Lafferty 

Missing – a Chamber Opera by Métis playwright Marie Clements and JUNO Award-winning composer Brian Current–is a concurrent expression of loss and hope, vocalizing the stories of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Told in both English and Gitxsan (a First Nations language that is widely spoken in that area) the story follows two women, one Indigenous and one non-Indigenous, whose lives become intertwined through tragedy. Set between downtown Vancouver’s east side and BC’s Highway 16 — infamously known as the Highway of Tears — for the staggering number of women and girls that have vanished or been found murdered. Missing communicates the responsibility we must ensure all young women have a chance to live and dream.