This June our new opera Llandovery Castle was mounted in a workshop production, commemorating the nurses, doctors, medics, staff and crew of the Canadian hospital ship torpedoed in the Celtic Sea on June 27, 1918.
Alisa Siegel created a documentary about this WWI tragedy for Michael Enright’s CBC radio show, The Sunday Edition. Our two workshop performances at Calvin Presbyterian Church in Toronto had full houses. And thanks to that strong audience, generous donors, and a Canada Council grant, we also had financial success.
Now we want to share the highlights with you. Thanks to videographer Darren Bryant and Limberlost Films you can watch a summary of our 80 minute opera in just 8 minutes.
Click here to watch the 8 minute highlight video: Llandovery Castle Highlights
To keep in touch and learn more you can visit the opera website at Llandoverycastle.ca
We are hoping there’s an opera company out there who will take this forward to a full production : )