re:Naissance has announced that Omari Newton and Amy Lee Lavoie’s “Inferno: A Hip Hop Opera” will take place at its 2025 IndieFest. “Inferno: A Hip Hop Opera” fits perfectly into this year’s theme, “Colliding Art Forms.” The work reimagines of Dante’s “Inferno” and centers on the resilience and ingenuity of communities whose work is often appropriated. In its setting, Hell {…}
re:Naissance has announced a media sneak peek to take place at an upcoming rehearsal for “Eurydice Fragments.” Luke Hathaway and Teiya Kasahara’s new opera is an immersive reimagining of the Greek Orphean myth, blending vocal performances, dance, XR, and motion capture technology to explore identity beyond binaries. It follows O, a trans individual navigating self-expression through virtual avatars in a {…}
re:Naissance’s fifth annual IndieFest opens with the world premiere of “Eurydice Fragments” by Luke Hathaway and Teiya Kasahara. The production is a reimagining of the Greek Orphean myth, blending powerful vocal performances, dance, XR, and motion capture technology to explore identity beyond binaries. It follows O, a trans individual navigating self-expression through virtual avatars in a quest for wholeness. This {…}
re:Naissance Opera has been nominated for the 2022 AUREA Awards. The organization received the recognition for its “Eurydice: Live from the Underworld,” “an operatic XR experience with computer-generated sets and mythological avatars brought to life by the remarkable collaboration of opera, dance, hip hop and video game professionals.” This piece premiered online at the IndieFest 2021. The second part of {…}
This review is for the performance on Thursday, October 18, 2018. At The Dimenna Center for Classical Music, composer David Serkin Ludwig and librettist Katie Ford treated the audience to a night of Medieval and Renaissance-era music, all leading to the world premiere of their newest work, “The Anchoress.” Ludwig describes the work as “a new monodrama set to original {…}
Everyone says opera has no audience or that it simply cannot sustain itself in a culture that quickly rejects classical music for quicker hits. However, in Toronto, the indie opera scene continues to thrive today with 11 companies having formed part of Indie Opera Toronto. After having much success in 2011 with “La Bohème” on Tranzac Club on Brunswick Ave, the {…}