For Openers – Variations on a Festive Theme

By unsettledscores / On / In Music, News, Opera

The Wholenote, article by Colin Eatock:

https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/newsroom/editorialoped/4710-for-openers-variations-on-a-festive-theme

“But one smaller show that has especially caught our eye – and is featured on the front cover of the magazine this month – is Giiwedin (“North Wind”) by composer/librettist Spy Dénommé-Welch and composer Catherine Magowan…It looks like a unique operatic experience.”

Giiwedin- Operatic Winds of Change

By unsettledscores / On / In Music, News, Opera

The Wholenote, article by Christopher Hoile:

https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/newsroom/beatcolumns-sp-2121861476/choral-opera2/4717-giiwedin-operatic-winds-of-change

“A world premiere from an exciting young company. Indie(n) Rights Reserve presents Giiwedin (“The North Wind”), in co-production with the Native Earth Performing Arts Centre. The opera, written in the Anishnaabemowin, French and English languages, tells the story of Noodin-Kwe and her struggle to protect her ancestral land in Northeastern Ontario.”