MUSIQUE 3 FEMMES with Sixtrum

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Co-presented by Festival International du Casteliers & 

Le Vivier's La semaine du neuf

 

Created by Abenaki storyteller and librettist Nicole O’Bomsawin and composer Alejandra Odgers, Nanatasis takes us on a journey through three traditional Abenaki legends, thanks to the wise tales of Grand-Mère Marmotte and the exciting adventures of Kl8sk8ba, a boy who has become a man and a hero. These legends tell the story of the creation of the world, starting with the first sound of a rattle, a giant and terrifying moz that Kl8sk8ba shrinks to its present-day size, and of an endless winter that finally yields to spring. In this work commissioned by Musique 3 Femmes and directed by Métis director and set designer Troy Hourie, eleven musicians and four puppeteers whisk you away to a magical, colourful world.

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CREDITS

Composer: Alejandra Odgers
Librettist: Nicole O’Bomsawin
Stage direction and scenography: Troy Hourie
Puppeteers: Karine St-Arnaud, Lysanne O’Bomsawin, Andrew Gaboury
Technical director: Guillaume Barrette
Puppet consultants: Jesse Wabegijig, Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora, Portugal
Movement specialist: Andrew Gaboury
Workshop video designer: Ben Rosenberg
Video: potatoCakes_digital (Emily Soussana & Andrew Scriver)

Lighting: Mathieu Marcil
Conductor: Christopher Gaudreault
Soprano: Odéi Bilodeau
Mezzo-sopranos: Élise Boucher-DeGonzague, Kristin Hoff
Tenor: Mishael Eusebio
Bass: William Kraushaar
Flutes: Josée Poirier
Percussion: SIXTRUM - Joâo Catalâo, Fabrice Marandola, Philip Hornsey, Kristie Ibrahim
Production manager: Kristin Hoff

Cultural Consultant : Sylvain Rivard

 

Musique 3 Femmes gratefully acknowledges the generous sharing of knowledge and experience by the Indigenous people who brought this creation to life: Nicole O’Bomsawin, Élise Boucher-DeGonzague, Troy Hourie, Jesse Wabegijig, et Lysanne O'Bomsawin. 

A special thank you to Sylvain Rivard for sharing expertise and his love of Abenaki culture.

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The creation of Nanatasis was made possible thanks to the support of Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the Azrieli Foundation, the Sixtrum Percussion Ensemble, Groupe Le Vivier, Casteliers, Salle Bourgie, CIRMMT, Opera McGill, and the Université de Montréal.

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Musique 3 Femmes also wishes to thank Troy Hourie and the University of Guelph for contributing to the opera’s visual design by offering a theatre course in experiential learning.