{"id":6661,"date":"2025-03-01T11:48:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T16:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?p=6661"},"modified":"2025-03-01T11:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T16:48:16","slug":"edmonton-opera-residency-in-dawson-city-yukon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?p=6661","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Opera Residency in Dawson City, Yukon"},"content":{"rendered":"

In February Edmonton Opera<\/a> continued its collaborative partnership with the Yukan Arts Centre<\/a> to sponsor a week-long residency\/workshop in the Yukon. The February 16th-23rd residency, hosted by the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture<\/a>, supported singers Elizabeth Polese, Rachael McAuley, and Connor Hoppenbrouwers, along with pianist Spencer Kryzanowski and me in a series of rehearsals, community outreach and performances in the beautiful and historic gold rush town of Dawson City.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Performance activities included an “Opera Pub” at the Westminster Hotel and Tavern. AKA The Pit<\/i> to an appreciative audience of opera lovers and soon-to-be opera lovers. The pub performance concluded with my Yukon piano debut, with Elizabeth Polese<\/a> in A Song I Wish I’d Written<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

A concert performance<\/a> at the KIAC Ballroom at D\u00ebn\u00e4k\u00e4r Zhoin included several pieces: a new aria, You and I<\/i> from an in-progress opera project (The Book of Tales<\/i>), the premiere of a new song on Amy Lowell’s poem Carrefour<\/i>, and Your Letter Pleased Me Greatly<\/a><\/i> \u2013all performed by Polese and pianist Spencer Kryzanowsi<\/a>. Mezzo-soprano Rachael McAuley<\/a> performed with Kryzanowski Two Songs<\/a> on texts of Reg Huston.<\/p>\n

Also presented in Dawson City were two of my comic 3-voice catches: Kraft Kanon<\/i> on the ingredients in Kraft Dinner<\/i>\u2122 (for Americans: Mac & Cheese!); and the world premiere of Changing of the Guard<\/i> written especially for the occasion:<\/p>\n

By<\/strong> all accounts it’s true<\/strong>: you can’t buy<\/strong> happiness with dough<\/strong>. But buy<\/strong> me a drink just in<\/strong> case!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n