MISSING

14 FEBRUARY 2027 | 7:30 p.m.

Salle Pierre-Mercure - Centre Pierre-Péladeau

300 De Maisonneuve Blvd. E., Montréal

80 mins

A powerful opera that amplifies the voices of thousands of missing Indigenous women. A major Québec premiere for this deeply moving work, where music, memory, and poignant stories come together.


Premiered in 2017, Missing, with a libretto by Métis and Dene playwright Marie Clements and music by Brian Current, powerfully addresses the tragedy of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada.


Missing brings together the Western operatic tradition with Indigenous languages and storytelling. Performed in English and Gitxsan, and created in close collaboration with the communities concerned, the opera is much more than a performance: it is an act of remembrance, resistance, and reconciliation.


Set between Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and the infamous Highway of Tears in northern British Columbia, the story intertwines the fate of Ava, a young woman deeply affected by her encounter with a missing Gitxsan woman, with that of a family facing absence and grief.

WITH

Caitlin Wood, soprano: Ava

Melody Courage, soprano: The Native Girl

Michelle Lafferty, mezzo-soprano: The Native Mother

Andrea Ludwig, mezzo-soprano: Jess

Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano: Dr. Wilson

Asitha Tennekoon, tenor: Devon

Evan Korbut, baritone: Angus


The Continuum Ensemble (TCE)

Leslie Newman, flute; Anthony Thompson, clarinet; Carol Fujino, violin; Paul Widner, cello; Gregory Oh, piano, electric piano; Ryan Scott, percussion; Michael Murphy, percussion

Timothy Long, conductor


Designers

Andy Moro, technical director

PARTNERS

Nature's Symphony

Breathtaking colors of our planet

A Festival MNM and Festival Classica coproduction.

Special thanks from ATOM (Artists of The Opera Missing):

The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, Latitude45 Arts Promotion, Toronto Summer Music, Opera Vancouver, Pacific Opera Victoria, Vincent Gogak (Indigenous language consultant), Charles Barber, Andy Moro, Barbara Scales, Jonathon Crow, and Carey Newman.

Special thanks to the families and Indigenous communities who continue to stand up and fight to find their loved ones and bring them home.