Opening Night with Alexander Shelley
Echoes of Childhood
https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/11241
Alexander Shelley opens his tenure with two different takes on life and childhood: Mahler’s symphonic setting of a child’s view of heaven contrasting Nobel Prize-winner Alice Munro’s portrait of her own childhood as depicted in her short story Dear Life. Commissioned as a meditation on childhood and memory, Dear Life features soprano Erin Wall and the voice of legendary Canadian actor Martha Henry.
Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
- English
- ≈ 2 hours and 15 minutes · With intermission
Alexander Shelley opens his tenure with two different takes on life and childhood: Mahler’s symphonic setting of a child’s view of heaven contrasting Nobel Prize-winner Alice Munro’s portrait of her own childhood as depicted in her short story Dear Life. Commissioned as a meditation on childhood and memory, Dear Life features soprano Erin Wall and the voice of legendary Canadian actor Martha Henry.
- conductor Alexander Shelley
- soprano Erin Wall
- director (Dear Life) Donna Feore
- narrator (recorded voice) (Dear Life) Martha Henry
- photography (Dear Life) Larry Towell, Magnum Photos
- writer (Dear Life) Merilyn Simonds
- visual design (Dear Life) TURBINE
- Featuring NAC Orchestra
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