Missing (concert performance)
Marie Clements, librettist
Brian Current, composer
Tim Long, conductor
Andy Moro, technical director
Continuum Ensemble:
Leslie Newman, flute
Anthony Thompson, clarinet
Carol Fujino, violin
Paul Widner, cello
Gregory Oh, piano & electric piano
Ryan Scott, percussion
Michael Murphy, percussion
CAST (in order of vocal appearance):
Ava: Caitlin Wood
Native Girl: Melody Courage
Jess: Andrea Ludwig
Devon: Asitha Tennekoon
Dr. Wilson: Marion Newman
Angus: Evan Korbut
Native Mother: Michelle Lafferty
Missing is a powerful opera in English and Gitxsan that tells the story of Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, set against the backdrop of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and the Highway of Tears, blending loss and hope in a poignant expression of resilience.