Missing Clements & Current
Anchorage Opera

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ABOUT THE OPERA

The story we need to tell; the women we must remember
Marie Clements (Librettist)
Brian Current (Composer)

Missing, by Métis playwright Marie Clements and Juno-winning composer Brian Current, gives voice, in English and Gitxsan, to the stories of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. A poetic expression of loss, hope and the spirit finding home. Although the action of Missing takes place in the stark reality of a current epidemic, “it also takes place in the realm of dreams, the land of myth and the caverns of the unconscious. At its core is something very real: how our culture stereotypes Indigenous women and puts them in constant danger of rape or worse” – The Straight, A. Varty. The USA premiere presentation of Missing by Anchorage Opera, Indigenous led and cast, speaks to the tragic situation in Alaska where high violence rates against Alaska Native women has created a culture in which they feel invisible and disposable.

Anchorage Opera is proud to present the USA premiere production of Missing in March 2023. Originally co-commissioned and co-produced by Pacific Opera Victoria and City Opera Vancouver, the opera, developed over two and a half years, had its world première in Vancouver and Victoria in November 2017.

CAST
Melody Courage (of Dene, Cree & Chipewyan descent) – Native Girl
Marion Newman (Kwagiulth & Stó:lo First Nations) – Dr. Wilson
Luke Honeck – Devon
Camille Sherman – Jess
Kate Bass – Ava
Michelle Lafferty (First Nations – the Northwest Territories) – Native Mother
Evan Korbut (Anishinaabe) – Angus Wilde / Native Student

PRODUCTION TEAM
Timothy Long (of Muscogee, Thlopthlocco, and Choctaw descent) – Conductor
Scott Holdredge – Set & Projections Designer
Vincent Gogag (Gawa Gani) – Gitxsan Diction Coach
Jenny Choo Kirby – Rehearsal Accompanist/Pianist
Helen Muller – Stage Manager
Taylor Feightner – Assistant Stage Manager
Rhiana Yazzie (Navajo Nation citizen) – Stage Director
Cedar Cussins – Lighting Designer
Brighton Coggins – Costume Designer