I've written five operas, three of which have been produced.
In October 2013, Vancouver New Music produced a concert of excerpts from operas they had been involved with producing. This is the excerpt from 120 Songs for the Marquis de Sade for which I wrote the music, and Peter Hinton the libretto. The excerpts are introduced by James Fagan Tait. Music Director is Marguerite Witvoet.
120 SONGS FOR THE MARQUIS DE SADE
120 Songs for the Marquis de Sade premiered in Vancouver in March 2002. I wrote the music, and Peter Hinton wrote the libretto. It was produced by Modern Baroque Opera. Musical direction was by Marc Destrube, with stage direction by Peter Hinton and Kate Hutchinson.
Excerpts from the CBC radio recording of 120 Songs for the Marquis de Sade
1 Compendium
2 Switching parts
3 Marseilles
4 Orgy
5 Poison
6 Forget and deliver me
7 Some wounds
8 Montreuil's appeal
9 Dancing craze
Michael Douglas Jones as the Marquis de Sade
Sade confronts Pelagie, Madame de Sade, played by Phoebe MacRae
Pelagie
Karin Konoval as Madame de Montreuil, Sade's mother-in-law
Christine Duncan as Sade's mother
Lee Aaron as Madame Fleurieu and Laurence Cotton as Coulmier
Daniel Gundlach as Breteuil
A tender moment between Pelagie, and the now immensely fat Sade.
THE DIANA CANTATA
In 2002, Peter Hinton and I wrote The Diana Cantata , a meditation on the life and death of Princess Diana. It was produced by Modern Baroque Opera in 2003, with Vilma Indra Vitols in the title role.
This is the Globe and Mail preview of The Diana Cantata with Vilma Indra Vitols as Diana.
Song #10- Diana captured between two deaths sung by Vilma Indra Vitols with an ensemble led by Marc Destrube from the premiere performances February 2003.
Vilma Indra Vitols as Diana.
Song #10- Diana captured between two deaths "studio version" sung by Marguerite Witvoet.
THE GANG
The Gang, written with librettist Tom Cone was originally produced in Vancouver by Vancouver New Music and the Vancouver East Cultural Centre in 1997. It was remounted in Toronto by Autumn Leaf Productions in 1999.
Eye Magazine reviewed the Toronto run of The Gang.
It's a remarkable view - sung by Tom Arntzen
How tight the tongue fits in the groove - ensemble
Two hundred soldiers - sung by Jennifer Scott
Storm - ensemble
The future's overrun the present - sung by Tyley Ross
Your blood - sung by Christine Duncan
Finale scene 4 - ensemble
Candle light - ensemble
Them - sung by Tyley Ross
Say goodbye - ensemble
The air is empty - ensemble