
Inferno: A Hip Hop Opera draws on hip-hop, beat boxing, R&B, and opera in modern take on Dante’s trip to Hell
Omari Newton and Amy Lee Lavoie will unveil their work in development at IndieFest 2025 on November 28 and 29.

Omari Newton and Amy Lee Lavoie will unveil their work in development at IndieFest 2025 on November 28 and 29.

Hayley Sullivan McInerney and Thule van den Dam explore memory, emotion, change, and motherhood through lullabies and nursery rhymes.

Composing an opera ranks as one of the most challenging artistic pursuits, but that hasn’t dissuaded a Vancouver-born Booker Prize finalist.



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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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