Frame by Frame to tour!

Details to come…

Frame by Frame: titanic talents synchronize to make magic.” —NOW Toronto.com, 2018

Incredible images and movement at this evening’s performance of Frame by Frame” Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Elizabeth Dowdeswell, @LGLizDowdeswell via Twitter

“It left me gasping in response to the brilliance and depth of thought/talent that went into this flawless production. JUST GO.” – Andy McKim, Artistic Director Theatre Passe Muraille, @andymckin via Twitter

Frame by Frame is a work of genius… a tour-de-force of astonishment… one of the greatest ballets ever made in Canada/fait au Canada. It is a masterpiece.” —Ludwig van Toronto.com, 2018

Hadrian by the Canadian Opera Company

October 2018

World Premiere of new opera by Rufus Wainwright

Directed by Peter Hinton

Libretto by Daniel McIvor

Set Design by Michael Gianfrancesco

Lighting Design by Bonnie Beecher

Costumes by Gillian Gallow

Projection Designs by Laurie-Shawn Borzovoy

A combination of Particle Animation, videographic effects and layered projection mapping, allowed us to place each Act within a living visual landscape as the memories of Antinous dissolve as the sands of time form the moon and stars, which then fall to become the ever-changing river Nile. The  fullsome moon becomes blinkered to hide vengence and deceit at the hands of the gods.

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