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FULL Bound (Handel, Lau) Toronto 2022 Against the Grain Theatre
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Bound
- Composer: Handel, Kevin Lau
- Libretto: Joel Ivany
- Venue & Opera Company: Crow's Theatre, Toronto, Canada, Against the Grain Theatre
- Recorded: March 2022
- Type: Movie
- Singers: Andrew Haji, Zulfikar Hirji, Miriam Khalil, Cindy Rivers, Breanna Sinclairé, Nadiya Vasdani, Justin Welsh, Rania Younes
- Conductor: Nathan Brock
- Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Stage Director: Reneltta Arluk, Joel Ivany
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Against the Grain Theatre
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- This Recording is NOT AVAILABLE from a proper commercial or public source
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
BOUND— A Handel Opera Hybrid Four life stories that challenge Canada’s myth of belonging are tied together by themes in Handel’s enduring music, a stellar cast of voices and in association with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Crow’s Theatre.
BOUND is about the transformational experiences of our four storytellers: Toronto-born Dr. Nadiya Vasdani attended medical school in the Caribbean and did her residency in Flint, Michigan, during the water crisis. Newfoundland and Labrador-born Cindy Rivers found work across the country in the oil patch, but struggled with issues related to her gender identity. Dr. Zulfikar Hirji immigrated to Canada from Uganda in the 1970s as a political refugee only to face the barriers of racism in his new homeland. RaniaYounes, meanwhile, had a thriving career in advertising in Dubai before relocating to Canada, where she tried to break into the industry, with little success. These non-fiction narratives undergo their own transformation in the film—shape-shifting from interview segments exploring their lived experiences into melody and song.