30 min
S2 E4: The Sisters' Tale The Apocrypha Chronicles
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- Science Fiction
The year is 2187. Uqhuuyaq and Pijujuq are a well known sister duo from the Igluvut Sphere in the far North who have journeyed to x̌ʷay̓x̌ʷəy̓ to perform in The Show. But they carry with them a great secret, and a quest to help save their homelands. They encounter a strange acolyte outside the x̌ʷay̓x̌ʷəy̓ Quarantine zone who might risk both their mission, and their sisterhood.
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Creative Team:
Tiffany Ayalik as Pijujuq
Inuksuk Mackay as Uqhuuyaq
Derek Chan as Huilo
Stephanie Wong as the Myconet Computer Voice.
Original music by Benton Roark & Jessica McMann.
Directed by Stephanie Wong.
Written by Jessica Schacht & Paolo Pietropaolo with contributions from Melanie Yeats, Benton Roark, Stephanie Wong & Debi Wong.
Dramaturgy and Casting Direction by Melanie Yeats.
Sound Design by Rebecca Nolan.
Audio Producers, Rebecca Nolan and Olivia Quan.
Creative Producer, Stephanie Wong.
Executive Producer, Debi Wong.
Original concept by Debi Wong & Benton Roark.
Artistic Directors, Debi Wong & Benton Roark.
This project was produced by re:Naissance Opera.
https://reopera.ca/the-apocrypha-chronicles/
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Music from the Apocrypha Chronicles was performed and recorded by Jessica McMann and Benton Roark, with additional performances by Jae-won Bang on violin, Daniel Morphy on percussion, Ellen Marple on trombone, Carole Bestvater on violin, Kate Read on viola, Vernon Regehr on cello, and Bill Brennan on percussion and piano. Additional recording engineering by Michelle LaCour.Excerpts of original works by the following artists:
Renae Morriseau
Modern Biology
Desiree Dawson
PIQSIQ
Kyle Gryphon
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In E4 you heard an original work by PIQSIQ, "Hypha", commissioned by re:Naissance Opera.
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Special thanks to the following people who contributed their stories about leaving to grow:
Waubgeshig Rice
Renae Morriseau
Modern Biology
Cassandra Blondin Burt
Angie Eckel
Debi Wong
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Very special thanks to Victor Guerin of the Musqueam for sharing his knowledge of the Hun’q’umi’num language and to Cassandra Blondin Burt for sharing their imagination.
This podcast was produced on the stolen lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
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The Apocrypha Chronicles was made possible through generous support from The Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia.
This season is dedicated to the memory of Olivia Quan.
The year is 2187. Uqhuuyaq and Pijujuq are a well known sister duo from the Igluvut Sphere in the far North who have journeyed to x̌ʷay̓x̌ʷəy̓ to perform in The Show. But they carry with them a great secret, and a quest to help save their homelands. They encounter a strange acolyte outside the x̌ʷay̓x̌ʷəy̓ Quarantine zone who might risk both their mission, and their sisterhood.
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Creative Team:
Tiffany Ayalik as Pijujuq
Inuksuk Mackay as Uqhuuyaq
Derek Chan as Huilo
Stephanie Wong as the Myconet Computer Voice.
Original music by Benton Roark & Jessica McMann.
Directed by Stephanie Wong.
Written by Jessica Schacht & Paolo Pietropaolo with contributions from Melanie Yeats, Benton Roark, Stephanie Wong & Debi Wong.
Dramaturgy and Casting Direction by Melanie Yeats.
Sound Design by Rebecca Nolan.
Audio Producers, Rebecca Nolan and Olivia Quan.
Creative Producer, Stephanie Wong.
Executive Producer, Debi Wong.
Original concept by Debi Wong & Benton Roark.
Artistic Directors, Debi Wong & Benton Roark.
This project was produced by re:Naissance Opera.
https://reopera.ca/the-apocrypha-chronicles/
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Music from the Apocrypha Chronicles was performed and recorded by Jessica McMann and Benton Roark, with additional performances by Jae-won Bang on violin, Daniel Morphy on percussion, Ellen Marple on trombone, Carole Bestvater on violin, Kate Read on viola, Vernon Regehr on cello, and Bill Brennan on percussion and piano. Additional recording engineering by Michelle LaCour.Excerpts of original works by the following artists:
Renae Morriseau
Modern Biology
Desiree Dawson
PIQSIQ
Kyle Gryphon
**********
In E4 you heard an original work by PIQSIQ, "Hypha", commissioned by re:Naissance Opera.
**********
Special thanks to the following people who contributed their stories about leaving to grow:
Waubgeshig Rice
Renae Morriseau
Modern Biology
Cassandra Blondin Burt
Angie Eckel
Debi Wong
**********
Very special thanks to Victor Guerin of the Musqueam for sharing his knowledge of the Hun’q’umi’num language and to Cassandra Blondin Burt for sharing their imagination.
This podcast was produced on the stolen lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
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The Apocrypha Chronicles was made possible through generous support from The Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia.
This season is dedicated to the memory of Olivia Quan.
30 min