If you attended the Sweet Land movie presentation at Vancity Theatre last night, you would've heard UBC professor Jean Barman draw parallels between the movie and our upcoming world premiere opera, Lillian Alling.
If you were unable to make it, here is the compelling speech that preceded the featured movie last night, compliments of Ms. Barman.
"It’s a special pleasure to be invited to introduce Sweet Land and also the upcoming Vancouver Opera production of Lillian Alling. Both are satisfying in themselves, but they are also, from my perspective, even more so when experienced together.
Sweet Land and Lillian Alling give us two opportunities to explore a critical component of ourselves as human beings. We are each born with a longing for an identity of our own.
To read more at the Lillian Alling blog, click here.
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