Name: I Call Myself Princess
Start: 2018-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Cahoots Theater

Organization

Admin

Native Earth Performing Arts

Paper Canoe Projects

Cahoots Theater

Stage director

Marjorie Chan

Conductor

Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate

Set designer

Christine Urquhart

Lighting designer

Kaitlin Hickey

Costume designer

Snežana Pešić Rajić

Sound designer

Marc Meriläinen

Stage Manager

Laura Baxter

Assistant Stage Manager

Lisa Nasson

Singer

Courtney Lancaster

Voice

Howard Davis

Richard Greenblatt

Marion Newman

Aaron Wells

I Call Myself Princess

Toronto

Canada

Public

Private

Santiago Martin Bermejo

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Tenor

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Soprano

Bass

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

When William, a modern-day Métis music student, is handed a 1918 opera about Creek/Cherokee Mezzo Soprano Tsianina Redfeather, he learns more than just an aria as he begins to unravel the complex circumstances faced by Indigenous performers past and present. Seen and Unseen worlds collide as Tsianina appears to William, the two learning from each other as he makes a decision about his future as an artist. Combining humour, biography, and contemporary opera, this interdisciplinary work explores the tension between representation, inspiration and cultural appropriation.

I Call myself Princess is inspired by, and features music from, Shanewis: The Robin Woman, the real opera about Tsianina Redfeather composed by her creative partner Charles Wakefield Cadman, an American composer in the early 1900’s who was part of a musical movement using Indigenous music to create a distinct North American musical identity.

English

I Call Myself Princess by Tate, J. I., From (2018/2018), Directed by Marjorie Chan,, Conductor Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, Cahoots Theater, Toronto, Canada

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Co-Producer

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues