Eleven years ago FAWN Chamber Creative produced a fully staged version of Adam Scime and Ian Kotter’s chamber opera L’homme et le ciel. My review of that show is here and photos are ,here. It’ s now been recorded with a different cast and released as a CD and digitally on Redshift Records. I’ve had a chance to listen to the recording and study the libretto as well as catch up with Adam and Ian, as well as Amanda Smith who was the director of the stage production, at the release party last night. There we got to hear some excerpts with creator commentary which is always an enlightening thing. My comprehensive review is slated for a a future issue of Opera Canada so the best I can do for now is point you to the album page on the Redshift web site which has lots of useful information. The TL:DR version is that it’s a fascinating libretto given a complex and apt setting and everything about the performance and recording is excellent.

Catalogue information: Redshift Records TK590