Louis Riel Podcast

This episode feature's a conversation with Metis poet, Gregory Scofield, about his book of poems, Louis: The Heretic Poems, and about the ways the historical figure of Riel has continued to be used in national narratives.

This week we sat down with three female leads of the Canadian Opera Company production of Louis Riel. Joanna Burt, Allyson McHardy, and Simone Osborne were kind enough to share their thoughts on the opera and the rehearsals so far!

This week's episode features some of the cast from the upcoming Canadian Opera Company production of Louis Riel. We hope you enjoy listening to our lively conversation with Russell Braun, Michael Colvin, and James Westman.

This weeks episode features three Canadian musicologists - Colette Simonot of Brandon University, Colleen Renihan of Queen's University and Sherry Lee of the University of Toronto- who offer their insights to Louis Riel the opera, past and present. Correction: Prof. Simonot has since informed me that she misremembered when discussing the McGill production of Louis Riel and wishes to clarify that Mavor Moore was not in attendance then.