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'''''Beatrice Chancy''''' is a Canadian [[chamber opera]] in four acts composed by [[James Rolfe (composer)|James Rolfe]]. The [[libretto]] by [[George Elliott Clarke]] is based on his verse play of the same name. The opera was premiered in [[Toronto]] on 18 June 1998 by the Queen of Puddings Music Theatre Company with [[Measha Brueggergosman]] in the title role.<ref>Goddard, Peter (18 June 1998). [https://archive.today/20130131153652/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/444333851.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+18,+1998&author=Classics+Peter+Goddard&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=A+shot+of+screech+and+an+opera&pqatl=google "A shot of screech and an opera"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]''. Retrieved 20 July 2012 (subscription required for complete article).</ref><br />
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Based on [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]]'s play ''[[The Cenci]]'', which was itself based on the true story of [[Beatrice Cenci]], the opera transplants the story from 16th century [[Italy]] to the [[Annapolis Valley]] of [[Nova Scotia]] in the 19th century. In this adaptation, Beatrice is the [[multiracial]] daughter of Francis Chancy, a brutish [[Caucasian race|white]] [[slavery|slave owner]], and Mafa, a [[Guinea]]n slave woman who was [[rape]]d by Francis. After Francis forces Beatrice into an [[incest]]uous encounter in a [[monastery]], Beatrice and Mafa conspire to [[murder]] him.<ref>Owen, Percy (2011). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q4FtMkmTtrAC&dq=beatrice+chancy+opera+play+libretto&pg=PA319 "Tri-Freedom: The Libretti of George Elliott Clarke"] in Annalisa Oboe and Shaul Bassi (eds.) ''Experiences of Freedom in Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures'', p. 319. Taylor & Francis. {{ISBN|1136811737}}</ref><br />
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The opera was reprised in Toronto and Halifax in 1999, and in Edmonton in 2001, again with Brueggergosman in the title role, and filmed for television by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Company]].<ref>Chapman, Geoff (22 June 1999). [https://archive.today/20130131165854/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/427756681.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+22,+1999&author=Geoff+Chapman&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Review+Strong+voices+power+Canadian+opera&pqatl=google "Strong voices power Canadian opera"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]''. Retrieved 20 July 2012 (subscription required for complete article).</ref><br />
4 <ref> Pivato, Joseph (2012)''Africadian Atlantic: Essays on George Elliott Clarke'' (includes three articles on ''Beatrice Chancy'').</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://archive.today/20130201013416/http://www.queenofpuddingsmusictheatre.com/index.php/productions/beatrice_chancy ''Beatrice Chancy''] on the official website of Queen of Puddings Music Theatre Company<br />
*Zapf, Donna Doris Anne (2004). [http://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8080/bitstream/handle/1828/661/zapf_2004.pdf?sequence=1 Singing History, Performing Race: An Analysis of Three Canadian Operas: ''Beatrice Chancy'', ''Elsewhereless'', and ''Louis Riel'']. (unpublished PhD. thesis, University of Victoria)<br />
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