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Kent Monkman, Study for Watching Catlin Paint the Portrait of Ha-na-tá-nu-maúk, 2025

Kent Monkman, Study for Watching Catlin Paint the Portrait of Ha-na-tá-nu-maúk, 2025

The Miss Chief Cycle 2025-2026

The artist Kent Monkman, known for his symbolic and epic paintings, presents some excerpts of The Miss Chief Cycle, an operatic work currently in development consisting of three scenes based on The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle by Kent Monkman and Gisèle Gordon. This unique work, performed by some of Canada’s most talented singers accompanied by OSM musicians, brings the narrative of Kent Monkman’s paintings to the stage, highlighting the divide between the worldview of the Cree and of European colonists. Don’t miss out on this fabulous show being premiered at Bourgie Hall!

In connection with the exhibition Kent Monkman: History Is Painted by the Victors

A co-production between Kent Monkman Studio and Bourgie Hall, presented in collaboration with the MMFA and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.

Artists

Kent Monkman, concept and artistic direction

Dustin Peters, composer

Gisèle Gordon, libretto, adapted from The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island by Kent Monkman and Gisèle Gordon

Kevin Loring, dramaturge

Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano

Caitlin Wood, soprano

Laurent Bergeron, singer

Musicians of the OSM

Florence Laurain, flute

Victor Fournelle-Blain, viola

Charles Benaroya, trombone

Byron Wong, production’s technical director

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