Come Closer
(2025)

Ryan Trew/Rachel Krehm
Big Sister
Opera 5

Krehm’s libretto is refreshingly direct, avoiding heavy-handed metaphor and both allowing an uncomplicated delivery and creating ample space for integrating her sister Elizabeth’s poetry quite sensitively.

Jane Forner - Opera Canada
Rachel displayed an earnestness and confusion while seeking to understand what has gone amiss with her once happy younger sister. Her performance gave the drama that followed its solid core.

Boor About Town - Justin Irwin
The major event of the festival was the new two-act opera Come Closer, and I am delighted to declare from the start that it absolutely deserves a shelf life.

Ludwig van Toronto - Paula Citron

Show Credits

Production/Design/Music Staff

Amanda Smith - Director; Evan Mitchell - Music Director; Shannon Lea Doyle - Production Designer; Noah Feaver - Lighting Designer; Trevor Chartrand - Music Staff; Patrick Lynn - Production Manager; Tamara Vuckovic - Stage Manager; Emma Yee, Jayden Burrows, Brenna McFarland - Assistant Stage Managers; Chris Faris - Head of Wardrobe; Carlyn Rahusaar Routledge - Head of Props; Graham Cozzubbo - Production Dramaturg

Cast

Big Sister - Rachel Krehm; Little Sister - Jacqueline Woodley

Orchestra

Violin - Allene Chomyn; Cello - Rebecca Morton; Piano- Trevor Chartrand

Come Closer (2025)

Krehm’s libretto is refreshingly direct, avoiding heavy-handed metaphor and both allowing an uncomplicated delivery and creating ample space for integrating her sister Elizabeth’s poetry quite sensitively.

Rachel displayed an earnestness and confusion while seeking to understand what has gone amiss with her once happy younger sister. Her performance gave the drama that followed its solid core.

The major event of the festival was the new two-act opera Come Closer, and I am delighted to declare from the start that it absolutely deserves a shelf life.

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Come Closer
(2025)