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This is the official website of The Flight of the Hummingbird opera. For all the details regarding the specific production of the opera by the Vancouver Opera and the Pacific Opera Victoria, please visit this website: www.hummingbird.vancouveropera.ca

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Complete video recording of the opera The Flight of the Hummingbird produced by the Vancouver Opera and the Pacific Opera Victoria

An opera for the whole family

The Flight of the Hummingbird is a 41 minute chamber opera for four voices, piano and cello. The opera is a call to action positioned in the context of climate change. The music is composed by Maxime Goulet. The libretto and design are by internationally renowned Haida artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and by Barry Gilson. The opera is based on the book Flight of the Hummingbird – A Parable for the Environment, written and illustrated by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas.