The goal, says company founder and artistic director Tayte Mitchell, is to develop the company "into the best summer opera company in Canada, celebrating world-class western talent and drawing the best Canadian artists to the west."
The company's first production is a new 60-minute long chamber opera by Rene Orth and Mark Campbell calledIt opened Friday night and has another performance Sunday at 2 p.m. at CSpace, with additional performances Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m.