By Media Release: “The 2020-2021 winners for the second edition of the $50,000 Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes announced today in Montreal will create three new original Canadian operas to be premiered 2021, in a staged co-production with Toronto’s award-winning independent opera company Opera 5, Montreal’s Opera McGill, Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ), and Kingston’s Queen’s University Dan School of Music. Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes is awarded to teams of emerging Canadian women-identifying opera composers and librettists who demonstrate extraordinary promise in opera creation.
Winners 2020-2021 Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes
Anna Pidgorna, composer (New Westminster BC) and Maria Reva, librettist (New Westminster BC)
Parisa Sabet, composer (Toronto) and Nika Khanjani, librettist (Montreal)
Sonia Paço-Rocchia, composer (Laurentides QC) and Marie-Ève Bouchard, librettist (Saint-Jérôme QC)”
Source: Canadian Music Centre (CMC)
