Beatrice Chancy

Beatrice Chancy

"Beatrice Chancy" is a 1999 Canadian opera. The libretto was written by George Elliott Clarke, and the music by James Rolfe.

Based on Percy Bysshe Shelley's play "The Cenci", which was itself based on the true story of Beatrice Cenci, the opera transplants the story from 16th century Italy to the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia in the 19th century.

In this adaptation, Beatrice is the multiracial daughter of Francis Chancy, a brutish white slave owner, and Mafa, a Guinean slave woman who was raped by Francis. After Francis forces Beatrice into an incestuous encounter in a monastery, Beatrice and Mafa conspire to murder him.

In the opera's première, the role of Beatrice was originated by Measha Brueggergosman.


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