Excerpts from Operas | Chinatown by Alice Ho, Iron Road by Chan Ka Nin performed by Vania Chan
Asian Heritage Opening Ceremony May 11 2024

Chinatown opera —Wenli’s Aria
Music by Alice Ping Yee Ho
Libretto by Madeleine Thien

Iron Road Opera
Music by Professor Chan Ka Nin
Libretto by Mark Brownell

Event co-organizers: Asian Heritage Month—Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc.; Toronto Public Library; Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto; Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto; Chinese Canadian Photography Society of Toronto; WE Artists’ Group; Social Services Network; Cambridge Food and Wine Society

Asian Heritage Month Festival is partially funded by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Asian Canadian Artists in Digital Age is funded by Canada Council for the Arts Digital Strategy Fund