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Songs for Moby Dick ()

Produced by

Ubu Opera

Presented by

The Toronto Fringe Festival

Writer: Herman Melville
Composer: Peter Thompson
Director: Adam Paolozza

Venue

Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace

Run

June 30th, 2026 – July 12th, 2026

Synopsis

An aging Ishmael staggers onto the stage, haunted by memories of the tragic wreck of the Pequod. He sings a tale about the crew, the whale, and of the obsessive captain Ahab. A movement-based operatic epic about beauty, nature, humanity and destruction, based on the novel by Herman Melville. (fringetoronto.com)


Cast

Peter Thompson Performer

Creative Team

Herman Melville Writer
Peter Thompson Composer
Adam Paolozza Director
Sebastian Marziali Lighting Designer

Music

Erika Reiman Piano

Production

Rachel More Stage Manager