december
about
December was written for Essential Opera by Monica Pearce and premièred as an operatic film in 2020. There were subsequent screenings in 2021 (along with the short opera film Aunt Helen), 2023, and 2025. It’s a lighthearted story about travel (remember travel?), family, holiday stress, relationships, and remembering not to wrap your presents before you fly.
December was written for Essential Opera with support from the SOCAN Foundation commissioning matching program and private donors.
This film production is funded by Arts Nova Scotia and the Canada Council for the Arts.
Read our interview about December with CMC Atlantic here: CMC Atlantic
Production Team
Cast: Erin Bardua, Maureen Batt, and Danielle Buonaiuto, sopranos
Music Director/Conductor: Tara Scott
String Quartet: Jennifer Jones, violin; Anne Simons, violin; Alexandra Bates, viola; Hilary Brown, cello
Video director: Halley Davies
Video editor: Claire Fraser
Videographer (NYC): Elizabeth van Os
Audio engineering (NS): Leaf Music; Ben B. Creelman, producer
Audio engineering (NYC): Jennifer Nulsen, Swan Studios NYC
Graphic design: Tom Belding
Production assistant: Laura Thornton, Thornton Communications
Lighting assistant: Kwasi Asare
Background extras: Kwasi Asare, Erin Bardua, Halley Davies, Claire Fraser Video trailers: Anna Shepard
