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Emma Pennell used to sing to trees. Now, they’re singing on Canada’s largest opera stage

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Episode Emma Pennell used to sing to trees. Now, they’re singing on Canada’s largest opera stage

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Emma Pennell has come a long way as a singer. When they were a kid, the trees of Northern Ontario were their audience. Now, the two-spirit Indigenous soprano is singing for thousands with the Canadian Opera Company in a new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata. Emma joins Tom Power to discuss their journey in opera, the hurdles they’ve overcome along the way, and why they see music as medicine.

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