All events for Bicycle Opera Project | The Llandovery Castle

The loss of 14 Nursing Sisters who drowned when their hospital ship the Llandovery Castle was torpedoed while crossing the Atlantic is a forgotten story of the Great War. Composer Stephanie Martin and librettist Paul Ciufo have created a new Canadian opera as an act of remembrance to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Llandovery Castle in June 1918. The calm confidence, skill and selflessness of Canadian nurses during the First World War stand in stark contrast…