17-18-05-MC-D-1232 (l-r) Jane Archibald as the Nightingale, Oleg Tsibulko as the Emperor (centre) and Lindsay Ammann as Death in the Canadian Opera Company’s production of The Nightingale and Other Short Fables, 2018. Conductor Johannes Debus, director Robert Lepage, set designer Carl Fillion, costume designer Mara Gottler and lighting designer Etienne Boucher. Photo: Michael Cooper