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Alana Viau

Alaina is a daring opera director, creator and producer challenging the mainstream of the classical music experience. She is the Founder and Executive Artistic Director of indie opera company Loose Tea Music Theatre where she collaborates with DJ’s, projection artist, choreographers and filmmakers to produce genre breaking productions.

She is dedicated to the exploration of cross-cultural, and social relationships. Through the use of opera and interdisciplinary performative arts, Alaina creates innovative and relevant music productions that explore critical social issues. This season Alaina won a Canada Council for the Arts Professional Development Grant to work with Ashlie Corcoran at the Arts Club Theatre in Vancouver to develop a framework for cognitive disabilities in Arts Leadership, board development and governance and as assistant director on Every Brilliant Thing.

https://www.alainaviau.com/