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Based on Percy Bysshe Shelley 's play '' The Cenci '', which was itself based on the true story of Beatrice Cenci , the opera transplants the story from 16th century Italy to the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia in the 19th century. In this adaptation, Beatrice is the Multiracial daughter of Francis Chancy, a brutish White Slave Owner , and Mafa, a Guinea n slave woman who was Rape d by Francis. After Francis forces Beatrice into an Incest uous encounter in a Monastery , Beatrice and Mafa conspire to Murder him. In the opera's premiere, the role of Beatrice was originated by Measha Brueggergosman . |