Robert Dziekanski's life told in opera

Bass baritone Clayton Kennedy rehearses for the opera, I Will Fly like a Bird: a Tribute to Robert Dziekanski in a studio in Halifax on Tuesday. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)

A new opera is premiering in Halifax this week. It's called I Will Fly Like A Bird and is about the life and death of Robert Dziekanski. The Polish man died at the Vancouver airport in 2007 after being tasered by the RCMP. John Plant composed the music for the opera and spoke to Rebecca.

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