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Tapestry Opera to Present Canadian Premiere of ’10 Days in a Madhouse’

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Tapestry Opera will present the Canadian premiere of “10 Days in a Madhouse” at the Bluma Appel Theatre next June. The opera, written by composer Rene Orth and playwright Hannah Moscovitch, is an adaptation of Nellie Bly’s 1887 undercover investigation into the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island. It was originally commissioned by Tapestry Opera and Opera Philadelphia and in {…}

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Tapestry Opera Announces Free Underground Concerts

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Tapestry Opera launches its inaugural Free Underground Concerts series. This article only features vocal concerts.  Danika Lorèn and Gentle Freak preview the OpenStudio and MainStage’s “Slaying My Demon Lover.” Performance Date: November 24, 2025 Silver Thread present a choral concert titled “Seeds In Flight.” Performance Date: December 8, 2025 Read Related Stories Tapestry Opera Announces 2025-26 Season Tapestry Opera Announces {…}

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Tapestry Opera Announces 2025-26 Season

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Tapestry Opera has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with “Tapestry Briefs: Under Where?” The showcase will feature 10 opera shorts by such composers as Rebecca Gray, Saman Shahi, Rodyon Tse, Keith Klassen, and Prokhor Protasoff. Performance Dates: Oct. 16-19, 2025 Next up is “LOL: Laughing Out Lonely,” a solo opera by Danish company OPE-N. The work by Matile Böcher {…}

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Tapestry Opera Announces Artist Residencies with Cultureland & OperaQ

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Tapestry Opera has announced new artist residencies with Cultureland and OperaQ at the Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Center. Cultureland is an opera collective with the mission of making opera more accessible and offers new operatic productions with a primary focus on Middle Eastern culture and companies. Meanwhile OperaQ is an indepedent opera company that amplifies queer and trans voices {…}

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‘Jacqueline’ & ‘Sanctuary Song’ Headline Tapestry Opera’s 2024-25 Season

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Tapestry Opera has unveiled its 2024-25 season. “We are thrilled to unveil our 2024-25 season as we celebrate 45 years of Tapestry Opera with an exciting and dynamic array of productions welcoming performing-arts-loving audiences to our newly built downtown home. It’s a remarkable moment for Tapestry and Toronto to add a vital new venue to the independent performing arts scene,” {…}

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Ontario Government to Recognize Tapestry Opera & Nightwood Theatre

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Michael Hidetoshi Mori, General Director, and Jaime Martino, Executive Director of Tapestry Opera will attend an event at Ramsden Park in response to receiving the provincial government’s Ontario Trillium Foundation grant for $150,000. The grant enabled Tapestry Opera and its partners, Nightwood Theatre and St. Clare’s Multifaith Social Housing to build Toronto’s most affordable, accessible and well-equipped theatre of its {…}

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City of Toronto Provides Major Support to Tapestry Opera, Nightwood Theatre, St. Clare’s for New Arts Hub

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Tapestry Opera is among the recipients of major support from the city of Toronto. Per an official press statement issued by Tapestry Opera, the company, alongside Nightwood Theatre and St. Clare’s, will receive $1.25 million from the ABC Residents Association (ABCRA), which will enable the construction of a new arts hub at 877 Yonge Street. Moreover, the ABCRA will look {…}

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Tapestry Opera & Nightwood Theatre Announce Collaborative Performance Space

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Photo credit: Eden Graham Tapestry Opera and Nightwood Theatre will open a collaborative performance space in Toronto. The two companies are starting a capital campaign to fund its 1.5 million dollar completion and launch. The money raised will go toward building a new collaborative space at 877 Yonge Street. The venue will include a 6,500-square-foot facility with a 2700-square-foot performance {…}