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The Toronto Alliance for Performing Arts has unveiled the nominees for the 2020 Dora Mavor Moore Awards.

For this article, our sole focus will be on nominations related to the opera world.

Tapestry Opera led the way with 13 nominations spread over two different projects, including three nominations apiece in the Outstanding Achievement in Design and Outstanding Performance by an Individual categories. They were also the only company with nominations in every one of the seven categories listed.

Canadian Opera Company managed 10 nominations including three nominations in the Outstanding Musical Direction category and another two in the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble category.

Among the major opera stars to earn nominations were Sondra Radvanovsky for her work in “Rusalka” as well as Tamara Wilson for her appearance in “Turandot.”

Below is the full list.

Outstanding Production

“Rusalka”
Canadian Opera Company

“Pandora”
FAWN Chamber Creative

“Hell’s Fury, The Hollywood Songbook”
Luminato in association with Soundstreams

“Jacqueline”
Tapestry Opera

“Shanawdithit”
Co-commissioned and co-produced by Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon

Outstanding New Opera

Librettist: Monica Pearce / Composer: Cecilia Livingston / Concept and Development: Alaina Viau, “Singing Only Softly”
Loose Tea Music Theatre

Librettist: Rawdna Carita Eira / Composer: Britta Byström, “Two Odysseys: Pimooteewin / Gállábártnit”
Soundstreams in partnership with Signal Theatre

Librettist: Royce Vavrek / Composer: Luna Pearl Woolf, “Jacqueline”
Tapestry Opera

Tim Albery, “Hell’s Fury, The Hollywood Songbook”
Luminato in association with Soundstreams

Librettist: Yvette Nolan / Composer: Dean Burry, “Shanawdithit”
Co-commissioned and co-produced by Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon

Outstanding Direction

Amanda Smith, “Pandora”
FAWN Chamber Creative

David McVicar, “Rusalka”
Canadian Opera Company

Michael Greyeyes, Cole Alvis, “Two Odysseys: Pimooteewin / Gállábártnit”
Soundstreams in partnership with Signal Theatre

Michael Mori, Yvette Nolan, “Shanawdithit”
Co-commissioned and co-produced by Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon

Tim Albery, “Hell’s Fury, The Hollywood Songbook”
Luminato in association with Soundstreams

Outstanding Musical Direction

Carlo Rizzi, “Turandot”
Canadian Opera Company co-production

Johannes Debus, “Hansel & Gretel”
Canadian Opera Company co-production

Johannes Debus, “Rusalka”
Canadian Opera Company

Rachael Kerr, “Figaro’s Wedding”
Against the Grain Theatre

Rosemary Thomson, “Shanawdithit”
Co-commissioned and co-produced by Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon

Outstanding Achievement in Design

Scenic Design: Camellia Koo, “Jacqueline”
Tapestry Opera

Scenic Design: Camellia Koo, Jordan Bennett, Meagan Musseau, Jerry Evans, Lori Blondeau, “Shanawdithit”
Co-commissioned and co-produced by Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon

Projection Design: Cameron Davis, “Hell’s Fury, The Hollywood Songbook”
Luminato in association with Soundstreams

Projection Design: Cameron Davis, “Shanawdithit”
Co-commissioned and co-produced by Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon

Lighting Design: David Finn, “Rusalka”
Canadian Opera Company

Outstanding Performance by an Individual

Marion Newman, “Shanawdithit”
Co-commissioned and co-produced by Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon

Marnie Breckenridge, “Jacqueline”
Tapestry Opera

Matt Haimovitz, “Jacqueline”
Tapestry Opera

Russel Braun, “Hell’s Fury, The Hollywood Songbook”
Luminato in association with Soundstreams

Sara Schabas, “Singing Only Softly/The Diary of Anne Frank: Operas from the Secret Annex
Loose Tea Music Theatre

Sondra Radvanovsky, “Rusalka”
Canadian Opera Company

Tamara Wilson, “Turandot”
Canadian Opera Company co-production

Yolanda Bonnell, “Two Odysseys: Pimooteewin / Gállábártnit”
Soundstreams in partnership with Signal Theatre

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble

Canadian Children’s Opera Company for “Hansel & Gretel”
Canadian Opera Company co-production

Canadian Opera Company Chorus for “Turandot”
Canadian Opera Company co-production

Nicole Joy Fraser, Karen Weigold, Vania Chan, Deantha Edmonds-Ramsay, Rebecca Cuddy, Bó Bárdos, Michelle Lafferty, Jonathan MacArthur, Mitchell Pady, Evan Korbut, Andrew Adridge, Bryan Martin, Neil Aronoff for  “Two Odysseys: Pimooteewin / Gállábártnit”
Soundstreams in partnership with Signal Theatre

Rebecca Cuddy, Asitha Tennekoon, Evan Korbut, Deantha Edmunds, Aria Evans for “Shanawdithit”
Co-commissioned and co-produced by Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon