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 {…}
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 {…}
Tapestry Opera has announced the launch of COR, the Canadian Opera Resource. This wiki-style database will allow performers, musicologists, and producers access to Tapestry’s four decades of Canadian opera materials. Canadian creators and producers will be able to add their own works to grow the database, as well as promote it to reach new audiences. Likes and recommendations will lead {…}
Tapestry Opera has revealed its plans for the 2022-23 season. The season opens with “Tapestry Briefs: Les Shorts qui chanting” as led by director Tim Albery. The showcase features bilingual sketches, shorts, and scenes created by Canadian composers and librettists. The showcase will take place at the Alliance de Francaise de Toronto’s Spadina Theatre. Performances Dates: Oct. 27 – 30, {…}
On August 29, 2022, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts announced the nominations for the 42 Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which recognize excellence in theatre, dance, and opera in Toronto. Leading the opera category with nine nominations is “R.U.R. A Torrent of Light” by Tapestry Opera in partnership with OCAD University. They are nominated for Outstanding Production, Outstanding {…}
Tapestry Opera has announced the third year of its “Box Concerts” series, which will run from July through September 2022. This summer, the company will offer more than 60 free opera performances in nursing homes and another 30 in suburban neighborhoods around the Toronto area. The lineup of performers for each performance includes baritone Korin Thomas-Smith, sopranos Natalya Gennadi, Meher {…}
On May 24, 2022, Tapestry Opera, in collaboration with Toronto’s OCAD University, will present the world premiere of “R.U.R. A Torrent of Light.” This operatic experience, by composer Nicole Lizee and writer Nicolas Billon, is based on Czch playwright Karel Capek’s 1920s, science fiction play “Rossum’s Universal Robots,” which first introduced the word and concept of “robots” to the world. {…}
Photo : Dahlia Katz Artscape has asked Tapestry Opera and Nightwood Theatre to vacate their offices and The Ernest Balmer Studio in Toronto’s Distillery Historic District. The unexpected move leaves Nightwood Theatre without an artistic home as of March 2022. Tapestry Opera must leave by August 2022. According to the press release, Artscape did not consult with its long-term artistic {…}
Canadian company Tapestry Opera has announced its upcoming performances for 2022. First up will be “Gould’s Wall” which will take place at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music, with singers suspended on the atrium wall. The work, which was composed by Brian Current and written by Liza Balka, is inspired by the legendary career of Glenn Gould. The opera will star {…}
Toronto’s Tapestry Opera has partnered with organizations across Canada to launch an innovative program focusing on female-identifying musicians. The Women in Musical Leadership program will seek to address professional gender imbalances affecting classical music and opera. The program will serve a total of six female-identifying and non-binary conductors with full-time professional fellowships spanning over three years and participants will also partner {…}
Credit: Dahlia Katz Composed for only two performers, the first opera written about the life of legendary cellist Jacqueline du Pré received its world premiere this past February in Toronto. Tapestry Opera, the only Canadian company dedicated to the creation, development, and performance of original Canadian operas, presented the first five performances of “Jacqueline” by Luna Pearl Woolf and Pulitzer {…}