OVERVIEW Title: YESComposer: Jana SkareckyLibrettist: Sheldon RosenCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 5Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Markmiddle-lowE3-F4A divorced fatherMaryannemiddle-highA3-G5A proud mother, Mark's friendBobmiddle-lowD3-E4Mark's friendKennymiddleF3-A4Dating Mark's ex-girlfriend Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano SYNOPSIS Mark stands
Paul is being interviewed about his missing parents. Is Paul a suspect? Is the interrogator a police officer or a psychiatrist? Who were the people who were in his parents’ house when Paul returned from his trip? All is not as it seems.
Xiao Lian is transported back to the ancient royal court, where she witnesses the majestic entrance of King Huai of Chu. Qu Yuan is at the peak of his power but is soon outfoxed by rival minister Zhang Yi. Qu Yuan is cast down and banished by his beloved king.
A young Chinese/Canadian woman (Xiao Lian) faces a difficult choice: Honour her family’s traditional past or embrace a more modern future. Her father dwells on the memory of his deceased wife and honours her by performing the Qingming funeral tradition. Meanwhile, Xiao Lian’s two friends want her to get out
OVERVIEW Title: The Waterfall (LIBLAB)Composer: Norbert PalejLibrettist: Maja ArdalCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishRun Time: 8Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Womanmiddle-highA3-Ab5A woman fleeing pursuers with her husband and babyMan/Waterfallmiddle-lowAb2-Eb4The woman's husbandWaterfallhighC4-Eb5The voice of a waterfallWaterfallmiddleE3-Eb4The voice of a waterfall Please Note: The table above has content that
Paul begs his rocking horse for more luck for the Derby. Ava decides Paul’s been too agitated lately, and the distance between them grows wider. Ava leaves his room and bemoans Paul’s lack of understanding. She deserves luxury now and then, and Paul robs her of comfort. As if on
On the first warm spring day in the mountains, Olaf, a rich farmer, proposes to Runa, a poor farmer, only to discover that she is in love with the bandit Davith. Angered by this, Olaf burns down Runa’s farm, and Runa escapes up the mountain searching for Davith.
OVERVIEW Title: The WaterfallComposer: Norbert PalejLibrettist: Maja ArdalCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 8Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description The WaterfallhighB3-A5SATB ChorusThe Waterfallmiddle-highB3-E5SATB ChorusThe WaterfallmiddleB2-A4SATB ChorusThe WaterfallhighG2-E4SATB Chorus Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano SYNOPSIS Content warning:
2003: After leaking torture photos to the internet, American army translator Alessandra Jenson refuses to be hushed up, and live streams her suicide in protest.
OVERVIEW Title: The TranslatorComposer: David OgbornLibrettist: Leanna BrodieCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaLanguage: English, PashtoProducer: Tapestry OperaRoles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Alessandra Jensenmiddle-highAb3-A5A young military interpreter who suffers from post-traumatic stress after witnessing the brutal torture of detainees, age 26Colonel CranelowEb2-E4In his 50s, a career military intelligence officer whose philosophy
Raoul and Allegra go out on their date and order a feast. The bill arrives and Raoul cannot pay it. He tries to escape, but in the process stabs the waiter in the neck with a fork. Raoul and Allegra leave the restaurant, Allegra is unaware of what has just
All sing the praises of the Robertson screwdriver.
Ford and Phillips celebrate while Robertson is chagrined and depressed by his failure to get the contract. Amalia finally finds the screwdriver aisle in the store.
OVERVIEW Title: The Perfect ScrewComposer: Abigail RichardsonLibrettist: Alexis DiamondCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 40Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description P. L. Robertsonmiddle-lowG2-Bb4Inventor of the Canadian ScrewAmaliahighBb3-D5Modern-day woman, building furniturePhillipsmiddleC3-D5Inventor of the American ScrewHenry Fordmiddle-highG3-F#5Founder of Ford Motor Please Note: The table above has content
In the Blue Room of the Quebec National Assembly, Denis Lortie kills and wounds people with a submachine gun as a protest against Quebec sovereignty.
OVERVIEW Title: The Call of the LightComposer: Iman HabibiLibrettist: Bobby TheodoreCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 4Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description LortiemiddleG#2-F#4Canadian Forces corporalChorushighF#4-C#5VictimChorusmiddle-highE4-B4VictimChorusmiddle-lowA3-D#4Victim Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano Video Recording View more videos below
The last ride has left Paul gravely ill. Oscar and Bassett tell him they bet it all, and they’re set for life. Paul asks his mother if she’ll finally be happy- finally smile. She does, but as they leave his room to celebrate, Paul hears the house whisper. There must
The predictions keep coming true, and the money keeps coming. The money gets spent, and Paul keeps riding. All the while the house is getting filled with finery. But it keeps singing. There must be more, but Paul’s luck falters as his energy wanes.
Uncle Oscar enters, having heard the noise, and asks Paul what’s going on. Paul reveals his secret: the rocking horse is lucky, and tells him the names of race horses. Oscar calls in Paul’s caretaker, Bassett, who admits that Paul tells him the names of winning race horses. The three
Paul creeps upstairs and rides his rocking horse, asking it to take him to where luck is. He rides faster and faster and at the peak, shouts a name: Daffodil.
Paul is curious about why he and his mother don’t have a car, and Ava explains it’s because they’re poor. Paul again asks why that’s so, and Ava states it’s because his father has no luck. Paul announces that he is lucky.
CAST: Asitha Tennekoon | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia KatzCAST: Peter McGillivray, Asitha Tennekoon, Keith KlassenCAST: Carla Huhtanen View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: Rocking Horse WinnerComposer: Gareth WilliamsLibrettist: Anna ChattertonCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera and Scottish OperaLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 75Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description AvahighA#3-Bb5Paul's
On the wedding day of the young couple from the first scene, the now-sober old man arrives with a surprise: his wife. And they want their ring back.
OVERVIEW Title: Pub Operas (The Sloans Project)Composer: Gareth WilliamsLibrettist: David James BrockCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera and NOISE OperaLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRoles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description SopranohighC4-G5Juke box singer / Future brideMezzo-sopranomiddle-highC#4-G5Bartender / Wife of old manTenormiddleG#3-G#4Stranger in bar / Old manBaritonemiddle-lowD#3-F#4Serial killer / Future groom Please Note: The
Miners crack open a mountain and two green children emerge. They sing, then the minors pray to them as they fall asleep.
OVERVIEW Title: OtherworldComposer: Norbert PalejLibrettist: Bobby TheodoreCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 4Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Green Child 1highD4-F#5Enchanted childGreen Child 2middle-highD4-D5Enchanted childMiner 1middleC#3-A4A minerMiner 2lowE2-C#4A miner Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano Video Recording
Two couples on a resort patio watch and comment on each other.
OVERVIEW Title: Opposites AttractComposer: Iman HabibiLibrettist: Phoebe TsangCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 8Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Ericamiddle-highA3-Bb5Coupled with KeithJackiehighE4-G5Coupled with AlexKeithmiddleC#3-A4Coupled with EricaAlexmiddle-lowE3-C#4Coupled with Jackie Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano Part 1 Video
Konstantin breaks into Oksana’s room and tries to convince her to leave with him. When this fails, he tries to rape her again but she stabs him. He gets the knife and stabs her before he dies. Father Alexander returns and Oksana dies of her wound, dreaming of home.
Sofiya and Yuri consult Asa when Oksana has not arrived as her lettered promised. They are interrupted by Pavlo with news that the priest from Italy is on the phone, and wants to talk to Oksana’s parents.
Father Alexander and Oksana realize they share an attraction for each other, but Oksana is determined to go home and tell her parents what has happened. Konstantin phones the refuge to get Oksana back.
Brindisi refugee shelter: Father Alexander and social worker Clara work with the refugees. An injured Oksana arrives and asks for help; Lyubia, who escaped when the boat docked, is among the refugees and recognizes Oksana.
On the Albanian coast the women captives wait for the boat to Italy. Oksana is still defiant, trying to figure out an escape for herself and others. The boat and Konstantin arrive, and Oksana fails to convince him to free her and Natalyia.
Jaan remains alive. The tribal women suggest she should write to Noor to know what has happen and ease her mind.
OVERVIEW Title: Noor Over AfghanComposer: Christiaan VenterLibrettist: Anusree RoyCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 39Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description NoorhighC4-C6Afghani woman, sister to JaanJaanmiddle-highB3-F5Afghani woman, sister to NoorRafiquemiddleD3-B4Jaan's husband-to-bePriestmiddle-lowG2-Eb4A PriestChorushighSSAChorus Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano
OVERVIEW Title: My Mother’s RingComposer: Stephen Andrew TaylorLibrettist: Marcia JohnsonCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 12Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description JuliahighD4-B5Paul's momHaroldmiddle-lowB2-F#4Paul's dadDoctormiddle-highAb3-E5The doctorPaulmiddleE3-Bb4A young man Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Clarinet in Bb, Percussion, Piano,
Stephanie is getting ready to go out on a date, but she begins to unravel when she checks herself in the mirror. The voices she hears in her head are variations of her own critical voice. She sees herself the way she imagines her date will see her.
OVERVIEW Title: My Eyes are Bright and SparklyComposer: Rene OrthLibrettist: Colleen MurphyCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 6Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Stephaniemiddle-highAb3-C6A young woman preparing for a dateVoice 1highB3-B5The voices inside her headVoice 2middleC2-B4The voices inside her headVoice 3middle-lowAb2-C4The voices inside her head
The President threatens M’dea with prison or the loss of her son if she doesn’t do as he wants. He warns her not to cause trouble for Jason.
The party is about to announce Jason’s candidacy. Jason and Dahlia dance together, oblivious to all the others. Enraged, M’dea smashes a glass wall, showering fragments over the party guests.
A child walks on a beach, in search of their parents.
OVERVIEW Title: Lullaby at the ShoreComposer: Afarin MansouriLibrettist: Marcia JohnsonCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 7Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Mother/SopranohighC4-Bb5The child's motherAltomiddle-highB3-D5VoiceChild/TenormiddleC2-Eb3A childBaritonemiddle-lowAb2-C4Voice Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano Video Recording View more videos below - click
Manli and Lai Gwan decided to make a life together in Canada. As they collect and bury the bones of Chinese workers they remember all the dead, including Ama and Nichol.
Lai Gwan dreams of the conflicting desires of her mother, father, Nichol and herself.
OVERVIEW Title: Hydrophis ExpeditionComposer: Benton RoarkLibrettist: Colleen MurphyCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 10Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Controllersilent-spokenspokenThe voice of the controllerBenmiddleB2-B4A scientistMarleyhighB3-G5A scientistSerpentmiddle-highA3-E5A creature of the sea Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano, Organ
The Cafeteria Worker sets out orderly rows of premade junk food in her spic-and-span kitchen. Just then, a trio of Chefs show up and toss all of the junk food out!
The Child creates her own book from pages of other books. She hands out her new rules to the audience.
A watcher looks over a group of faithful. His irritation turns to hatred as he accuses them of subversion. He claims to have proof hidden in some papers, but the Child has destroyed them. The Child proclaims “I know what to do,” and the tension between authority and people escalates.
CAST: Alexander Hajek, Saye Skye | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia KatzCAST: Neema Bickersteth | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia KatzCAST: Shirin Eskandani | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia Katz View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: TAP:EX ForbiddenComposer: Afarin MansouriLibrettist: Donna-Michelle St. BernardCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaLanguage: English, FarsiProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 56Roles: Role
Henson helps Minik reach the land of the dead; Peary and Josephine argue about Peary’s Inuit children.
Miriam becomes a bully and destroys Elijah’s kite.
An ode to alcohol and cocktails that devolves into a listing of medications.
Soloists list conspiracy theories about the origin and spread of HIV, while the chorus laughs in the background.
A group of people discuss the dynamics of Polygyny before the arrival of colonizers and missionaries.
Soloists and chorus sing the numbers attributed to HIV-1 and HIV-2 by the International Comitte of Taxonomy of Viruses.
OVERVIEW Title: Dark Star RequiemComposer: Andrew StanilandLibrettist: Jill BattsonCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaLanguage: English, Latin, MalawiProducer: Luminato Festival and Tapestry OperaRun Time: 75Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description SopranohighC4-Bb5SoloistBaritonemiddle-lowF#2-A4SoloistBasslowF#2-F#4SoloistMezzomiddle-highA3-Bb5SoloistSATB Chorus (w/ divisi)highSATBChorus Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Piano,
Eurydice C remembers different versions of her lover in an Arioso, Bourrée, and Passacaglia. She questions what might have been, before Calliope calls her back to the present.
CAST: Vanessa Oude-Reimerink, Lauren Segal, Lyndsay Promane | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia KatzCAST: Lauren Segal | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia KatzCAST: Debi Wong, Lauren Segal | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia Katz View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: TAP:EX Augmented OperaComposer: Benton RoarkLibrettists: Debi Wong, Benton RoarkCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaLanguage: EnglishProducer:
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