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

Two mothers in the audience for a beauty pageant: while Eunice’s daughter performs, Samantha reads an article about a murdered 11-year-old girl.

Mr. Herwin tells Lisa he knows she killed her friends with poisoned lemonade. Lisa tells him she has told people he is a pedophile.

OVERVIEW Title: Little Miss All CanadianComposer: Lembit BeecherLibrettist: Liza BalkanCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 4Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Eunice RosehighC4-C6A mother of a pageant competitorSamanthamiddle-highC4-D5An audience member Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano SYNOPSIS

OVERVIEW Title: LisaComposer: Omar DanielLibrettist: Alex Poch-GoldinCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRoles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Lisamiddle-highF2-Ab5A 12-year-old studentMr. HerwinmiddleA2-C#5A math teacher, recently widowed Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Clarinet in Bb, Percussion, Harp, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass

CAST: Marnie Breckenridge and Matt Haimovitz | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia KatzCAST: Marnie Breckenridge and Matt Haimovitz | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia Katz View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: JacquelineComposer: Luna Pearl WoolfLibrettist: Royce VavrekCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 107Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description JacquelinehighC4-C6A

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.

In the explosion rubble, Lai Gwan and Nichol declare their love depsite Ama’s warnings. Nichol dies as the workers rescue Lai Gwan and Manli, who declares his renewed love for his daughter.

As Manli and Lai Gwan argue about their situation, Lai Gwan tells of Ama’s death, which crushes Manli. He decides to set the next explosive charge himself. Nichol and Lai Gwan recognise their love and follow Manli into the tunnel.

The Chinese workers decide to strike, led by Lai Gwan, after another death with no proper funeral. The strike is put down and Nichol stops Lai Gwan from being hung by Manli. She discovers Manli is her father.

Before dying, Ama tells Lai Gwan of her father, gives her a wedding dress, and urges her to go to North America to find her father – but always remember Chinese traditions.

CAST: Zhu Ge Zeng and Chorus | PHOTO CREDIT: Cylla von TiedemanCAST: Zhu Ge Zeng and Zheng Zhou | PHOTO CREDIT: Michael CooperCAST: Zhu Ge Zeng and Grace Chan | PHOTO CREDIT: Cylla von Tiedeman View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: Iron RoadComposer: Ka Nin ChanLibrettist: Mark

A mother and son have dinner. The mother is suffering from Alzheimer’s, and her son has increasing difficulty coping with that fact.

OVERVIEW Title: Ice CreamComposer: Benton RoarkLibrettist: Liza BalkanCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 8Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Janemiddle-highmiddle of performer's range/B3-D#4A motherChrismiddlemiddle of performer's range/D#3-D#4Her son Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Percussion, Piano SYNOPSIS Content

Zach’s hunger-hallucination, Part 6: Apple expires in true operatic fashion in Zach’s arms. Zach grieves.

CAST: Neema Bickersteth & Ryan AllenCAST: Catharin Carew View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: Get StuffedComposer: Richard PayneLibrettist: Alexis DiamondCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 35Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Zachmiddle-lowF2-F#4A student learning about healthy food.Cafeteria Workermiddle-highG3-G5Hates children, but loves her tidy cafeteria.ChefhighD4-C6Young

Robert helps Charlie, who is sick, check his stool and be calm in the face of death.

OVERVIEW Title: Farewell PooComposer: Rene OrthLibrettist: Daniel SolonCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 6Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description RobertmiddleF#3-C5Charlie's uncleCharliemiddle-lowE3-Ab4A young boy Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano Video Recording View more videos below - click

Henson helps Minik reach the land of the dead; Peary and Josephine argue about Peary’s Inuit children.

CAST: James Martin & Sung Taek ChungCAST: Sung Taek ChungCAST: Jean Stilwell View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: Facing SouthComposer: Linda Catlin SmithLibrettist: Don HannahCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 75Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description MinikmiddleD3-A4The youngest InukPearymiddle-lowBb2-F4American arctic explorerHensonlowEb2-E4Expeditioner and GuideJosephinemiddle-highF3-F5Peary's wife

Elvet is struck with grief over the death of his newborn child, not yet named.

OVERVIEW Title: EshnaComposer: August Murphy-KingLibrettist: Kanika AmbroseCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 8Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description ElvetmiddleC3-Bb4The father Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano Video Recording View more videos below - click here SYNOPSIS Elvet

Beth reads Andrew a memo from a political figure denying the murder of innocent people and claiming that suspensions of civil liberties are essential. Beth and Andrew go downstairs for dinner, where Malcolm has prepared them a live monkey.

The political situation is worsening, and Andrew and Beth decide to invite Antoine, the ambassador, over for drinks. Violence errupts in the streets as Malcolm has gone out to the garden. He returns holding the body of a child.

Eugene is dying. He has left some of his and Antoine’s things for Malcolm, but Malcolm is growing angrier at Antoine who still will not write him a letter of recommendation.

Beth and Andrew demand Antoine that they be allowed to leave. He will keep them there forever because he wants to see them all become heroes and redeem his initial banishment with Eugene. Antoine grabs the dead monkey and begins to dance with it. A bullet explodes through the window,

CAST: Marcus NanceCAST: Fides Krucker & Curtis SullivanCAST: Marcus Nance View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: ElsewherelessComposer: Rodney SharmanLibrettist: Atom EgoyanCommissioned By: Vancouver New MusicLanguage: EnglishProducer: Vancouver New Music Association and Tapestry OperaRun Time: 70Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description AntoinemiddleG#3-Bb4The AmbassadorBethmiddle-highA3-F#5A young diplomatEugenemiddle-lowA2-D#4The Ambassador’s partnerMalcolmlowE2-C#4The

A funereal narration accompanied by a choral requiem.

As the Democratic Republic of Congo fights for its independence, patients are being hospitalized and dying from AIDS-related illness.

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,

Democracy lies dead in a coffin, mourned by two citizens… But slowly Democracy raises her weak head and begs the two citizens to keep her alive by executing a difficult but necessary task.

OVERVIEW Title: Bring Me the Head of Your PresidentComposer: August Murphy-KingLibrettist: Colleen MurphyCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 7Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description DemocracyhighBb3-B5Democracy personifiedSaramiddle-highEb4-G5A citizenLaddmiddle-lowC3-D4A citizen Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano Video Recording View

Two male lovers come to terms with the fact that one of them is dying of AIDS.

A nighttime confrontation between a mother and son. The son accuses her of having an affair with his uncle, and killing his father. He’s found a doctor in Chinatown who will be able to prove his father was poisoned. The mother claims she did it to end his pain.

CAST: Calvin Powell & Keith KlassenCAST: Calvin Powell & Keith Klassen View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: Ashlike on the Cradle of the WindComposer: Andrew StanilandLibrettist: Jill BattsonCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 20Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Calvinmiddle-lowF#2-F#4A middle-aged gentleman sitting in

OVERVIEW Title: AshesComposer: Iman HabibiLibrettist: Charles HayterCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 5Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Adelemiddle-highG3-F#5A widowTheomiddle-lowAb2-Gb4Adele's son Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano SYNOPSIS Content warning: murder Nighttime on a dock on a