View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: Airline IcarusComposer: Brian CurrentLibrettist: Anton PiatigorskyCommissioned By: Opera Breve VancouverLanguage: EnglishProducer: Soundstreams and Maniac StarRun Time: 45Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Workermiddle-lowAn airline workerBusiness ManlowA plane passengerAd ExechighA plane passengerScholarmiddleA plane passengerFlight Attendantmiddle-highA flight attendant, dissatisfied with her jobVoiceshighSSAATBChorus
CAST: Emily Spearing, Scott Belluz, and Katherine Semchuk | PHOTO CREDIT: Elana EmerCAST: Scott Belluz | PHOTO CREDIT: Elana Emer View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: R.U.R. A Torrent of LightComposer: Nicole LizéeLibrettist: Nicolas BillonLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry Opera and OCAD UniversityRun Time: 90Roles: Role Voice Type Range ?
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.
Colonel Crane, Alessandra’s supervisor, tersely tells her to lose what her perceives as her naive sense of morality: “We are just here to win.”
Traumatized by her experiences, Alessandra reflects on her work as a translator in an American military prison.
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
In a video game, two mice are navigating through a house when suddenly they encounter a giant squirrel.
OVERVIEW Title: MousetrapComposer: Rene OrthLibrettist: Lila PalmerCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 5Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Mouse 1highC#4-B6A mouseMouse 2middleD#3-A4A mouseController/Squirrelmiddle-lowAb2-Ab3A squirrel Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano Video Recording View more videos below -
CAST: Peter Barrett, James McLean, Jacqueline Woodley | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia Katz View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: M’dea UndoneComposer: John HarrisLibrettist: Marjorie ChanCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 64Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description M'deamiddle-highC4-F#5A woman from a land far awayJasonmiddle-lowD3-F#4M'dea's husband, holds
The two voices—representing two different worlds, two cultural paradigms—sing together. The texts are “The Death of Dighenis,” a poem about a Byzantine hero, and the Dies Irae.
A setting of twelve statements of the words “Kyrie Eleison” (“Lord Have Mercy Upon Us”), a standard orthodox ritual practice.
“Christos Anesti”, the Byzantine Easter chant of the resurrection, is sung in Greek by the mezzo-soprano, while the alto intones and whispers similar texts from the Islamic faith.
An electroacoustic setting of an old Sufi song composed by Muhammad ‘Uthman (Egypt 1855-1900). The texts are considerably older; they were written by Sana’ il-Mulk (Egypt 1155-1211). The text is a poetic adoration of clouds: “O clouds adorn the crowns of the hills with garlands/And make the bending stream a
A long setting of the word Alleluia, revisiting the multitude of themes and musical genres that have appeared in isolation in the work so far.
OVERVIEW Title: ConstantinopleComposer: Christos HatzisLibrettist: John MurrellCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: Arabic, Greek, LatinProducer: Tapestry OperaRoles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Mezzo-sopranomiddle-highG3-C6SingerAltomiddle-highG3-D5Singer Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Electronics, Piano, Violin, Cello Old Photographs View more videos below - click here
Eurydice C is shown her Elysium with Orpheus in the garden – she is not sure she wants him there, but it fades before she can decide. The CEO brings her back to reality and closes the presentation.
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.
In memory, Eurydice C’s painter lover pushes her to allow him to paint her and make love to her, even though she is reluctant.
Calliope and the Muses lead Eurydice C into her subconscious, to the memory of her first love.
Eurydice volunteers to test new A.I. technology that promises to capture your most vivid memories and curate your perfect virtual afterlife. Lab techs hand out eye masks to the audience.
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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