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

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

A businessman is waiting for a streetcar, with his back to an unhoused woman. The two silently judge each other. The man is annoyed at seeing someone who wants something for nothing, and the woman is feeling judged for a situation she has no control over. The two finally acknowledge

OVERVIEW Title: Where You LiveComposer: Iman HabibiLibrettist: Michael PollardCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRoles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description The Street PersonhighC4-Ab5A street personThe Business PersonmiddleF3-C5A business person Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano SYNOPSIS A businessman is

Two women watch and worry as the church elder walks through town with a telegram carrying news of a soldier son’s death.

OVERVIEW Title: The TelegramComposer: Gareth WilliamsLibrettist: Bernard MacLavertyCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRoles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Woman 1highEb4-Bb5A womanWoman 2middle-highBb3-F#5A womanTown Eldersilent-spokensilentA middle-aged man Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano SYNOPSIS Content warning: death, war During

In a wooded park at night, it seems like Laurel is running for her life- but it turns out she is running from the memory of the murder she committed that night.

A young woman, Laurel, runs through a dark forest, filled with anxiety and haunted by disturbing memories.

Laurel stabs the Stranger, killing him. As his body slides to the ground to rest at her feet, she begins to feel a new sense of freedom, not realising that it is at the cost of her conscience and her humanity. The aria should be performed with an improvisational blues

OVERVIEW Title: The LaurelsComposer: Jeffrey RyanLibrettist: Michael Lewis MacLennanCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 13Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description LaurelhighG#3-Db6A womanStrangermiddle-lowA3-C5A stranger Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Clarinet in Bb/Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Harp, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass

Sophie, the manifestation of Ray’s soul sings an extended aria explaining how she has been locked away from Ray since he was a child.

Sophie, the manifestation of Ray’s soul sings an extended aria explaining how she has been locked away from Ray since he was a child.

Ray frantically tries to calm himself by reciting scientific jargon, while a being claiming to be his own child self tries to open the door.

Ray sings of the ambivalence his parents felt towards him as a child.

As Sophie runs a bath in the distance, Ray reflects on how uncomfortable bathing makes him feel.

Alone in his hotel room, Ray worries that he hit someone with his car on the road. After fearing it might have been a child, he convinces himself it was only a raccoon.

OVERVIEW Title: Nigredo HotelComposer: Nic GothamLibrettist: Ann-Marie MacDonaldCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry Opera and Tarragon TheatreRun Time: 58Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description SophiehighA3-C6A monstrous concierge who runs the hotelRaymondmiddle-lowA2-A4A neurosurgeon, a man of science who has lost his soul Please Note: The table above has content that