OVERVIEW Title: Molly’s VeilComposer: Jana SkareckyLibrettist: Sharon BajerCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 7Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Charlottemiddle-highA3-E5Margaret's sisterMargarethighD4-A5Charlotte's sister Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano SYNOPSIS Content warning: illness, death Charlotte works to prepare

A father comforts his son as he encourages him to end his life, rather than waiting for him to die of a terminal illness.

OVERVIEW Title: Sooner Than LaterComposer: Cecilia LivingstonLibrettist: David YeeCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaLanguage: EnglishRoles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Soonmiddle-lowA2-G4A fatherLatemiddleC3-E4His adult son Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano SYNOPSIS Content warning: gun violence, strong language, terminal illness, attempted assisted suicide A

Maupin remembers her romance with the Countess de Florensac.

All hope is lost as the villagers return and collect Qu Yuan’s possessions. They take the scrolls containing his famous poetry to the Daoist temple, where they will be preserved forever. Xiao Lian returns to the present at the bedside of her dying father. With his encouragement and love, she

Qu Yuan wanders into the southern wilderness. As he travels, he composes a lament for himself and his lost position in court. In the present, Xiao Lian’s Father senses his end is near. Summoning up his strength, he joins with the spirit of Qu Yuan to tell the final chapter.

Xiao Lian’s father bitterly reveals that he will die soon. Xiao Lian’s mother appears in spirit form and asks her to forgive her father. She speaks of their happiness together as a family in earlier times. As a child, Xiao Lian had a close connection with the Dragon Boat Festival,

CAST: Todd Jang and Alicia Ault | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia KatzCAST: Mike Fan, Mishael Eusebio, Grace Lee, Alicia Ault, Alyssa Nicole Samson, Keith Lam | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia KatzCAST: Evanna Lai | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia Katz View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: Dragon’s TaleComposer: Ka Nin ChanLibrettist:

Her health fading, Shanawdithit wonders if she’ll be welcomed into the spirit world after so much time with the colonists. Cormack tells her he must leave, and Shanawdithit gives him a sketch of his house to carry with him. He leaves the room to pack. Shanawdithit hears the spirits of

Cormack tries to raise funds for Shanawdithit’s care without success. James Simms offers to care for her while Cormack is away.

Shanawdithit describes the last days of her family as they were pushed from their land and then hunted. She asks Cormack not to speak of their death, but of their life. Cormack is ecstatic and gets lost in the memories Shanawdithit paints. She breaks his reverie with the cold fact

Shanawdithit, dying, speaks to her ancestors. She is ready to leave this world.

OVERVIEW Title: ShanawdithitComposer: Dean BurryLibrettist: Yvette NolanCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera and Opera on the AvalonLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry Opera and Opera on the AvalonRun Time: 80Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Shanawdithitmiddle-highA3-G5Beothuk woman, believed by the colonizers to be the last of her peopleWilliam Cormack middle-lowA2-F4An explorer and anthropologistKwe/Spirit Chorus

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

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

Tabitha helps her father Ken, who has had a stroke. She combs his hair and helps him with his therapy ball, retrieving it each time he drops it.

OVERVIEW Title: Playing BallComposer: Norbert PalejLibrettist: Marcia JohnsonCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 8Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description TabithahighC4-E5Long-estranged daughter of KenKenmiddleF4-A4Father of Tabitha Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano Video Recording View more videos below

Jaan remains alive. The tribal women suggest she should write to Noor to know what has happen and ease her mind.

Noor tells the lie Jaan asked of her to Rafique. Rafique sends her away and tries to figure out what he should do.

Jaan meets group of tribal women in the desert who convince her to stay with them while she dies. Noor takes Jaan’s place in the circle.

The wedding ceremony. Noor hesitates, then marries Rafique.

Jaan, who is dying, asks her sister Noor to secretely take her place on her wedding day. Noor reluctantly agrees.

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

Sitting by the fire, Merk tries to discover what his mentally disabled daughter will remember when he is no longer with her.

OVERVIEW Title: Merk’s DreamComposer: Elisabeth Mehl GreeneLibrettist: Nick CarpenterCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 5Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Old MerkmiddleD3-Gb4A dying manPaulinemiddle-highD4-A5His daughter Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano SYNOPSIS Content warning: death, ableism Old

Angry and frustrated at her physical inability to play, Jacqueline cancels her remaining performances.

Jacqueline experiences symptoms, but her physical illness is undiagnosed, and she is instead told it is hysterical or psychosomatic.

Jackie tells us how she can blur the lines between fantasy and reality at will. She can escape the confines of her chair by dreaming of bathing in the sea. She wonders where Daniel is, and who he’s seeing.

Delirious, Jackie envisions running to the ocean again through the fields, this time with her sister, Hilary. She asks that Hilary not tell Daniel about the disease.

In her prime. At a post-gala cocktail party, Jackie ironically confesses she has a terrible disease: glissando-itis.

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

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

Josephine asks for Henson’s help, despite Peary’s past bad treatment of him.

An ill and delirious Peary reminisces about his polar days; his wife remembers their early love.

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

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.

Malcolm works on his university application; Eugene is sick. Antoine arrives telling them he has been promoted to ambassador, but that they will remain in the country they are currently stationed in.

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

The soloists describe AIDS as a black lion and a pack of hyenas, while the chorus continues listing medications.

A solo by the mezzo-soprano about nuns sex-shaming in hospitals, while the chorus repeatedly sings “sanctus”.

Soloists list conspiracy theories about the origin and spread of HIV, while the chorus laughs in the background.

A spoken monologue about the arrival of HIV to North America and Gaetan Dugas, the presumed patient-0.

From the perspective of a beauty mark that progresses into a serious medical complication.

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

Recounts the presumed origin of the HIV virus, initially as SIV non-human primates in Central Africa.

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,

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

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