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
Some years prior, Eugene and Antoine enter the residence, Malcolm, their new houseboy (who does not speak much English) helps them unpack. Antoine and Eugene ask Malcolm if he is married, and he replies that he wants Eugene to be his girlfriend. Malcolm asks Eugene to teach him words.
Malcolm tells Eugene and Antoine that he wants to go to university and asks for a letter of recommendation. Antoine tells him that he should stay in the house with the people who love him.
The action continues from scene 3. Beth and Andrew are waiting for their guest, Duncan, but Antoine arrives instead and cuts into the live monkey’s skullcap without hesitation. He recounts how he almost wrote Malcolm 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.
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,
Three unhappy kids dream of flying away on a kite.
Elijah and Keisha tell Miriam about Billy the bully. Billy bullies Elijah, then Miriam stands up to Billy.
Miriam becomes a bully and destroys Elijah’s kite.
The kids all make up and fly Elijah’s restored kite.
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
OVERVIEW Title: Elijah’s KiteComposer: James RolfeLibrettist: Camyar ChaiCommissioned By: Manhattan School of Music and Tapestry OperaLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 33Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description ElijahmiddleD3-Bb4A boy with a kite, age 9KeishahighD4-Bb5A girl, age 10MiriamhighD4-A5The "new girl," age 10Billy Brettmiddle-lowBb2-F4A bully, age 11Nikki Lerouxmiddle-highC#4-A5Billy's sidekick, age 11Billy's crew
Soloists and chorus sing the numbers attributed to HIV-1 and HIV-2 by the International Comitte of Taxonomy of Viruses.
An entire relationship in microcosm, from first meeting to last sunset together. This piece uses a couple’s dancing together as a metaphor for their time passing.
OVERVIEW Title: Dance til the sun setsComposer: Gareth WilliamsLibrettist: Marjorie ChanCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRoles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Womanmiddle-highF4-Bb5Man's partnerManmiddleF3-G4Woman's partnerNursesilent-spokensilentA nurse, silent role Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Vibraphone, Piano, Violin, Cello SYNOPSIS An
Each of two brother bulls attempts to convince the other to enter the barn. Neither wants to go, knowing their lives are at stake. The two flatter, dare, and challenge one another, until a race finally settles it: first one to the barn wins. Sort of.
OVERVIEW Title: Chicken or Beef?Composer: Justine F. ChenLibrettist: David James BrockCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRoles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Bull EdgarmiddleG3-B4A cunning bull, Edmund's brotherBull Edmundmiddle-lowD#3-G4A less meaty bull with mad-cow disease, Edgar's brother Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable
A dying father and his son drink their last bowl of water. They need oil for the machines that will keep them alive and purify their water. A truck rolls past with a huge barrel of oil in the back. The son flags it down, only to discover the person
OVERVIEW Title: Black BloodComposer: Christiaan VenterLibrettist: Norman YeungCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRoles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description CreaturehighD4-B5A sickly, hideous figure who looks long deadSonmiddleF#3-G#4A sonFathermiddle-lowG2-F4His old father Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano SYNOPSIS Content warning:
A box office worker longs to be on the stage. When the lead of the production is injured, she begs for her chance in the spotlight.
OVERVIEW Title: Betty Box OfficeComposer: Jack PerlaLibrettist: Ken GassCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRoles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description BettyhighB3-C6A box office workerHankmiddleC3-G4Another artistic staff member at TapestryWaynemiddle-lowB2-F4Director of Tapestry New Opera Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano
The Vagabond Theatrical Troupe presents! Jeremiah gives George an ultimatum but has to prove himself first in more ways than one, and all is wrapped up in the finest paper package.
A lament over the disbanding of brotherhood. Freddy wonders what will become of his friendship with Jeremiah.
Brigitta is in love with Jeremiah. Jeremiah, Freddy, and Brigitta retrieve Jeremiah’s birth certificate from the Taylor house where Brigitta found it. Jeremiah gives Freddy a note for Lily – he and Lily are leaving town when Jeremiah gets his fortune.
Jeremiah, who is in love with Lily, reveals that he is the illegitimate son of former mill owner, Skinner. He enlists Freddy’s help with a scheme.
George celebrates the 25th anniversary of his paper mill with an important announcement. Lily is introduced. Freddy gets some bad news.
CAST: Jacques Arsenault | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia KatzCAST: Sara Schabas | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia KatzCAST: Jennifer Taverner, Keith Klassen | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia Katz View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: Bandits in the ValleyComposer: Benton RoarkLibrettist: Julie TeppermanCommissioned By: Tapestry OperaLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 55Roles: Role
A francophile from Toronto walks into a café in downtown Montréal. His coffee order and small talk with the barista turns into a political rift that eventually leaves him lost in translation.
The interior of a thumping, vibrating gay nightclub. A middle-aged gentleman sips his drink and turns to watch the dancers on the dance floor. Under the disco ball a young man, stripped to the waist, is dancing with abandon. The young man approaches and establishes immediate physical contact, which is
An intimate encounter between two gay men.
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
An alarm goes off, triggering a pat-down at airport security.
OVERVIEW Title: A More Intimate ScreeningComposer: Benton RoarkLibrettist: Daniel SolonCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 3Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Body 1middle-highB3-E5Voice of airport securityBody 2middleF#3-A4Voice of airport securityBody 3middle-lowE3-E4Voice of airport security Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left
Winston Smith is interrogated by a member of The Party about some of his journal entries. In this scene, Smith struggles to differentiate his reality from the reality of The Party.
OVERVIEW Title: 1984Composer: Chris ThornborrowLibrettist: Nicolas BillonCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 10Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description InquisitormiddleC3-A4A member of The PartyWinstonmiddle-lowG2-F4A revolutionist Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano SYNOPSIS Content warning: political indoctrination, interrogation Winston
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French