CAST: Marianne Irina Botezatu | PHOTO CREDIT: Mirez La View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: La pagaille des violonsComposer: Diana CotomanLibrettist: Diana CotomanLanguage: FrenchRun Time: 12Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Musicamiddle-highD4-E5Musica, the Goddess of Music. Can be sung also by a soprano.Pizzitonsmiddle-highG3-E5Children's voicesArchetonsmiddle-highB3-E5Children's voices Please
The Goddess of Music reconciles the tribe of the arco violin players with the tribe of pizzicato players, inviting them to make music together.
Maupin remembers her romance with the Countess de Florensac.
Maupin tells the story of a scandalous love affair from her youth, culminating in a daring escape from a convent.
La Maupin introduces herself to the audience, sharing some of the gossip that has been spread about her.
Louise is ready. She chooses a climb, exploring and unleashing her own full voice as she travels upward.
Louise and Glenn talk about their daily rituals. Re-energized, Louise wants to get back to climbing again. She starts muscling her way upward, urged on by thoughts of fame. Glenn’s focus turns to his various medications and need for isolation. Glenn feels a sharp pain and struggles to support Louise.
Both Louise and Glenn are tired. They share stories about their nightmares.
Glenn tells Louise that applause should be banned. The Housewife shares the profound impact of witnessing Glenn’s performance.
The Celebrity is hosting a party. He calls out to Glenn and persuades him to play the piano with him for his guests. The guests gossip about the past performances and bad reviews while simultaneously applauding the artist.
Glenn is lost in a painful memory of The Mother in hospital.
The Girl calls out to Glenn. She asks him for help with a piece of music.
The Mother appears at the window. She shares memories, loving praise and admonishments. The development of her child’s talent and success has been her life’s focus.
With a sense of freedom, Louise discovers daring, new musical terrain with Glenn’s encouragement.
Louise encounters The Teacher at the window. The Teacher instructs on the development of rigorous, meticulous technique. Discussion of artistic philosophy is included in the training. Glenn recalls his own teacher.
Louise, a young talented artist, arrives and prepares for her first climb. She is seeking excellence, precision, and beauty. It is a quest toward attaining perfection in her art. Louise connects with her inspiration, support and icon: Glenn Gould. Their journey together begins.
CAST: Camille Rogers | PHOTO CREDIT: Lauren HalaszCAST: Trevor Chartrand and Camille Rogers View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: La MaupinComposer: Colin McMahonLibrettist: Camille RogersCommissioned By: Camille RogersLanguage: EnglishProducer: Camille RogersRun Time: 35Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Maupinmiddle-highA3-A5A queer, gender-non-conforming opera singer, living in France
CAST: Andrea Ludwig | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia KatzCAST: Lauren Pearl | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia KatzCAST: Lauren Pearl | PHOTO CREDIT: Dahlia Katz View more photos below - click here OVERVIEW Title: Gould’s WallComposer: Brian CurrentLibrettist: Liza BalkanLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 60Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description LouisehighA♯3 (opt.
A bar manager recounts the night she heard Frederick Chopin play piano, and the effect it had on her relationship with the bar’s resident piano player.
OVERVIEW Title: Pub Operas (The Sloans Project)Composer: Gareth WilliamsLibrettist: David James BrockCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera and NOISE OperaLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRoles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description SopranohighC4-G5Juke box singer / Future brideMezzo-sopranomiddle-highC#4-G5Bartender / Wife of old manTenormiddleG#3-G#4Stranger in bar / Old manBaritonemiddle-lowD#3-F#4Serial killer / Future groom Please Note: The
We hear Keith teaching a child to play violin. Alex listens happily while Jackie wishes she was still at work.
OVERVIEW Title: Opposites AttractComposer: Iman HabibiLibrettist: Phoebe TsangCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 8Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Ericamiddle-highA3-Bb5Coupled with KeithJackiehighE4-G5Coupled with AlexKeithmiddleC#3-A4Coupled with EricaAlexmiddle-lowE3-C#4Coupled with Jackie Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano Part 1 Video
Angry and frustrated at her physical inability to play, Jacqueline cancels her remaining performances.
Jacqueline remembers happy times with her cello in childhood.
Jacqueline enjoys telling a joke about some monks’ sexual arousal.
Jacqueline experiences symptoms, but her physical illness is undiagnosed, and she is instead told it is hysterical or psychosomatic.
Jacqueline remembers playing in the fields with her sister in her childhood, and the fragrance of wildflowers.
Jacqueline, the child, tells her cello they will play great concert halls and make records.
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.
On a phone call with her mother, Jackie is admonished. She begs her mother to visit. She’s alone with fragments of memory.
In her prime, Jackie admits she finds the pace of touring life dizzying. The sycophants at parties are starting to get to her.
In her prime. At a post-gala cocktail party, Jackie ironically confesses she has a terrible disease: glissando-itis.
Comparing herself to Samson, Jackie and her husband have a tangled night of love one rainy night.
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
At 4 a.m., a composer stands looking out the window, his tools nearby. Across town, a librettist is doing the same. Both are just slightly panicking about their latest work: an opera about a dog named Harley.
OVERVIEW Title: Insomnia CompositionComposer: Iman HabibiLibrettist: Maja ArdalCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRoles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Composermiddle-lowBb2-F#4A composerLibrettistmiddle-highB3-G#5A librettist Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano SYNOPSIS At 4 a.m., a composer stands looking out the window,
OVERVIEW Title: GuitarComposer: Elisabeth Mehl GreeneLibrettist: Norman YeungCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 4Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description JosiehighC4-G5Singer-songwriter, lives in PortlandDelmiddle-lowC3-Eb4Josie's boyfriend Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano SYNOPSIS Singer-songwriter Josie works on a song
A famous blues singer is warming up in her dressing room before the show. Her partner, Jack, enters and a fight begins.
OVERVIEW Title: BessieComposer: Chris ThornborrowLibrettist: Morris PanychCommissioned By: Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist LaboratoryLanguage: EnglishProducer: Tapestry OperaRun Time: 6Roles: Role Voice Type Range ? Character Description Bessiemiddle-highAb3-F5A famous blues singerJackmiddle-lowDb3-F#4Bessie's partner Please Note: The table above has content that is scrollable left to right.Orchestration: Piano SYNOPSIS A famous blues singer is warming up
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.
George has a proposal for Lily. Henri has a confession. The Great Recorder Smackdown happens, and Lily is caught in the crossfire. Lily sends them all away without answering.
Henri wonders how, after all this time, it is possible that Lily doesn’t reciprocate her feelings of love.
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
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