Dark Star Requiem Music Workshop Photos

May 11th, 2010

Check out more great photos from Brian Mosoff, this time from the February 2010 music workshop for Dark Star Requiem in the Ernest Balmer Studio at Tapestry.

Dark Star Requiem
A world premiere from Tapestry & Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts & Creativity
Composed by Andrew Staniland
Libretto by Jill Battson

June 11 & 12, 2010 at 8pm at The Royal Conservatory,
TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, Koerner Hall
TICKETS: $30-50
416-872-1111 / 1-866-577-4277 ticketmaster.ca
416-408-0208 Royal Conservatory of Music

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Opera to Go 2010 Production Photos

May 10th, 2010

Check out some of photographer Brian Mosoff’s great pics of Opera to Go 2010 – some of our favourite short works in the Fermenting Cellar, Distillery Historic District.

The audience picked up their chairs traveled to 5 different worlds as we used the entire space in this amazing venue!

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Free performances of Get Stuffed, May 15 in the Distillery District!

April 30th, 2010

Christopher Ryan in Get Stuffed. Photo (c) Meghan Hall

Great News! We’ve been touring Get Stuffed, a new opera for children set in the school cafeteria for 2 years in schools across Ontario. We’ve been trying to find the best way to bring this super fun show to a larger, public audience and we are thrilled to partner with the Distillery Historic District to end the 2010 tour on May 15, 2010 with a free family day including 3 outdoor performances and fun food workshops and activities. Visitors will also have the opportunity to help fight hunger by dropping off a non-perishable food donation to support the Daily Bread Food Bank and to collect information and parent resources from ChildFind Canada who assist in the search for and prevention of missing children.

May 15, 2010
PEFORMANCES
11:00am, 1:00pm and 3:00pm in Trinity Square in the Distillery Historic District
55 Mill Street (north east of Parliament St. and Lakeshore Blvd) Toronto, ON.
An onsite indoor location will be available in case of rain.

Written by Toronto composer Richard Payne and Montreal writer Alexis Diamond for 5 singing actors and 2 musicians, Get Stuffed is about a timely message, making healthy food choices. Developed with Words in Motion and the Canadian Diabetes Association, Get Stuffed promotes environmentally-friendly, healthy food choices inspired by the Canada Food Guide, with special prominence for fruits and vegetables grown in Ontario.

Includes a food fight!!!

Get Stuffed is supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Ministry of Health Promotion, Ontario Agri-Food Education Inc. and Loblaws Canada.

For more information on Get Stuffed and the 2010 company please visit getstuffed.ca

Artist Pictured: Christopher Ryan. Photo © Meghan Hall

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Opera to Go – Creative Artist Video Statements

March 22nd, 2010

Our next Opera to Go Creative Artist Video Statement is by James Rolfe, composer of ‘Rosa’ (libretto by Camyar Chai). In his statement James speaks about how his creative partnership with Camyar developed and the tremendous success of the production of Elijah’s Kite.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0G50lXNvEY

Opera to Go 2010 opens Wednesday! Tickets are selling fast. Click here to purchase your tickets online.

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Opera to Go – Creative Artist Video Statements

March 19th, 2010

Our second Opera to Go Creative Artist Video Statement is by Jeffrey Ryan, composer of ‘The Laurels’ (libretto by Michael Lewis MacLennan). Thank you to Jeffrey for letting us in on the genesis of this haunting and suspenseful piece.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxNpuEAKW7A

Opera to Go 2010 opens next week! Tickets are selling fast. Click here to purchase your tickets online.

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Opera to Go – Creative Artist Video Statements

March 18th, 2010

We invited the creative artists for Opera to Go 2010 to make short video statements about their experience creating new opera with Tapestry. We will be posting a series of these statements leading up to Opera to Go 2010 to give an inside scoop on the history of the pieces that you will be seeing next week.

Our first video statement is by Jill Battson, librettist for “Ashlike on the Cradle of the Wind” (composed by Andrew Staniland). Enjoy.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBaywvX2L5s

“Ashlike” is one of the 5 short operas that are part of  Opera to Go, running March 24, 25 & 26 at the Fermenting Cellar in the Distillery Historic District. We hope to see you at the show!

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See our Upcoming Operas “to Go” in Their Past Lives

March 4th, 2010

We are reviving 5 Opera to Go favourites this month. Check out some pics of their previous productions.

Opera to Go runs March 24,25,26 at 8pm in the Fermenting Cellar, Distillery Historic District. See what director Tom Diamond and our Opera to Go design team have in store for our remount of these 5 short works.

TICKETS: $40 / $20
416.537.6066 or online

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3 Opera Briefs at the TSO New Creations Festival tomorrow, Feb.25

February 24th, 2010

NCF

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s annual New Creations Festival presents the best in contemporary orchestral music, pushing the boundaries of sound with premières from today’s hottest composers. One of the ‘Festival Extras’ is free pre-concert lobby performances and for the Azul concert on Thursday February 25th, Tapestry will be entertaining audience members with three 5-minute Opera Briefs.

Purchase an “$8 ticket to the concert then come to the lobby of Roy Thompson Hall at 7:20pm and enjoy:

What is She? (from Opera Briefs 9)
Anna Chatterton, librettist / John Harris, composer

The Sermon (from Opera Briefs 9)
Bernard MacLaverty, librettist / John Harris, composer

Betty Box Office (from Opera Briefs 8)
Ken Gass, librettist / Jack Perla, composer

These ‘briefs’ will be performed by soprano Carla Huhtanen, tenor Keith Klassen, baritone Peter McGillivray and pianist Christopher Foley.

For $8 Tickets to the New Creations Festival visit:

www.tso.ca/weboffers

Use the Promo. Code : TANGO

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Opera to Go – Volunteer Opportunity

February 11th, 2010

We are looking for volunteers to help in various positions throughout run of Opera to Go taking place March 24, 25 & 26, 2010.

As a volunteer you will assist Tapestry as we present the Opera to Go revival at the Fermenting Cellar in the Distillery Historic District. Experience some of Tapestry’s favourite short operas from the past 8 seasons in one of Toronto’s most exciting venues and be a part of the action as we use the entire space to create 5 different worlds full of comedy, drama and suspense.

Opera to Go Volunteer Positions available:
Tour Guides
This will be an evening that the audience will never forget and in order to pull it off we need a team of volunteers to assist in seamlessly leading the audience around the space in between the short performances.
Bartenders (must be 19 + and Smart Serve certified)
Coat Check
Box Office Table

Time Requirements
Volunteers will be required to arrive at 7:00pm to prep for an 8:00pm performance time. Individuals volunteering as Tour Guides will be require to attend the Opera to Go dress rehearsal taking place March 23, 2010 at 8:00pm to learn the route.

If you are interested in volunteering please contact Amber Ebert, ambere@tapestrynewopera.com or 416.537.6066 x224 to sign up.

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Opera to Go Tickets are On Sale Now!

February 2nd, 2010

Opera to Go 2010 eflyer

Tickets are on sale now for Tapestry’s Opera to Go Revival!

Opera to Go runs March 24-26, 2010 at the Fermenting Cellar, Distillery Historic District and features short operas by Michael Lewis MacLennan & Jeffrey Ryan, Jill Battson & Andrew Staniland, Mark Brownell & Chan Ka Nin, Camyar Chai & James Rolfe and Lisa Codrington & Kevin Morse.

Click here for more info.

Tickets: $40 / $20
Box Office: 416.537.6066 (x243) or online

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