2011/2012 Creative Development Season
Opera Briefs September 23 & 24, 2011
Our highly anticipated annual season opener with exciting and provocative scenes hot off the press from the Composer Librettist Laboratory (Liblab), directed by Sue Miner and presented at Theatre Passe Muraille Main Space.
Workshops and performances in the Ernest Balmer Studio:
Pub Operas November 10, 11 & 12, 2011
David Brock, librettist / Gareth Williams, composer
Creative match made in LibLab 2009
Pub Operas production serves up stories from Glasgow’s famous pub in the Ernest Balmer Studio in the Historic Distillery District. Be there to witness a bitter-sweet engagement, an after-hours wake, and the inn manager’s unrequited love affair with Frederic Chopin.
The Tapestry Songbook January 28, 2012
This concert will showcase bravura arias from the extensive library of Tapestry produced operas, performed by artists from the Tapestry New Work Studio Company and participants from Tapestry’s New Opera 101 Master Class/Workshop. Soprano Xin Wang, countertenor Scott Belluze and pianists James Bourne and Sandra Mogenson join us as both performers and master class clinicians.
New Opera Showcase March 25, 2012
An evening of opera excerpts from four new works at various stages in their development at Tapestry. In this showcase, expect to experience the creative spirit at its hottest and most challenging.
The Enslavement and Liberation of Oksana G. (workshop) June 11th & 12th 2012
Colleen Murphy, librettist & Aaron Gervais, composer
Creative match made in Liblab 2007
After a thrilling workshop presentation of the first Act of Oksana G. last winter, is the next stage of this electrifying new opera by the Governor General’s Award winning playwright, Colleen Murphy and SOCAN award-winning composer, Aaron Gervais.
For single tickets, please call (416) 537-6066 x243 or send your request to boxoffice@tapestrynewopera.com
Photo credit: from left to right Christopher Mayell, Keith Klassen, Kimberly Barber, Marcus Nance. Photo by Brian Mosoff and Tapestry.
