Tapestry New Opera Works 09/10 season September 25, 2009

2009-2010 – Tapestry’s 30th Anniversary Season
All productions in the 2009/2010 season will be directed by Studio Company Resident Director Tom Diamond

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (416) 537-6066

PERFORMANCE DETAILS:
In keeping with this tradition, the 2009/2010 season will begin with Tapestry’s first International Composer-Librettist Laboratory. With support from the INCUBATE program at the Toronto Arts Council, Tapestry will partner opera/theatre companies in the United Kingdom and pair 2 UK composers and 2 UK writers with Daniel (Opera to Go: Lisa, The Shadow) and Stephen Andrew Taylor (Opera to Go: My Mother’s Ring) and writers Anna Chatterton (Opera to Go: See Saw; Swoon for Canadian Opera Company) and Marjorie Chan.
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Opera Briefs
September 25, 26 at 8pm and September 27 at 3pm, 2008
Ernest Balmer Studio at Tapestry, 55 Mill Street, Building 58, The Cannery, Studio 315
Writers: Anna Chatteron, Judith Thomson, 2 UK writers TBC
Composers: Omar Daniel, Stephen Andrew Taylor, 2 UK composers TBC
Director: Tom Diamond
Music Directors: Christopher Foley & Jennifer Tung
Cast: Carla Huhtanen (soprano), Scott Belluz (countertenor), Keith Klassen (tenor), Peter McGillivray (baritone), mezzo TBC
Our annual season opener - scenes from our first International LibLab. Presented in the intimacy of The Ernest Balmer Studio at Tapestry, this is the ninth incarnation of Opera Briefs.
Single Tickets on sale September 7, 2009 at 416.537.6066 x243 or www.totix.ca _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Opera to Go
March 24, 25, 26, 2010
Fermenting Cellar, Distillery Historic District, 55 Mill St
Writers: TBC
Composers: TBC
Director: Tom Diamond
Music Director: Wayne Strongman
Cast: Keith Klassen (tenor), Peter McGillivray (baritone), soprano TBC, mezzo TBC
The best of the best! Join us for an Opera to Go revival of some of our favourite short works from the past eight years.
Single Tickets on sale in 2010, visit www.tapestrynewopera.com for details
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Dark Star Requiem
June 2010
Dates & Venue TBC
Written by Jill Battson & composed by Andrew Staniland
Director: Tom Diamond
Music Director: Wayne Strongman
Cast: TBC
Featuring the Elmer Iseler Singers
An operatic oratorio on the history of HIV-AIDS featuring an exceptional cast and the Elmer Iseler Singers.
Single tickets on sale in 2010, visit www.tapestrynewopera.com for details
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NON-SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAMMING:
I. 30th Anniversary Gala Event
December 2, 2009
Fermenting Cellar, Distillery Historic District, 55 Mill St.
Early bird price (by October 1, 2009): $110
Regular price (after October 1, 2009): $130
Call 416.537.6066 x243 or email [email protected]
II. Get Stuffed (Written by Alexis Diamond & Composed by Richard Payne)
Director: Emma Tibaldo
Music Director: Wayne Strongman
For booking and other inquiries please call 416.537.6066 x224 or email [email protected]
III. INside Opera Education Programme
Tapestry continues partnerships with the Regent Park School of Music and City Hope in St. Jamestown with programme sponsorship from BMO Financial Group. With funding from the TELUS Community Investment Board, Tapestry will lead a summer INside Opera programme with City Hope entitled the “Real Time Project”. Several youth participants will collaborate with professional videographer Juan Baquero, a Toronto based filmmaker who, for the past year, has been working on Listen to This, a Bravo/TVO documentary that explores the influence of music as a creative outlet for kids living in the inner city.
For more information on INside Opera please call 416.537.6066 x224 or email [email protected]
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SUBSCRIPTIONS
Subscriptions series are now on sale for the 09/10 Season: Opera Briefs, Opera to Go, Dark Star Requiem.
Season Subscription: $99. Student / Arts Worker Season Subscription: $49
Call 416.537.6066 x243 or email subscription@tapestrynewopera.
For further media information and artist interviews please contact Kim Blackwell at 416-346-4709, 416-686-0982 or [email protected]

Official Website: http://www.tapestrynewopera.com