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# Tapestry Opera

Tapestry Opera makes new opera in Canada

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- [Tapestry Opera News](https://tapestryopera.com/news/)
- [10 Days in a Madhouse Reviews](https://tapestryopera.com/10-days-in-a-madhouse-reviews/) - REVIEWS IN - The Globe calls 10 Days, “Extraordinary” The reviews are in, and 10 Days in a Madhouse is officially the talk of the town.Opening night at the Bluma Appel Theatre was nothing short of electric. Audiences were left spellbound by Rene Orth and Hannah Moscovitch’s gripping psychological thriller, and critics agree that this
- [7 Dora Noms for Tapestry Productions!](https://tapestryopera.com/7-dora-noms-for-tapestry-productions/) - Congratulations to the cast and creative teams of Sanctuary Song, LOL: Laughing Out Lonely and Tapestry Briefs: Under Where?, which have been nominated for a total 7 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, including nominations for Outstanding New Opera and Outstanding Production! We are THRILLED to share some wonderful news: Tapestry Opera has received seven nominations for the Dora
- [2026 WML MASTERCLASS](https://tapestryopera.com/2026-wml-masterclass/) - 10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE REIMAGINES JOURNALIST NELLIE BLY’S DARING EXPOSÉ FOR THE OPERA STAGE Tapestry Opera, Luminato Festival, the Canadian Opera Company, and TO Live team up to present a uniquely powerful new opera from Hannah Moscovitch and Rene Orth
- [History Under Our Feet](https://tapestryopera.com/history-under-our-feet/) - Last week, the Tapestry team spent the afternoon at the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre. We toured the site of the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital (Mimico Asylum) to better understand Toronto’s history of institutionalization. It was a heavy but very relevant experience. The full Tapestry Opera staff wanted to connect with our local history and allow
- [Venue Update](https://tapestryopera.com/venue-update/) - January, 2026 Update: Good News!The venue is open again!Temporary Closure of the Performance Hall at the Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre In November and December, the Performance Hall at the Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre experienced water damage that impacted the floor and one of the walls. As a result, we made the
- [Women in Musical Leadership 2026 applications open](https://tapestryopera.com/women-in-musical-leadership-2026-applications-open/) - Applications are now open for Women in Musical Leadership, our advanced conducting program.
- [Solved! 'N' Unmasked: A Season of Madness, Love, and Asylums](https://tapestryopera.com/solved-n-unmasked-a-season-of-madness-love-and-asylums/) - The game is up! The time for shadows, pseudonyms, and clandestine initials is past. Now, with the scoop of the century in my hands, I cast off the mask. It is I, Nellie Bly, reporter, adventurer, and seeker of the unvarnished truth! I have doffed my disguise to bring you the full account of the scandals
- [10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE](https://tapestryopera.com/10-days-in-a-madhouse/) - 10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE REIMAGINES JOURNALIST NELLIE BLY’S DARING EXPOSÉ FOR THE OPERA STAGE Tapestry Opera, Luminato Festival, the Canadian Opera Company, and TO Live team up to present a uniquely powerful new opera from Hannah Moscovitch and Rene Orth
- [Free Underground Concerts](https://tapestryopera.com/free-underground-concerts/) - Tapestry Opera Announces Free Underground Concerts: Local and International stars, LIVE in the Heart of the City
- [25/26 SEASON CELEBRATES FIRST SEASON IN NEW TORONTO VENUE](https://tapestryopera.com/25-26-season-celebrates-first-season-in-new-toronto-venue/) - Tapestry Opera’s 2025 - 2026 first full season at the Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre
- [General Audition Call for Fall 2025](https://tapestryopera.com/general-audition-call-for-fall-2025/) - Tapestry Opera is accepting general audition submissions for its 2025-2026 season and beyond.
- [Women in Musical Leadership: Second Cohort Graduation](https://tapestryopera.com/women-in-musical-leadership-second-cohort-graduation/) - Maria Fuller and Naomi are just the second cohort of Women in Musical Leadership (WML) conductors to graduate from Tapestry Opera’s three-year program.
- [Roster Announcement: 30 Years of LIBLAB](https://tapestryopera.com/roster-announcement-30-years-of-liblab/) - TORONTO, ON – June 27, 2025 – Tapestry Opera, Canada’s leader in the development of new opera, is proud to announce the roster of talented composers and librettists selected for its 2025 Composer-Librettist Laboratory (LIBLAB). This marks the 30th anniversary of the acclaimed program, a cornerstone of new opera creation in Canada.
- [HOW TO MAKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DESIRABLE BY USING ARTS](https://tapestryopera.com/how-to-make-affordable-housing-desirable-by-using-arts/) - The Green Line team visited 877 Yonge St. to learn how St. Clare's Housing, Nightwood Theatre and Tapestry Opera are using the arts to combat stigma around affordable housing. THE GREEN LINE ORIGINAL STORY READ THE GREEN LINE ORIGINAL STORY HERE Andrea Adams, executive director of St. Clare’s Housing, says her organization is working to fight the
- [Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre at 877 Yonge St. officially opens its doors Monday.](https://tapestryopera.com/nancy-ed-jackman-performance-centre-at-877-yonge-st-officially-opens-its-doors-monday/) - The Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre at 877 Yonge St. officially opens its doors Monday.
- [Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre Sets a New Stage for the Toronto Artistic Community](https://tapestryopera.com/nancy-ed-jackman-performance-centre-sets-a-new-stage-for-the-toronto-artistic-community/) - The Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre Sets a New Stage for the Toronto Artistic Community.
- [‘What the future of arts needs,’ Inside Toronto’s new artist-driven creative space](https://tapestryopera.com/what-the-future-of-arts-needs-inside-torontos-new-artist-driven-creative-space/) - ‘What the future of arts needs,’ Inside Toronto’s new artist-driven creative space - Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre.
- [Jacqueline | Reviews](https://tapestryopera.com/jacqueline-reviews/) - Jacqueline | Reviews
- [Women in Musical Leadership 2025 applications open](https://tapestryopera.com/women-in-musical-leadership-2025-applications-open/) - Applications are now open for Women in Musical Leadership, our advanced conducting program.
- [Jaime Martino awarded Jini Stolk Creative Fellowship](https://tapestryopera.com/jaime-martino-awarded-jini-stolk-creative-fellowship/) - Toronto ON, November 25, 2024 — Jaime Martino, Executive Director with Tapestry Opera, has been awarded the second annual Jini Stolk Creative Fellowship. The Fellowship was created in memory of arts leader Jini Stolk and continues her legacy by supporting arts management through an award of $20,000 over two years ($10,000 per year) to an
- [THE 24/25 SEASON CELEBRATES 45 YEARS OF TAPESTRY ](https://tapestryopera.com/the-24-25-season-celebrates-45-years-of-tapestry/) - Celebrate 45 Years Of Tapestry With Newly Built Venue, Two Of Their Most Successful Shows, And Unique On-Location Programming. TORONTO—Tapestry Opera celebrates 45 years of producing innovative, powerful opera that reflects and changes the world around us. This season, Tapestry Opera finishes construction and will launch a new performing arts facility and venue at 877
- [AOC ANNOUNCES 2024 BEST IN GOVERNANCE AWARD](https://tapestryopera.com/aoc-announces-2024-best-in-governance-award/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 19, 2024 Pour la version en français, click here ASSOCIATION FOR OPERA IN CANADA ANNOUNCES RECIPIENT OF THE 2024 BEST IN GOVERNANCE AWARD BRIAN JAMES DAWSON, BOARD CHAIR, TAPESTRY OPERA Toronto, ON – The Association for Opera in Canada (AOC) is delighted to announce that Brian Dawson, Board Chair of Tapestry Opera,
- [$150,000 OTF Grant from the Ontario Government](https://tapestryopera.com/150000-otf-grant-from-the-ontario-government/) - On Sunday, Tapestry Opera and Nightwood Theatre celebrated the $150,000 Capital grant from the provincial government’s Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF).
- [Von Stade, Heggie, Nagano… Jacqueline du Pré!](https://tapestryopera.com/jacqueline-west-edge-opera/) - Tapestry’s Artistic Director, Michael Mori, shares his thoughts on his recent trip to direct Jacqueline in San Francisco.
- [Women in Musical Leadership Highlights](https://tapestryopera.com/women-in-musical-leadership-highlights/) - The 23/24 season was an exciting one for our six Women in Musical Leadership conductors! We're excited to share a few highlights.
- [Award-Winning Commission: 10 Days in a Madhouse](https://tapestryopera.com/award-winning-commission-10-days-in-a-madhouse/) - July 24th, 2024 - Tapestry Opera's co-commission and co-production with Opera Philadelphia, 10 Days in a Madhouse, has won the 2024 Music Critics Association of North America award for BEST NEW OPERA. This accolade follows last year's triumph when Tapestry Opera received the same award for RUR: A Torrent of Light, becoming the first Canadian
- [Women in Musical Leadership | IWD 2024](https://tapestryopera.com/women-in-musical-leadership-iwd-2024/) - We dream of a world where leadership is a matter of talent and drive, regardless of identity. Women in Musical Leadership has built pathways to success for exceptional women and non-binary music leaders for generations, overturning a deep and longstanding imbalance. Meet the conductors who are changing the podium, the music industry, and the world.
- [General Audition Call for Winter 2023](https://tapestryopera.com/tapestry-opera-general-audition-call-for-winter-2023/) - As we look ahead, Tapestry Opera is looking for classically trained singer-actors with professional experience to audition.
- [Rocking Horse Winner | Reviews](https://tapestryopera.com/rocking-horse-winner-reviews/) - First reviews are in, and the response is universally positive! Tapestry Opera's skilfully spare and sensually spooky production Drew Rowsome Despite invoking dark themes of anxiety and dysfunctional familial relationships, Rocking Horse Winner executes it all gloriously. Tapestry Opera’s Rocking Horse Winner is a sumptuous indulgence of the senses! Torontonicity Talented vocalists, stunning design, and
- [Rocking Horse Winner: A Brief History](https://tapestryopera.com/rocking-horse-winner-a-brief-history/) - The award-winning production of Rocking Horse Winner is now one of the most performed Canadian operas!
- [Tapestry Opera Shortlisted for International Opera Award](https://tapestryopera.com/tapestry-opera-shortlisted-for-international-opera-award/) - Tapestry Opera has been shortlisted for a 2023 International Opera Award in the Equal Opportunities & Impact category. “This year’s International Opera Awards shortlist once again celebrates talent from around the world and proves that opera is truly the most international of artforms. Huge congratulations to all our nominees and I look forward to celebrating
- [THE 23/24 SEASON MARKS 10-YEAR EVOLUTION](https://tapestryopera.com/the-23-24-season-marks-10-year-evolution/) - We're Bringing Back One Of Our Most Successful Productions And Building A New Transformative Arts Facility TORONTO - Tapestry Opera celebrates General and Artistic Director Michael Hidetoshi Mori’s 10th year of innovative leadership, helping build the organization into a prolific and influential champion of Canadian artists and works. In the last ten years, the last
- [Advancement Officer](https://tapestryopera.com/advancement-officer/) - Location: Toronto, ONType: Full-time, permanentReports to: Executive Director, Director of AdvancementRemuneration: $50,000 - $52,000Growth opportunities: Manager or Director position in Advancement/DevelopmentLocation: Toronto, ONIn-person / work-from-home: Remote working is negotiable with this role, with occasional trips to Toronto for performances and eventsSubmission Deadline: Tuesday, September 5, 2023, 11:59 PM The Advancement Officer will play a key role in
- [Announcing Significant Contribution Toward 877 Yonge Arts Hub](https://tapestryopera.com/announcing-significant-contribution-toward-877-yonge-arts-hub/) - TAPESTRY OPERA, NIGHTWOOD THEATRE, ST. CLARE’S RECEIVE $1.25 MILLION FROM THE CITY OF TORONTO, ENABLING CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY TOWARDS A NEW ARTS HUB IN THE HEART OF TORONTO Toronto, ON (July 6, 2023) – Tapestry Opera, Nightwood Theatre, St. Clare’s announce a significant contribution toward their new downtown arts hub at 877 Yonge Street.
- [First Canadian opera to win MCANA Award!](https://tapestryopera.com/first-canadian-opera-wins-award/) - 2023 MCANA Award for BEST NEW OPERA goes to composer Nicole Lizée and librettist Nicolas Billon for R.U.R. A TORRENT OF LIGHT.
- [Announcing New Collaborative Performance Facility](https://tapestryopera.com/announcing-new-collaborative-performance-facility/) - AMID TORONTO’S VENUE CRISIS - TAPESTRY OPERA AND NIGHTWOOD THEATRE ANNOUNCE THE CREATION OF TWO NEW COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE SPACES Toronto, ON (May 9, 2023) – Tapestry Opera and Nightwood Theatre announced yesterday that they are developing a new home for the performing arts and are embarking on a capital campaign to fund its 1.5 million dollar completion
- [Meet the next generation of Canadian musical leadership](https://tapestryopera.com/monica-chen-and-kelly-lin-women-in-musical-leadership-conductors/) - Canadian conductors Monica Chen and Kelly Lin have been announced as the Year 3 cohort of the Women in Musical Leadership conducting program.
- [New Opera 101 applications now closed](https://tapestryopera.com/new-opera-101-applications-open/) - Sign up for our mailing list to be among the first to learn about future opportunities at Tapestry Opera.
- [Tapestry Opera announces a transformative 22/23 season](https://tapestryopera.com/tapestry-opera-announces-a-transformative-22-23-season/) - Dynamic world premiere operas that shatter the operatic stereotype with free, site-specific, bilingual and digital works, featuring industry-leading artistic talent sharing thrilling stories and music created by and for performing arts-loving Torontonians TORONTO – Canada’s leading producer of contemporary opera, Tapestry Opera, has announced a transformative 22/23 Season, bursting with exciting ways for audiences in
- [Tapestry announce a third year of Box Concerts](https://tapestryopera.com/tapestry-announce-a-third-year-of-box-concerts/) - More free opera performances for vulnerable Toronto communities Tapestry Opera announces a third year of Box Concerts! This summer they're delivering over 60 free outdoor performances to staff and residents of Toronto long-term care homes, and over 30 to Toronto residential neighbourhoods. First delivered in 2020 in response to the pandemic, the program’s travelling trailer
- [Call for volunteers](https://tapestryopera.com/call-for-volunteers/) - Tapestry Opera is looking for volunteers to help in our upcoming performance of R.U.R. A Torrent of Light.
- [Maria Fuller and Naomi Woo join Women in Musical Leadership](https://tapestryopera.com/maria-fuller-and-naomi-woo-women-in-musical-leadership-conductors/) - Canadian conductors Maria Fuller and Naomi Woo have been announced as the Year 2 cohort of the Women in Musical Leadership conducting program.
- [R.U.R. A Torrent of Light cast & creatives announced](https://tapestryopera.com/r-u-r-a-torrent-of-light-cast-creatives-announced/) - Find out more about the stellar cast and creative team bringing our new sci-fi opera to life
- [Graphic Designer Part-Time Contract](https://tapestryopera.com/graphic-designer-contract/) - We're recruiting a part-time Graphic Designer
- [Women in Musical Leadership applications open](https://tapestryopera.com/women-in-musical-leadership-applications-open/) - Applications are now open for Women in Musical Leadership, our advanced conducting program.
- [We’re sad to announce we’ve been asked to leave the Distillery Historic District](https://tapestryopera.com/were-sad-to-announce-weve-been-asked-to-leave-the-distillery-historic-district/) - Nightwood Theatre and Tapestry Opera are deeply disappointed to share the news that the lease for our offices and The Ernest Balmer Studio in the Distillery Historic District will not be renewed, after operating out of the Distillery for almost 20 years.
- [Full cast and creative team announced for Gould’s Wall](https://tapestryopera.com/full-cast-and-creative-team-announced-for-goulds-wall/) - Tapestry Opera announces the cast and creative team for Gould’s Wall.
- [Artistic and General Administrator](https://tapestryopera.com/artistic-and-general-administrator/) - Location: Toronto, ONType: Full-time, permanentReports to: Executive Director, General Director Salary range: $40,000 - $45,000Submission Deadline: Sunday October 3, 2021, 11:59pmStart Date: Monday October 25, 2021 Tapestry Opera is seeking a highly organized artistic administrator to join our team! The Artistic and General Administrator will play a key role in supporting Tapestry’s artistic projects and senior staff, and
- [Executive Director - Parental Leave Contract](https://tapestryopera.com/executive-director-parental-leave-contract/) - We're recruiting an Executive Director to cover Parental Leave
- [Audition call for dancers](https://tapestryopera.com/audition-call-for-dancers/) - We're casting four dancers for our upcoming world premiere, R.U.R. A Torrent of Light
- [Our future plans for live performances in Toronto](https://tapestryopera.com/our-future-plans-for-live-performances-in-toronto-tapestry-opera/) - The Tapestry Opera 2022 bill includes a site-specific robot opera and a tribute to Glenn Gould’s journey to perfection, featuring singers suspended from the Royal Conservatory of Music’s atrium. Tapestry Opera announces plans for live performances in 2022 and 2023, with a program of deeply experiential, socially relevant and artistically expansive works. Tapestry, Canada’s most
- [General Audition Call for our upcoming Seasons](https://tapestryopera.com/general-audition-call-for-our-upcoming-seasons/) - Tapestry Opera is now accepting video and audio general audition submissions for its 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 seasons Deadline May 1st 2021 Tapestry is conducting a general audition to cast 3 full-length world premiere productions, and numerous workshops in support of these productions. We invite classically trained singer-actors with professional experience in opera, new music, and
- [Box Concerts returns for Summer 2021](https://tapestryopera.com/box-concerts-returns-for-summer-2021/) - Tapestry Opera announces the second year of Box Concerts, the joyful curbside concert program. The pop-up stage will tour hospitals, care homes and private residences across the GTA for 100 performances over summer and fall 2021. Box Concerts returns to premiere a new one-person-show created just for this summer, featuring opera, musical theatre and brand
- [In conversation with Morgan-Paige Melbourne](https://tapestryopera.com/in-conversation-with-morgan-paige-melbourne/) - Rising star pianist Morgan-Paige Melbourne shares insights on her relationship with the piano, how she approaches composing and what’s she’s been doing during the pandemic.
- [In conversation with JoAnn Falletta and Rosemary Thomson](https://tapestryopera.com/in-conversation-with-conductors-joann-falletta-and-rosemary-thomson/) - Conductors Falletta and Thomson have outstanding classical music careers - now they’re mentoring the next generation of leadership
- [She eloped and forgot how to speak](https://tapestryopera.com/she-eloped-and-forgot-how-to-speak/) - Tapestry’s Artistic Director Michael Hidetoshi Mori shares a personal story about his grandmother’s experience as a French-speaker, inspired by the themes around identity raised in Our Song D’Hiver
- [In conversation with opera star Mireille Asselin](https://tapestryopera.com/in-conversation-with-opera-star-mireille-asselin/) - Mireille Asselin has performed all over the world including five seasons at the Metropolitan Opera. She's now bringing it home for an intimate concert Our Song D'Hiver.
- [Job posting: Projects Manager - Women in Musical Leadership, Canadian Opera Resource](https://tapestryopera.com/job-posting-projects-manager/) - Location: Toronto, ONType: Combination of part- and full-time, contractReports to: Executive Director Salary range: $40,000/year full time (part time will be pro-rated) Tapestry Opera is seeking a Project Manager for Women in Musical Leadership and Canadian Opera Resource The role will be part-time until June 30th, 2021, full-time from July 1 2021 to June 30 2022, and reduced
- [Women in Musical Leadership Conductors announced](https://tapestryopera.com/women-in-musical-leadership-conductors-announced/) - Canadians Juliane Gallant and Jennifer Tung are named the inaugural Conductors in the landmark national conducting fellowship Women in Musical Leadership.
- [Announcing Women in Musical Leadership](https://tapestryopera.com/announcing-women-in-musical-leadership/) - A coalition of Canadian companies led by Tapestry Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria, with lead orchestral partner, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, are championing the next generation of conductors and addressing an historic gender imbalance in classical music.
- [Tapestry Opera's Commitment to Action](https://tapestryopera.com/commitment-to-action/) - Tapestry Opera stands in solidarity with Black and Indigenous communities in Toronto and across the globe in the fight for justice.
- [Rehearsing opera remotely](https://tapestryopera.com/rehearsing-opera-remotely/) - Music Director Kamna Gupta describes her experiences conducting through Zoom, and why she thinks there’s a lot to learn from doing things differently.
- [Tapestry Opera to deliver free live curbside concerts in Toronto](https://tapestryopera.com/tapestry-opera-to-deliver-free-live-curbside-concerts-in-toronto/) - Safe, live performances available in neighbourhoods across Toronto throughout the summer and fall of 2020 TORONTO – Tapestry Opera is driving live music to Toronto’s neighbourhoods this summer with an innovative curbside delivery program, Box Concerts (#BoxConcerts), a core initiative of Tapestry’s “Immune to Cancellation Season”. In collaboration, Distillery District neighbours Soulpepper Theatre Company and
- [Marketing and Communications Manager](https://tapestryopera.com/marketing-and-communications-manager/) - Location: Toronto, ONType: Full-time, permanentReports to: Executive Director Salary range: $50,000 to start Tapestry Opera is seeking a talented, savvy communicator to join our team! Tapestry Opera is an award-winning independent opera producer known for innovative and progressive practices in developing and producing opera, currently celebrating its 40th anniversary season. Our team consists of FIVE full-time staff and
- [Shanawdithit and Jacqueline receive 13 nominations for the 2020 Dora Awards](https://tapestryopera.com/shanawdithit-and-jacqueline-receive-13-nominations-for-the-2020-dora-awards/) - Congratulations to the cast and creative teams of Shanawdithit and Jacqueline, which have been nominated for a total 13 Dora Mavor Moore Awards across every opera category, including both receiving nominations for Outstanding New Opera and Outstanding Production! Shanawdithit, May 2019 Outstanding Ensemble - Aria Evans, Evan Korbut, Deantha Edmunds, Asitha Tennekoon, Rebecca Cuddy, Clarence Frazer, Marion Newman Outstanding
- [Tapestry Opera innovates a 20/21 season that is immune to cancellation](https://tapestryopera.com/tapestry-opera-innovates-a-20-21-season-that-is-immune-to-cancellation/) - Flexible digital season includes five Canadian operas in development and a FREE in-person world premiere in summer 2021 TORONTO – Facing the ongoing crisis of COVID-19 with a spirit of innovation and flexibility, Tapestry Opera announces a 2020/2021 season of innovative opera and music “immune to cancellation”, designed to withstand the uncertainty of the times ahead.
- [COVID-19: Cancel, Adapt, Evolve](https://tapestryopera.com/covid-19-cancel-adapt-evolve/) - By this time, our communities have come to expect the cancelling of live performances due to the severe danger of the current health crisis. The live performances of both Rocking Horse Winner and Iron Road in Concert have been cancelled, a sad but necessary measure to keep our artist and audience communities safe. We believe
- [Tapestry Opera cancels upcoming production in wake of COVID-19 but will honour artist fees](https://tapestryopera.com/tapestry-opera-cancels-upcoming-production-in-wake-of-covid-19-but-will-honour-artist-fees/) - Special virtual concert by Krisztina Szabó and Christopher Foley on March 21 will replace Songbook X performances TORONTO -- In light of recent developments concerning COVID-19, Tapestry Opera will cancel its upcoming New Opera 101 masterclasses and public performances of Songbook X, which were scheduled to take place next week. Acknowledging that many professionals who
- [AUGUST MURPHY-KING, COMPOSER LIBLAB 2018](https://tapestryopera.com/august-murphy-king-composer-liblab-2018/) - Tapestry: We’re always interested in how composers joining us at LibLab got started in their careers as composers. When did you first know this might be your career path? August: I started piano lessons when I was very young and I liked it but instead of practicing the pieces I was assigned I was fonder
- [TAPESTRY CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF MAKING OPERA MATTER](https://tapestryopera.com/tapestry-celebrates-40-years-of-making-opera-matter/) - Canada’s only professional contemporary opera company enters its ruby anniversary with new commissions, international partnerships and landmark projects.
- [LILA PALMER, HISTORIAN, CHILDREN’S BOOK EDITOR, DIRECTOR AND . . . LIBRETTIST!](https://tapestryopera.com/lila-palmer-historian-childrens-book-editor-director-and-librettist/) - By Yazmeen Kanji Lila Palmer has worked as a historian, a children’s book editor, a singer, a director, a social justice advocate and a librettist. Her multidimensional career experience has been highly beneficial to her artistic practice. Understanding the challenges and concerns of singers allows her to write for the artists accordingly. Her background as
- [RENE ORTH, LIBLAB 2018 COMPOSER](https://tapestryopera.com/rene-orth-liblab-2018-composer/) - BY SHARON SAVUNTHARARAJAH Composer Rene Orth didn’t always want to compose for opera. In fact, she didn’t always want to compose at all. It was during a fellowship to write for the dramatic voice at the University of Louisville that she seriously began to consider composing. Eventually, this journey of discovering and playing with the
- [IAN CUSSON, LIBLAB 2018 COMPOSER](https://tapestryopera.com/ian-cusson-liblab-2018-composer/) - By Yazmeen Kanji An established composer of opera, orchestra and song, Ian Cusson was one of 8 participants in Tapestry’s 2018 Composer-Librettist Laboratory (LIBLAB) where Tapestry operas get their start. Ian was impressed with the unique opportunity that the program provides to create new work. Traditionally, creating opera is expensive and opera development requires a
- [SPEAKING WITH BENTON ROARK ABOUT LIBLAB 2018](https://tapestryopera.com/speaking-with-benton-roark-about-liblab-2018/) - By Sharon Savunthararajah “I wouldn’t say I began composing for opera because of a deep love for traditional opera. I was pulled into the sphere of opera by glimpsing the potential the art form has and wanting to be a part of what it could be, not what it was in the past.” Benton Roark
- [CHALLENGING AND HONEST STORYTELLING: KANIKA AMBROSE’S TASTING SHORTS](https://tapestryopera.com/challenging-and-honest-storytelling-kanika-ambroses-tasting-shorts/) - By Yazmeen Kanji Kanika Ambrose is a Toronto based playwright and a 2018 Composer-Librettist Laboratory (LIBLAB) participant with 3 works featured in Tapestry Briefs: Tasting Shorts. Kanika has loved opera since she was a teenager and is thrilled to, “marry something I love so much as a spectator with my artistic practice”. After writing her
- [DANIEL SOLON – LIBLAB LIBRETTIST](https://tapestryopera.com/daniel-solon-liblab-librettist/) - By Yazmeen Kanji Librettist Daniel Solon wishes that there were more opportunities to collaborate. Outside of this year’s LIBLAB, he doesn’t often get to engage so deeply with collaborators – for him the intensive 10-day program is so uniquely exciting because it provides an environment to experiment without the fear of judgement: “You never realize
- [COLLEEN MURPHY: ON LIBLAB AND LIVING OPERA](https://tapestryopera.com/colleen-murphy-on-liblab-and-living-opera/) - By Sharon Savunthararajah Thirteen years ago, Colleen Murphy was coming out a period of frustration with theatre and film. She wanted something more, but did not know what. As if falling off the edge a cliff, grasping at air and luckily hanging onto a branch, she applied for LIBLAB, which turned out to be the
- [JAVID JAH: A PROFILE OF YOUTH INSIDE OPERA’S GRAPHIC ARTS FACILITATOR](https://tapestryopera.com/javid-jah-a-profile-of-youth-inside-operas-graphic-arts-facilitator/) - By Sharon Savunthararajah “Graffiti artists are writers, just like how scientists are artists,” says street artist and designer Javid Jah, to the kids at Youth Inside Opera who are learning about graffiti for the first time. In the graffiti culture, an artist is known as a writer. One reason he tells them this is that
- [SPOTLIGHT ON PATRICK HUNTER](https://tapestryopera.com/spotlight-on-patrick-hunter/) - Inspired by tradition, Patrick Hunter’s passion for art and community has taken him from a small village in the Red Lake District of northwestern Ontario to the city of Toronto. Patrick is a two-spirit Ojibway painter, a graphic artist and a web designer. His work incorporates indigenous visual art in unique and contemporary ways. He
- [HUSSEIN JANMOHAMED, YOUTH INSIDE OPERA MUSIC FACILITATOR](https://tapestryopera.com/hussein-janmohamed-youth-inside-opera-music-facilitator/) - By Yazmeen Kanji Tapestry Opera is thrilled to have Motivational Speaker, Choral Director and Choral Conductor Hussein Janmohamed as this year’s Youth Inside Opera Music Facilitator. Hussein discovered his passion for music at a young age through his Ismaili Muslim community where he was exposed to folk dancing and choral singing. He enjoyed playing the
- [CATHY NOSATY – A PROFILE OF TAPESTRY’S YOUTH INSIDE OPERA FACILITATOR](https://tapestryopera.com/cathy-nosaty-a-profile-of-tapestrys-youth-inside-opera-facilitator/) - By Yazmeen Kanji Composer, musical director, and artist educator Cathy Nosaty grew up in the “cultural cradle of Canada” also known as the city of Winnipeg. After finishing her undergraduate degree at the young age of 20, Cathy spent the first decade of her career freelancing in Winnipeg. Cathy calls some of the most enjoyable
- [PROFILE: DONNA-MICHELLE ST.BERNARD, YOUTH INSIDE OPERA FACILITATOR](https://tapestryopera.com/profile-donna-michelle-st-bernard-youth-inside-opera-facilitator/) - By Sharon Savunthararajah For many of us, our first impression of opera came from musical cartoons like Bugs Bunny or popular figures like Pavarotti. The same was true for Donna-Michelle St. Bernard. Pop culture may leave an impression, but an impression alone does not inspire someone to get involved. For St. Bernard, what inspired her
- [TAPESTRY FORGES NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUTH INSIDE OPERA 2018](https://tapestryopera.com/tapestry-forges-new-partnership-for-youth-inside-opera-2018/) - Mere weeks before Tapestry Opera was set to begin initial planning for its annual Youth Inside Opera program, we learned that the City Hope Day Camp we had partnered with in recent years had closed its doors for good. This news placed the future of the summer 2018 annual youth program in jeopardy, until a
- [NICOLE LIZÉE–TURNING TABLES, ONE AT A TIME.](https://tapestryopera.com/nicole-lizee-turning-tables-one-at-a-time/) - Earlier this year Toronto audiences attending the New Music Festival heard works by Nicole Lizée who was chosen as this season’s Roger D. Moore Distinguished Visitor in Composition. Luminato and Tapestry Opera is pleased to be offering another of Lizée ’s multimedia works June 16-18 at the Ernest Balmer Studio. Lizée credits her father’s work
- [DAVID ELIAKIS–QUEERS CRASH THE OPERA](https://tapestryopera.com/david-eliakis-queers-crash-the-opera/) - Tapestry: In our marketing for the Tap This series we said that it was important to us to produce this series because “While there are a lot of gays in opera, there are very few gay operas”. So, that being said, how did you go about programming the repertoire for Queers Crash the Opera? David
- [QUEEN OF THE NIGHT MISBEHAVES](https://tapestryopera.com/queen-of-the-night-misbehaves/) - What if the Queen of the Night told us what she really thinks? After 8 times playing the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Magic Flute, soprano Teiya Kasahara was fed up with the two-dimensional nature of the role. She struggles with the lack of complexity of most female characters in traditional opera: they are
- [18 DORA NOMINATIONS FOR TAPESTRY OPERA](https://tapestryopera.com/18-dora-nominations-for-tapestry-opera/) - EIGHTEEN… Tapestry Opera just got 18 Dora nominations! 10 of them shared with Vancouver Opera and Canadian Stage for the Overcoat! Congratulations everyone and thank you. Best Production – The Overcoat: a musical tailoring Oksana G. Best Musical Direction – Jordan de Souza for Oksana G Leslie Dala for The Overcoat Best New Work –
- [TELLING TALES: COCKTALES WITH MARIA](https://tapestryopera.com/telling-tales-cocktales-with-maria/) - When Joel Klein sings about gay sex, he does it with lipstick on. It’s an intentional choice, to perform this particular show in drag. Developed as an art project with the BC-based Gutter Opera Collective, Cocktales with Maria is a frank, verbatim retelling of scenes from the sex lives of Klein’s gay friends, funny, sad,
- [ROBERT LOWREY-A SAD FAREWELL TO A GOOD FRIEND](https://tapestryopera.com/robert-lowrey-a-sad-farewell-to-a-good-friend/) - Tapestry founder, Wayne Strongman, the late Robert Lowrey, and Tapestry General Director, Michael Mori join in a mutual hand-shake. The occasion in late October 2017, was the completed move of a donated Bosendorfer Imperial Grand piano, a donation facilitated through Robert’s long friendship with Tapestry and the value he placed on our work in developing
- [MICHAEL MORI ATTENDS WORLD OPERA FORM IN MADRID](https://tapestryopera.com/michael-mori-attends-world-opera-form-in-madrid/) - General Director, Michael Mori is among the international opera experts selected to participate in the first ever World Opera Forum in Madrid April 15-18. The theme “Writing the Future of Opera” will be explored by delegates from national and regional opera organizations.
- [THE REVIEWS ARE OUT! AND THEY DECLARE THE OVERCOAT A FIT.](https://tapestryopera.com/the-reviews-are-out-and-they-declare-the-overcoat-a-fit/) - The Globe and Mail – Jenna Simeonov https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/reviews/article-review-the-overcoat-is-canadian-operas-new-mantle/ “The Overcoat: A Musical Tailoring is without question a part of the operatic canon of the 21st century” Toronto Star – John Terauds https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/review/2018/03/30/the-overcoat-is-slick-visually-rich-and-an-arresting-night-at-the-opera.html “The Overcoat is slick, visually rich and an arresting night at the opera” Barcza Blog – Leslie Barcza https://barczablog.com/2018/03/30/the-overcoat/ “I feel like saying
- [THE OVERCOAT EXCITES AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF ADVANCE PRESS](https://tapestryopera.com/the-overcoat-excites-an-unprecedented-level-of-advance-press/) - Here’s some of the fabulous coverage The Overcoat: A Musical Tailoring co-produced by Tapestry Opera, Vancouver Opera and Canadian Stage has drawn even before Opening Night: Two decades after it was a theatre hit, The Overcoat tries on opera for size: John Terauds, Toronto Star “We’re always told not to judge a book by its
- [PRIDE TORONTO’S JAIME MARTINO APPOINTED NEW GENERAL MANAGER OF TAPESTRY OPERA](https://tapestryopera.com/pride-torontos-jaime-martino-appointed-new-general-manager-of-tapestry-opera/) - TORONTO – Tapestry Opera is proud to announce the appointment of Jaime Martino as the company’s new General Manager. Following four years as Director of Operations for Pride Toronto, Martino will join Tapestry on Nov. 24, 2016. “Jaime is a game-changer for our company,” says Michael Mori, Artistic Director. “She clearly shares Tapestry’s principle that
- [DARK STAR REQUIEM: A WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION](https://tapestryopera.com/dark-star-requiem-a-world-premiere-production/) - Tapestry new opera works announced today their second partnership with Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity, to present the world premiere of Dark Star Requiem, a dramatic oratorio from poet Jill Battson and composer Andrew Staniland, during the opening weekend of the 2010 Festival. Dark Star Requiem explores the 25-year history of the AIDS

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## Bios

- [David T. Little](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/david-t-little/) - A natural musical storyteller with “a knack for overturning musical conventions” (The New York Times), composer David T. Little is known for stage, concert, and screen works permeated with the power of the unexpected. Little probes the deep corners of human psychology, invoking political, historical, spiritual, and social themes as pathways for exploring the human condition. His
- [Camille Rogers](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/camille-rogers/) - Camille Rogers (they/them) has been praised for their “tremendous stage presence” and “real flair for comedy” (Operaramblings). Opera roles include Suli/Suzie in Buddies in Bad Times’s world premiere of Pomegranate, Lake in FAWN's collectively improvised techno opera Belladonna, Young Girl in The Marriage of Figaro with Opera Atelier, and the title role of L’Italiana in Algeri with MYOpera. Camille has also been featured as a soloist with Pax Christi Chorale, Toronto Bach Festival, and the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra. They have presented solo recitals with Centric MusicFest and Lethbridge Pride. As Co-Artistic Director of Toronto’s queer opera collective OperaQ, Camille has produced three full-length productions. They have been invited to speak at events hosted by Against the Grain Theatre, Amplified Opera, and the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.
- [Yuan (Alba) Chen](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/yuan-alba-chen/) - Yuan (Alba) Chen is currently in the Doctor of Musical Arts program in Choral Conducting at the University of Toronto. Yuan is the associate conductor of Chorus Niagara and an assistant conductor of Toronto Children’s Chorus. As a former Assistant Conductor of Orchestra Toronto, Yuan earned wide recognition and praise for her musicianship and leadership.
- [Serena Reuten](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/serena-reuten/) - Serena Reuten is a German-Canadian conductor currently serving as the Assistant Conductor of the Omaha Symphony. Over the last year she has led over 50 performances for over 15000 students and audience members across a range of repertoire, including Masterworks, Community, Family, and education concerts such Carnegie Hall’s Link Up series. Between 2024-2026 she also
- [Kathleen Allan](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kathleen-allan/) - Kathleen Allan is a conductor, composer and soprano whose work reflects her belief that music has a unique power to create community and a shared sense of belonging. Originally from St John’s, NL, she grew up in a culture where traditional music and storytelling shaped her creative identity. She now serves as Artistic Director of
- [Léa Moisan-Perrier](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/lea-moisan-perrier/) - Artistic Director and Conductor of the Orchestre symphonique de l’Estuaire, Léa Moisan-Perrier is recognized for her vibrant stage presence, the sensitivity of her interpretations, the originality of her programming, and her strong communication skills. After two years in the Orchestre Métropolitain’s Conducting Academy, she was appointed Assistant Conductor to Yannick Nézet-Séguin for the 2025–2026 season.
- [Véronique Lussier](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/veronique-lussier/) - Véronique Lussier is a Canadian symphonic and operatic conductor and pedagogue originating from the Montreal region of Quebec. Most recently, in 2025, Ms. Lussier conducted the Orchestre Classique de Montréal in the Opera Candy Hansel and Gretel in collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales Canada, the Orchestre Philharmonique du Maroc in a Brahmsian repertoire, and participated in
- [Camille Rogers](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/camille-rogers-2/) - Camille Rogers is a singer, researcher, teacher, and arts administrator. In addition to their role as Manager of Tapestry Opera’s Women in Musical Leadership Program, they are a founder and Co-Artistic Director of Toronto’s queer opera company, OperaQ.
- [Eve Legault](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/eve-legault/) - Originally from Gatineau, Quebec, conductor Eve Legault is known for her expressive and dynamic presence on the podium. Recent performances in 2025 include "Anything Goes" at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
- [Monica Chen](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/monica-chen/) - An emerging Canadian conductor, Monica Chen is the RBC Associate Conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra as well as Music Director of the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra and Sistema Winnipeg program. A frequent presence onstage, Monica regularly conducts performances with the WSO spanning genres of masterworks, pops, movies, community, education and ballet. She is
- [Catharin Carew](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/catharin-carew/) - Described as "a real personality with a dark edge to her mezzo as well as clear top notes" (WhatsOnStage, UK) as well as "exhilarating" by Opera Canada, Mezzo soprano Catharin Carew is equally at home on both the operatic and concert stage, having performed a wide range of repertoire, from Medieval to Contemporary.
- [Conner Bustamante](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/conner-bustamante/) - For Tapestry Opera: R.U.R. A Torrent of Light (Apprentice Stage Manager) Elsewhere (selected): Stage Manager:Twelve Dinners (Talk Is Free Theatre); Jazz and Sonic Arts, Banff International String Quartet Competition (Banff Centre for Art and Creativity); Finding Home: A Salmon Journey Up The Humber River (Theatre Direct & Animacy Theatre Collective); Grounds For Goodness (Jumblies Theatre
- [Sharon Ryman](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sharon-ryman/) - Sharon Has been in the business of making, styling and organizing wigs for Theatre for hundreds of productions over the past 44 years of her career. Starting out in Winnipeg at the Manitoba Theatre Centre for 9 seasons where she learned the craft of wig making and styling, her career has spanned the country working
- [Maxime Despax](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/maxime-despax/) - Maxime Despax, a Canadian violist from Gatineau, Quebec, is renowned for his artistry and versatility as a chamber, orchestral, and solo musician. He earned his Bachelor of Music at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, followed by a Master’s and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Toronto, where his studies were
- [Rene Orth](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rene-orth/) - Rene Orth – “a master composer” with a “sophisticated sound world” (Classical Voice North America) – writes music described as “always dramatic, reflective, rarely predictable, and often electronic” (Musical America). She recently completed a three-year tenure as Composer-In-Residence at Opera Philadelphia. Upcoming premieres for the 2025-26 season consist of a solo cello piece for Sarah
- [Violet Loconte](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/violet-loconte/) - Violet Loconte is a costume artist and wardrobe professional with experience in opera, theatre, film, and live entertainment. Having worked with organizations including the Canadian Opera Company, Canadian Stage, and Stratford Festival she specializes in costume construction, alterations, fittings, and on-set wardrobe support. Passionate about craftsmanship and storytelling through clothing, she brings strong technical skills,
- [Luise Heyerhoff](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/luise-heyerhoff/) - Trumpeter Luise Heyerhoff is an active presence in the music scene in Toronto and southern Ontario. She regularly performs with groups such as the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, and the National Ballet of Canada. Luise attended The Boston Conservatory receiving a Graduate Performance Diploma and a Performance Certificate
- [Vivienne Wilder](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/vivienne-wilder/) - Vivienne Wilder is a bassist, multi-instrumentalist musician, songwriter, singer, and visual artist from Regina, Saskatchewan. An alumnus of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada and the Regina Symphony Orchestra, she moved east to complete her degree in classical performance on double bass at the University of Toronto.
- [Rachel Thomas](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rachel-thomas/) - Raised in a musical family, Rachel Thomas began playing trombone at age ten and never looked back. Completely immersed in music, she spent her high school and university summers either at the National Youth Orchestra of Canada or The Banff School of Fine Arts. Rachel earned her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of
- [Nikki Huang](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/nikki-huang/) - Nikki Huang is a Taiwanese percussionist based in Toronto, whose work moves fluidlybetween contemporary performance, storytelling, and interdisciplinary collaboration. She is drawn to music that explores character and narrative, often working across originalcompositions, jazz vibraphone, children’s musical theatre, and workshop-based practices.Her artistic approach is shaped by a deep interest in collaboration and performance as ashared,
- [Gregory Oh](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/gregory-oh/) - Gregory Oh tends to wander the genres, appearing in places from the legendary Berlin techno club Berghain to the Lincoln Centre. He conducted Bearing (Signal), While 100 Guitars Gently Weep (Bradyworks) and the world premiere of John Millard and Tomson Highway’s The Cave at the Luminato Festival, the Canadian premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s The Raven at the University of Toronto New Music Festival. and was featured as conductor and pianist at the Shanghai New Music Festival. Other credits: Continuum, Soundstreams, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Canadian Opera Company, the Evergreen Gamelan Club, Native Earth, Canadian Stage, Soulpepper, Tapestry New Opera, Canadian Rep Theatre, Theatre Direct, Arraymusic, and San Diego Opera. He teaches at the University of Toronto and NYO Canada.
- [Carol Fujino](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/carol-fujino/) - Carol Lynn Fujino has been a long-standing member of Toronto’s vibrant music scene in both classical and popular music genres. She was a longtime member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and has been a member of the Canadian Opera Company, National Ballet, and Esprit Orchestras. Her career also includes playing in many of Toronto’s musicals
- [Amahl Arulanandam](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/amahl-arulanandam/) - With interests from baroque to metal, Toronto cellist Amahl Arulanandam is known for his musical versatility and ability to adapt to many genres. Amahl has wholly embraced the bizarre sounds the cello has to offer and takes special pleasure in playing on areas of the instrument other than the strings.
- [Gregory Harrison](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/gregory-harrison/) - Gregory Harrison is an ECMA award-winning composer and performer based in Toronto. He has been described as a "percussion and electronics wizard" (Bob Boilen, NPR Music) and thrives on exploring the space between organic and electronic mediums. His extensive resume spans artists and groups including Jeremy Dutcher, Cirque du Soleil, Video Games Live, Toronto Dance Theatre, R. Murray Schafer, and Fred Penner.
- [Kaili Maimets](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kaili-maimets/) - Canadian flutist Kaili Maimets is in demand as an orchestral performer, chamber musician, and soloist. She regularly performs with the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada where she was Acting Second Flute and Piccolo from 2017 to 2020. Previously, Kaili was Second Flute & Piccolo with Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and Principal Flute of London Symphonia (formerly
- [Nida Haroon](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/nida-haroon/)
- [Tiago Delgado](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/tiago-delgado/) - Brazilian-Canadian clarinetist Tiago Delgado promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion through collaborative music-making. He is a Teaching Artist at Toronto Sistema Academy. As Teaching Artist, he has also worked with the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra (Sistema NB) and the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Palestine through Project: Music Heal Us / Novel Voices: Distance
- [Lindsay McDonald](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/lindsay-mcdonald/) - Lindsay McDonald is a Toronto-based emerging theatre practitioner and a 2020 graduate of The University of Waterloo’s Arts and Business program majoring in Theatre and Performance. She specializes in Stage Management and Technical Production. Recent credits include: Assistant Stage Manager on The Telephone/Baby Kintyre (Royal Conservatory of Music, 2025), Assistant Stage Manager on The Monkiest
- [Megan Miceli](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/megan-miceli/) - Canadian Soprano Megan Miceli is a singer and musical director, as well as a proud arts educator and creator who is passionate about accessibility and inclusivity within the performing arts community.
- [Erica Iris](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/erica-iris/) - Praised for her stage presence of warmth and character, DORA Award and Eckhardt- Gramatté winner mezzo-soprano Erica Iris captivates audiences with her sensitivity and vocal timbres, critically acclaimed for her performances of opera, concert oratorio, and contemporary repertoire.
- [Elizabeth Polese](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/elizabeth-polese/) - Canadian soprano Elizabeth Polese has recently been a young artist at Detroit Opera, l’Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, and Tanglewood Music Center. She is the winner of the prestigious Sullivan Foundation Gail Robinson Award for Soprano, and Hnatyshyn Foundation Developing Artist Award for Classical Voice. She is also the founder of new Montréal-based chamber
- [Caitlin Wood](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/caitlin-wood/) - Alberta­-born soprano Caitlin Wood was “absolutely vibrant” in her 2017 debut as Susanna in Marriage of Figaro with Vancouver Opera and showed “exquisite vulnerability” as Ava in the world premiere of Missing (Current/Clements) with City Opera Vancouver).
- [Ariane Cossette](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ariane-cossette/) - Canadian soprano Ariane Cossette is a captivating presence on the operatic stage, celebrated for her lush voice and compelling artistry.
- [Alex Hetherington](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/alex-hetherington/) - Mezzo-soprano and composer Alex Hetherington has established herself as a skilled interpreter of opera and art song, with a specialty in contemporary music. Recent engagements include Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, the title role in La tragédie de Carmen (University of Toronto Opera) and Nicklausse/Muse in Tales of Hoffmann (Toronto City Opera).
- [Maxime Alberti](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/maxime-alberti/) - Born in Lyon, France, Maxime Alberti began his advanced studies at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève with Sylviane Deferne and earned a "soloist" master's degree with distinction in June 2015. He then joined Rena Shereshevskaïa’s class at the Alfred Cortot Normal School in Paris and was unanimously awarded the Concert Artist Degree in
- [Michael Hidetoshi Mori](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/michael-hidetoshi-mori/) - Michael Hidetoshi Mori is a stage director and the artistic director of Tapestry Opera in Toronto, Canada. As an operatic stage director, Michael has been twice awarded Canada’s highest honour for “Outstanding Direction of an Opera” for Rocking Horse Winner and R.U.R., a Torrent of Light. In 2024, he directed Jacqueline, a story of cellist Jacqueline du Pré at West Edge Opera and Le Nozze di Figaro for Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera. His work ranges from explorations in immersive digitally enhanced presentation with Augmented Opera at Sidewalk Labs and integration of original wearable tech in R.U.R., a Torrent of Light to neo-classical settings of Il Trittico & Rigoletto, to community-integrated story development and collaborations with Indigenous artists with Shanawdithit in Toronto and St. John’s and Maada’ookii Songlines with the Luminato Festival. As a film director, his music video Where do I go, in collaboration with singer/pianist/songwriter Morgan Paige Melbourne, recently won best picture at Toronto’s Experimental/Dance/Music Film Festival. In early 2018, BBC World profiled Michael’s direction of Forbidden as an example of barrier-breaking in opera, and as early as 2015, VICE reviewed how Tap:Ex Tables Turned “gives a glimpse as to what opera can offer us in our multimedia-savvy world.”
- [Rumi Jeraj](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rumi-jeraj/) - Rumi Jeraj is an Ismailli muslim hailing from Sherwood Park, Alberta (the world's largest hamlet). A Graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University, Rumi has worked for dance artists including Hannah Kiel, Daryl Tracy, Heidi Strauss, Maxine Hepner and Eilish Shin-Culhane. He has presented his work at Dusk Dances, the Hamilton Fringe Festival, Citadel Compagnie’s Night Shift,
- [Geoffrey Armour ](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/geoffrey-armour/) - Geoffrey Armour is a multidisciplinary artist and theatre practitioner. With a career spanning 30 years he has worked as an actor, director, adjudicator, musician, technician, Technical Director and Production Manager. Geoffrey is elated to have had the opportunity to work with the fine company and crew to bring you 'Love Songs'. Enjoy!
- [Emerson Kafarowski](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/emerson-kafarowski/) - Emerson Kafarowski (she/they) is a Lighting Designer and Multidisciplinary Artist based in Tkaronto, Canada. A graduate of the Toronto Metropolitan University Performance Production + Design program, Emerson is dedicated to life-long learning and gravitates towards projects that uplift the unique voices and stories in our communities. In addition to Lighting Design, Emerson also works as
- [Xin Wang](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/xin-wang/) - Xin Wang was born in Yunnan, a South western province of China. She arrived alone in Canada at the age of 18 to study singing. Her path took her from Winnipeg to Toronto where she settled and built her home of three beautifully loud children and a charismatic husband with many saxophones.
- [Ana Sokolović](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ana-sokolovic/) - A key figure in contemporary music, composer Ana Sokolović was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) and is based in Montreal since 1992. With a background in the rhythmic universe of Balkan folklore, her music is coloured with playful images and inspired by differing artistic disciplines. Her vast repertoire is regularly performed both in Canada
- [Myra A. Malley](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/myra-malley/) - Myra is a career stage manager for both opera and drama. Theatre companies worked with include the Foster Festival, Grand Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Watermark Theatre and both the Stratford and Shaw Festivals; Opera companies include Toronto Operetta Theatre, Opera Hamilton, Pacific Opera Victoria, Vancouver Opera, Edmonton Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Opera Lyra and The Banff Centre.
- [Jameel Baksh](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jameel-baksh/) - New Music Concerts Marketing Assistant Jameel Baksh (he/him) holds a BA from the University of Michigan. During his undergraduate studies, he organized community music events across campus. He focused on uplifting underrepresented communities through the arts. After a year working in a post-grad fellowship at the University, he moved home to Toronto to pursue a
- [Emily Schimp](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/emily-schimp/) - New Music Concerts Director of Operations and Communications Emily Schimp (she/her) is an arts manager specializing in cultural event production, and community engagement. She holds a BFA from OCAD University and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration and Cultural Management with Honours from Humber College. Currently the Director of Operations and Communications at New Music Concerts, Emily
- [Peter Eom](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/peter-eom/) - Armed with a versatility of creative interests ranging from literature to fashion, cellist Peter Eom has been hailed for his “flowing, lyrical quality of sound” and “agility, purity of intonation, and sureness of taste” (Harald Eggebrecht, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2022). As a soloist, Eom has performed with orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony, Denver
- [Julia Mirzoev](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/julia-mirzoev/) - Violinist Julia Mirzoev is noted for her warm tone, grace, and fierce attack (California Music Center). A native of Toronto, Canada, Julia has been featured on the Canadian Broadcasting Centre’s “Top 30 Classical Musicians Under 30”, CBC radio 94.1, and classical 96.3 FM. Her awards include the prize for the commissioned work at both the
- [Noam Dekalo](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/noam-dekalo/) - Based in Toronto, Israeli pianist Noam Dekalo is an accomplished solo artist as well as an experienced chamber musician whose performances have taken him all around the world. Most recently, Noam performed as a soloist under the baton of Vadim Tchijik at the 2024 International Music Festival in Paris. He also performed the Franck violin
- [Vivian Lang Chen](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/vivian-lang-chen/) - Toronto-based pianist Vivian Lang Chen has won numerous prizes at national and international competitions and is active as a soloist internationally, performing at venues in and around various parts of Canada, the United States, Europe, and China. Recent highlights include winning an Artist Prize in the 2023 Eppan Academy in Italy, Third Prize in the
- [Hiromi Tabata](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/hiromi-tabata/) - After completing high school education at the music department of Osaka Prefectural Yuhigaoka High School, Hiromi Tabata majored in instrumental music at the faculty of Music of Kobe College. After graduation, she further trained in Vienna and Germany. She took lessons with A. Nicolet and W. Schulz at the Kusatsu Summer International Music Academy. In
- [Yoko Nakamoto](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/yoko-nakamoto/) - Born in Kyoto, Yoko Nakamoto began playing the piano at the age of five. Graduated from the Doshisha Junior and Senior High School and the Keyboard Instruments Course, Department of Music, Faculty of Liberal Arts at the Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts. Moved to France after completing a specialized course at the Shokeikai of
- [Duo NaKaNaKa](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/duo-nakanaka/) - Formed in 2016 under the mentorship of Christian Ivaldi in Paris, the duo is known for its subtle ensemble and fluid musicality. With performances across Japan, Europe, and beyond, they traverse a wide-ranging repertoire — from the classical pillars of their formation to creative encounters with contemporary composers. Through ongoing dialogue and shared artistic journeys,
- [Arika Abe](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/arika-abe/) - Born in Osaka, Arika Abe began playing piano at the age of four. Graduated from the Doshisha Girls’ Junior and Senior High School and the Keyboard Instruments Course, Department of Music, Faculty of Liberal Arts at the Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts. Participated in the Kusatsu International Summer Music Festival while still in college.
- [Queen Hezumuryango](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/queen-hezumuryango/) - Originally from Burundi, Queen Hezumuryango holds both her master’s degree and bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from the University of Montreal and is a member of the Canadian Opera Company’s 2024-2025 Ensemble Studio. Performance credits include Lola in Cavalleria rusticana (COC), Ebba Sparre in La Reine-garçon (COC), Mercédès in Carmen (COC), and Rosina in The Barber of Seville (Highlands Opera Studio).
- [Daevyd Pepper](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/daevyd-pepper/) - Daevyd is a Toronto-based vocalist, ritualist and teaching artist who creates transformative ceremonial experiences through music, contemporary opera, musical theatre and divinatory tarot. Known for their sensitive, intentional approach, Daevyd shapeshifts between performer, producer, director, and mentor—building intimacy between craft, audience and artist while uplifting emerging creators.
- [Claire Harris](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/claire-harris/) - Claire Harris is a Toronto-based collaborative pianist, specializing in opera and contemporary repertoire. Originally from New Zealand, Claire holds a Bachelor of Music from the New Zealand School of Music and a Master's from the Royal College of Music, London, England. Prior to moving to Toronto in 2018, Claire was a staff accompanist at the
- [Kevin Wong](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kevin-wong/) - Kevin Wong is a composer-lyricist, singer/musician, and dramaturg. His musicals include: RECURRING JOHN: A SONG CYCLE; STAR!(VING): A COLLECTION OF SONGS; POLLY PEEL (with Julie Tepperman); OUT OF STOCK; DRAMA 101 (with Steven Gallagher); IN REAL LIFE (with Nick Green); BELIEVERS (with Ali Joy Richardson), TAKE ME BACK (with Amir Haidar); and SOFT MAGICAL TOFU
- [EJ Candelaria](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ej-candelaria/) - EJ Candelaria is a Calgary-raised, Filipino artist who is in his final year of the Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance at Sheridan College. Select credits include: Way Out There, Legally Blonde, MEAT (Theatre Sheridan); Lucky Stiff, Rock of Ages (Stephenville Theatre Festival); Absinthe, Bourbon, Vodka & Sake (Calgary Fringe); Ragtime: A Concert Performance (Theatre
- [Annelise Forbes](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/annelise-forbes/) - Annelise (She/Her) is a multifaceted artist born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. Annelise is passionate about Canadian works, her first theatre experience being the workshop of Pollyanna with Young St Theatricals. She also performed in The Hockey Sweater (Segal Centre), Levels the Play (Toronto Fringe), Seancé (Theatre Sheridan) and the workshop of Way Out There
- [Mea Tonet](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/mea-tonet/) - Mea Tonet is a performer who proudly hails from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She is in her final year of studies in the Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance program at Sheridan College. Alongside the tap shoes and razzle-dazzle of musical theatre, Mea is passionate about writing, workshopping, directing, and promoting Canadian content on stage.
- [Chris Otchere](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/chris-otchere/) - Chris Otchere (he/they) is so excited to be playing the role of Cal/V in the Theatre Sheridan production of In Real Life this spring! He recently completed a fantastic run of Into The Woods at Theatre Sheridan this past December, where he played the Wolf and Cinderella's Prince. Chris is in their final year at
- [Jonathan Corkal-Astorga](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jonathan-corkal-astorga/) - Jonathan Corkal-Astorga is a Chilean-Canadian music director, instrumentalist, and performer. In their work, Jonathan brings a story-focused and collaborative approach to music direction. An avid supporter of new theatrical stories, they have been fortunate to help develop some of the foremost music theatre being made in Canada. Selected credits include: NARNIA; ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Bad
- [Lindsey Tower](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/lindsey-tower/) - Lindsey Tower (she/her) is a New Brunswick-raised performer now based in Oakville. Growing up as a competitive dancer, she learned to express herself through movement in performance and was inspired to pursue a career in musical theatre. Lindsey is currently in her fourth and final year at Sheridan College, completing a degree in Music Theatre
- [Kayla Samson](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kayla-samson/) - Kayla Samson is a Filipina-Canadian dancer, singer, and actor. Growing up as a competitive dancer and lover of the arts in the region of Durham, Ontario, Kayla has always had a passion for sharing her love of creativity and performing. Recent credits include: Shrek (Drayton Entertainment), Philippa in Meat (Sheridan College), and Anne of Green
- [VC2 Cello Duo](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/vc2-cello-duo/) - VC2 Cello Duo is an imaginative and riveting ensemble that captivates audiences through their unique performances of classical masterworks, hidden gems, and boundary-pushing music. Formed by cellists Amahl Arulanandam and Bryan Holt—described by CBC Music as “a tight unit, with excellent intonation and expression”—the duo presents programs that are both artistically challenging and accessible, performing
- [Nellie Bly](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/nellie-bly/) - Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (born Elizabeth Jane Cochran; May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922), better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and for an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution
- [Jorell Williams](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jorell-williams/) - Baritone Jorell Williams, acclaimed for his “solid vocal core and easy, natural production” (Opera News) and “deliciously resonant baritone voice” (Broadway World), has been praised by The Washington Post as “a rock-solid singer with a keen understanding of his own expressive depths.” He continues to grace major concert halls and opera stages worldwide with his commanding presence and vocal artistry.
- [Lauren Pearl](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/lauren-pearl/) - Lauren Pearl, Soprano, is an interdisciplinary artist devoted to awakening deeper awareness and connection through presence, awe, and embodied creativity. Her work weaves mindful and equitable space-holding with a fluid integration of artistic mediums, inviting audiences into invigorating, transformative experiences. Celebrated as “an artist of subtle skill” (Classical CD Choice), with a “robust, dramatic voice”
- [Joanna Settle](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/joanna-settle/) - Joanna Settle is an award-winning director and arts educator based in Abu Dhabi. Settle is known for creating and curating contemporary performance across multiple disciplines: opera, theatre, performance art, cabaret and installation. Her work and her teaching pedagogy approach performance making as a method of inquiry. Recent productions include the world premiere of Sky on
- [Lesley Abarquez Bradley](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/lesley-abarquez-bradley/) - Lesley is excited to be stage managing this production of 10 Days in a Madhouse. Previous credits with Tapestry Opera include Queen of the Night Communion, Gould’s Wall, Shanawdithit and Opera Briefs. Working primarily in opera for 30 years, she stage manages regularly for the Canadian Opera Company and the Glenn Gould School. She has
- [Sandra Horst](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sandra-horst/) - Toronto-based conductor and educator Sandra Horst is celebrated for her “superb direction” (La Scena), professionalism, and musical integrity throughout her thirty-year career. Recent conducting engagements include Orphée+ with Edmonton Opera, Florence, the Lady with the Lamp with Voicebox: Opera in Concert, and the premiere of Cusson and Vavrek’s Indians on Vacation at the Banff Centre
- [Taylor-Alexis DuPont](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/taylor-alexis-dupont/) - Hailed by the Washington Post as a singer with a "beautifully rich and spirited" voice, mezzo-soprano Taylor-Alexis DuPont is a Grand Prize Winner of the 2023 Lotte Lenya Competition, the recipient of the inaugural Rebecca Luker Award from the Kurt Weill Foundation in 2021, and was involved in the Grammy Award-winning production of Porgy &
- [Mireille Asselin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/mireille-asselin/) - Deemed “a treasure” by the Toronto Star, Canadian soprano Mireille Asselin enjoys a diverse career spanning opera, concert, and recital repertoire. She has performed five seasons at the Metropolitan Opera, including a standout appearance stepping in as Adele on opening night of Die Fledermaus, praised as one of New York’s “most enchanting” performances of the season. Ms.
- [Jonelle Sills](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jonelle-sills/) - Canadian Soprano Jonelle Sills (pr. Ya-Nell) is one of the most exciting young sopranos of her generation. A JUNO Award nominee with The Canadian Art Song Project for Known to Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song for Classical Album of the Year, she has also been named one of CBC Music’s “30 Hot Classical
- [Leonard Ranallo](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/leonard-ranallo/) - Drawing inspiration from Bach to Coltrane and beyond, American guitarist Leonard Ranallo blurs the boundaries between performer, composer, and improviser. Praised for his “sensational” performances (WXVU), Ranallo is equally at home on classical and electric guitar, bringing his unique voice to concert stages across North America and Europe as a soloist, arranger, and chamber musician.
- [Sarah Mole](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sarah-mole/) - Praised for her “angelic voice” (Ludwig Van Toronto), Sarah Mole is a multifaceted performer & artist hailing from St. John’s. Sarah was the Alto Soloist for Haydn’s Creation (Amadeus Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra), and Mary, Wife of Cleophas in Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s The Atonement (Orpheus Choir of Toronto). She sang the soprano and mezzo solos for
- [Rayna Crandlemire](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rayna-crandlemire/) - Rayna Crandlemire is an Ottawa-born soprano currently based in Toronto. Initially trained in violin, piano, and clarinet, she discovered her passion for vocal performance early in her musical journey. A distinguished graduate of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, she was the sole recipient of the prestigious Robert William Bygrave Entrance Scholarship in Voice.
- [Nathan Gritter](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/nathan-gritter/) - Nathan Gritter (he/him) is a singer and conductor based in Toronto. He is a doctoral student studying Historical Performance at the University of Toronto. He completed a Master of Music degree at the University of Toronto, where he studied choral conducting with Dr. Jamie Hillman. Nathan played a significant role in the organization and artistic
- [Martin Gomes](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/martin-gomes/) - Martin Gomes (he/they) is an Afro/Latino, queer performer born & based in downtown Toronto, specializing in music & poetry. Martin found his love of performing in grade 3 when he first started attending St. Michael’s Choir School. As a Choir Boy, he’s had the privilege of singing all over Canada in places like Massey Hall,
- [Kai Leung](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kai-leung/) - Kai Leung is a passionate choral conductor, singer, voice teacher, and composer. He is the Artistic Director and Executive Director of the Modern Sound Collective, an organization that provides young choral musicians with accessible opportunities for growth and collaboration. He is also the Artistic Director of Oakville Choral, a dynamic, non-audition community choir that promotes
- [Joshua Sutherland](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/joshua-sutherland/) - Joshua Sutherland (he/him) is a passionate choral musician hailing from Whitby, Ontario. For Joshua, group singing embodies community and the collaborative spirit, and he enjoys working in various choral leadership positions across the GTA. As a singer, Joshua is currently a Sidgwick Scholar with the Orpheus Choir of Toronto, a tenor section lead at Timothy
- [Ineza Mugisha](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ineza-mugisha/) - Ineza Mugisha is a multi-genre musician and actor from Toronto, Ontario. She received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto under the tutelage of Monica Whicher. She has been able to share her voice in different venues and concert halls across North America. Since graduating, she has debuted at Roy Thompson Hall as
- [Emily Parker](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/emily-parker/) - Emily Parker is a Toronto-based soprano, conductor, and music educator. She holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto, where she majored in voice and studied conducting. Emily sings professionally with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and has previously sung with St. Clements Church, the Toronto Festival Singers, and Kingsway-Lambton United Church. Her extensive
- [Anika Venkatesh](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/anika-venkatesh/) - Anika Venkatesh is a genre-defying vocalist hailing from Coast Salish Territories, and currently based in Tkarón:to. Anika bridges art forms as a solo vocalist, choral professional, theatre performer, and opera singer. Select performances include Alice in Wonderland on tour (Bad Hats Theatre); alto soloist in The Atonement (The Orpheus Choir of Toronto); Sky in a
- [Danika Lorèn](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/danika-loren/) - Danika Lorèn is a multi-disciplinary creative force based in Toronto, known for their bold fusion of classical tradition and contemporary innovation. Danika brings a distinctive voice to bothperformance and composition, creating work that is emotionally rich, theatrically compelling, and technically virtuosic. As a composer, Lorèn's work has been showcased internationally at Wigmore Hall, the Leeds
- [Matilde Böcher](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/matilde-bocher/) - Composer Matilde Böcher is a graduate in composition from Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium in Copenhagen and in fine arts from Kunsthögskolan in Malmö – Lund Universitet. She is a sound artist and works with music in connection with installation, performance, opera, theatre and video. Several of her works have been nominated and awarded special prizes for renewing
- [Nuha Yousuf](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/nuha-yousuf/) - Nuha Yousuf is a Waterloo-based interdisciplinary artist pursuing a Master of Music in Collaboration, Curation, and Creative Performance at Wilfrid Laurier University. With a background in free improvisation, new music, and interdisciplinary creation, she is passionate about making music inclusive and accessible to all. Recent highlights include performing her NUMUS 2025 winning curation, Of Mothers and
- [Emily Ledjenac](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/emily-ledjenac/) - Emily Ledjenac (she/her) is a House Technician at Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Center. She recently graduated from the Technical Production for the Performing Arts program at Sheridan College and specializes in Lighting, Audio, Video, and Technical Management. Selected Credits: Lighting Designer “The Calling” (Makeshift Company), Lighting Board Op "Mary Poppins." (Sheridan College), Monitor Mixer
- [Nathan Bruce](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/nathan-bruce/) - Nathan Bruce is a theatre Video and Lighting Designer as well as New Media Artist creating interactive installations/exhibitions. Recent credits include Octet (Video Design, Crows Theatre); Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Video Design, The Royal Alexandra Theatre); Reina (Lighting Design, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre); Die Zauberflöte (Projection Design, Koerner Hall); 18
- [Elizabeth Schieman](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/elizabeth-schieman/) - Elizabeth has been working in backstage and technical theatre for many years now, all across Canada, and is thrilled to be working with Tapestry Opera for the first time. Select credits: Gros Morne Theatre Festival (Theatre Newfoundland Labrador); Snow White (Quest Theatre); Il barbiere di Siviglia (Highlands Opera Studio); Every Brilliant Thing; Dream (Rosebud Theatre);
- [Pip Bradford](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/pip-bradford/) - Pip Bradford is a producer, production manager, and stage manager who works with many companies in Toronto, including the Luminato Festival, Anandam DanceTheatre, The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Just For Laughs, Nightwood Theatre, Red Sky Performance, Bad Hats Theatre, 7a*11d Performance Art Festival, SummerWorks, and Theatre Passe Muraille. She is the current Director of Facility
- [Loralie Pollard](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/loralie-pollard/) - Loralie Pollard is a Toronto-based stage manager who has worked at many theatres across the province on a variety of genres, including operas, plays, musicals, operettas, concerts, immersive pieces, and devised projects. Select experience includes: Mary Poppins, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, The Sound of Music, Back in 59 (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Garden of
- [Louise Beck](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/louise-beck/) - Louise has a background in set design, costume design, and lighting design. She has worked on both classical and new pieces at The Royal Opera in Copenhagen, The Danish National Opera, The Danish National Theatre, Melbourne Town Hall, Gothenburg Opera, and most fringe theatres in Denmark. Since graduating from the Wimbledon School of Art in
- [Morten Grove Frandsen](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/morten-grove-frandsen/) - Morten Grove Frandsen is Denmark’s preeminent countertenor and a regular guest at the Royal Danish Opera, where he has appeared in Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel, Hans Abrahamsen’s The Snow Queen (world premiere), David Bruce’s Nothing, Mozart’s Mitridate, Louise Alenius’s Manualen (World premiere) and John Frandsen’s The Martyrdom (world premiere). Recent and upcoming engagements at
- [Asger Kudahl](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/asger-kudahl/) - Asger Kudahl is a Danish sound designer and composer who graduated from the Danish Academy of Performing Arts in 2016. Asger has been primarily responsible for the sound in projects ranging from interactive theatre performances to internet radio and art films. His primary work is in the performing arts, where he has made a special
- [James Rolfe](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/james-rolfe/) - Toronto composer James Rolfe has been commissioned and performed by ensembles, orchestras, choirs, theatres, and opera companies in Canada, the USA, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. He has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship, the K. M. Hunter Music Award, the Louis Applebaum Composers Award, the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music, Choral
- [Keith Klassen](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/keith-klassen/) - Keith Klassen has emerged to become one of Canada’s busiest tenors. The Star Phoenix described him as having “a big ringing voice and great stage presence”; Classical 96.3 added, “Klassen’s voice is pure honey with its ease of high notes and the lyrical grace of his phrasing”.
- [Danon Brown](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/danon-brown/) - Danon Brown is a marketing strategist and visual storyteller with over 10 years of experience in film production, graphic design, videography, and photography. Based in Vaughan, Ontario, he combines his creative background with data-driven marketing expertise to develop compelling campaigns that drive engagement and revenue growth. Danon's unique ability to blend visual arts with strategic
- [Hannah Moscovitch](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/hannah-moscovitch/) - Hannah Moscovitch is an acclaimed playwright, librettist and TV writer. Her work for the stage includes East of Berlin, This Is War, Little One, The Russian Play, Infinity and What a Young Wife Ought to Know. Her plays have been widely produced across Canada, as well as in the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, Greece, Austria, Australia and Japan. Hannah’s music-theatre hybrid, Old
- [Naishi Wang](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/naishi-wang/) - As an independent contemporary dance artist and artistic researcher, my curiosity brings me to observe and study how and why people move. Dance exists in the melding of shared experiences between bodies and can be accessed by everyone. I believe performative arts create a collective imagination of the future. I trust that the presence of
- [Adanya Dunn](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/adanya-dunn/) - Canadian-Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Adanya Dunn (she/her) made her American debut as Hermia in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream conducted by Harry Bicket and directed by Netia Jones at Santa Fe Opera in 2021. This season, she makes her role debut as Sesto in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito with Warszawska Opera Kameralna. She appears in the
- [Stephanie Applin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/stephanie-applin/) - ​​Stephanie Applin joins Tapestry Opera after four years in the UK working in the outdoor arts sector in London. Stephanie has a long-standing connection to the Toronto opera scene, serving as a founding member of the Indie Opera Toronto collective and as General Director of the indie opera company MYOpera. With a background in choral
- [Clay Jones](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/clay-jones/) - Clay Place Jones has been an avid bass player and "How many different image sizes do we need for social media in 2023 2024 2025 again?" since the age of 14.
- [Jaime Martino](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jaime-martino-2/) - Jaime Martino is interested in the intersection of queerness, social justice, and art-making. Following the completion of her Master’s degree in New Zealand, she co-founded the Aha Dance Collective, a contemporary dance company dedicated to exploring gender and movement through a queer feminist lens.
- [Jaime Martino](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jaime-martino/) - Award-winning choreographer Jaime Martino is a lifelong contributor to the arts and social justice, making art that challenges narratives and centres queer voices. Following the completion of her Master’s degree in New Zealand in 2009, she co-founded the Aha Dance Collective, a contemporary dance company dedicated to exploring gender and movement through a queer feminist
- [Michael Hidetoshi Mori](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/michael-hidetoshi-mori-director/) - Michael Hidetoshi Mori is the General Director and Artistic Director of Tapestry Opera and a freelance opera director based in Toronto, Canada.
- [Mélanie Dubois](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/melanie-dubois/) - Mélanie Dubois proudly steps into the newly established Artistic Producer role at Tapestry Opera after 3.5 years of producing multi-disciplinary events and festivals at Harbourfront Centre, most notably including the national cultural initiative Nordic Bridges.
- [Dona Arbabzadeh](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/dona-arbabzadeh/) - Dona Arbabzadeh is a visual artist and a la Traviata fanatic. Coffee or tea:Favourite Tapestry show or memory:Musical talent(s):Most anticipated part of our new neighbourhood and venue:Favourite Opera / Musical:I recommend: Coffee.Oksana G. was my first Tapestry Opera show, and it hit me hard—opera is all about being deeply moved, beer in hand, with a
- [Sami Anguaya](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sami-anguaya/) - Sami Anguaya is a Kichwa/Canadian singer, composer, and fundraiser. Sami’s music was recognized through the U of T Faculty of Music’s top graduating scholarship. He has recently completed commissions for the Exultate Chamber Singers, the MSC Chorale, and indie-Toronto filmmakers. Coffee or tea:Favourite Tapestry show or memory:Musical talent(s): Most anticipated part of our new neighbourhood
- [Prokhor Protasoff](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/prokhor-protasoff/) - Prokhor, a Russian-born exile, is a composer and conductor living in Toronto. After studying at the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory, he served as Conductor-in-Residence with the Vyatka Symphony Orchestra in his hometown. During that time, he arranged performances of his two major works: a Concerto for violin, piano, and orchestra, and a ballet, Town in a
- [Roydon Tse](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/roydon-tse/) - Chinese-Canadian composer Roydon Tse creates music that speaks across cultures, drawing from shared human experiences and reflecting on the challenges of climate change, the depths of grief, and the ever-evolving fabric of our world. In the 2024/2025 season, Roydon’s works were heard internationally, with premieres by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Marin Alsop, the Royal Scottish
- [Saman Shahi](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/saman-shahi/) - Saman Shahi is a JUNO-nominated composer, pianist and conductor based in Toronto whose music has been described as “Inspired and spontaneous” (The Indie Source), and “Lucid and dramatic” (Musicworks). Saman's compositions have been performed around the globe by renowned groups, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Opera, the National Arts
- [Rebecca Gray](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rebecca-gray/) - Rebecca Gray is a soprano, composer and improviser passionate about performing and creating both classical and contemporary repertoire, always seeking to bring queerness and feminism to everything she does. Rebecca’s creativity, energy and perfect pitch are sought after in the creation of new work, and she has performed with Pacific Opera Victoria, Musique 3 femmes,
- [Christene Adina Browne](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/christene-adina-browne/) - For more than three decades, Christene Browne has produced a wide variety of award-winning productions with subjects as diverse as the welfare system, jazz music, and linguistics. She is currently working on "I See You Sister," an experimental animation piece that pays tribute to the beauty and tenacity of Black women. She has written screenplays
- [Pierre-André Doucet](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/pierre-andre-doucet/) - Pianiste, écrivain et travailleur culturel, Pierre-André Doucet est une figure de proue de la nouvelle génération d’artistes canadien·nes. Salué pour « l’émotion de son jeu et son contrôle impeccable » (Audiophilia), il s’est produit dans toutes les provinces du Canada, en Afrique du Sud, aux États-Unis, en Europe, ainsi qu’à bord de plusieurs navires en Asia, en
- [Sarah Henstra](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sarah-henstra/) - Sarah Henstra, PhD (she/her), is the author of five books, including the 2018 Governor General’s Award-winning novel The Red Word. She is an Associate Professor of English at Toronto Metropolitan University. Henstra’s most recent novel, The Lost Tarot (Doubleday, 2024), was an instant Canadian bestseller. We Contain Multitudes (Little, Brown, 2019) was selected as the
- [Rachel Gray](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rachel-gray/) - Rachel Gray is a multimedia artist based in Ottawa, Canada. She has a BA in English from King's College and Dalhousie University (2013) and a BFA in Visual Arts from the University of Ottawa (2017). Rachel was the Artistic (2020–2021) and Executive Director (2021–2022) of BEING Studio, a studio space for artists with developmental disabilities,
- [Kanika Ambrose](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kanika-ambrose/) - Kanika Ambrose is a two-time Dora Award-winning playwright, opera librettist, and screenwriter. Her plays “Our Place” and “Truth” both earned Dora Awards for “Outstanding New Play” in 2023 and 2024, respectively. She is a graduate of Canadian Film Centre’s Bell Media Primetime TV Program (2022-2023).
- [Talisa Blackman](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/talisa-blackman/) - Talisa is an active keyboardist based in Toronto, specializing in orchestral performance. She has worked with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, the Esprit Orchestra, and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, under the direction of Valery Gergiev. She has performed on multiple Juno Award-winning orchestral albums.
- [Dr. Jonathan Oldengarm](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/dr-jonathan-oldengarm/) - Dr. Jonathan Oldengarm is Metropolitan’s Minister of Music. He oversees the church’s diverse musical outreach, which includes the adult, children’s, and handbell choirs, the Great Heart youth ensemble, and the Metropolitan Silver Band. He is also responsible for maintaining and programming the church’s treasury of instruments, including the landmark 1930 Casavant pipe organ and 1922
- [Ryan Downey](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ryan-downey/) - A proud Newfoundlander, tenor Ryan Downey is quickly gaining nationwide recognition for his “nimbleness of voice” (Bachtrack) and “attractive lyric tenor colour” (Edmonton Journal). You’ll have seen Ryan on the opera stage recently with the Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver Opera, Toronto Operetta Theatre and Opera in Concert. Recent solo credits include the title role in
- [Justin Welsh](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/justin-welsh/) - British Columbia-born baritone Justin Welsh’s career highlights include appearances as Crown in Porgy and Bess with Kent Nagano conducting l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Queegueg in the Canadian premiere of Moby Dick for Calgary Opera, in which he garnered praise from the Calgary Herald’s Kenneth Delong, who noted “Justin Welsh brings a finely drawn vocal
- [McKenzie Warriner](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/mckenzie-warriner/) - Acclaimed for her "poise and great musical aplomb" (Opera Canada), Saskatchewan-born/Toronto-based soprano McKenzie Warriner has made her mark on repertoire spanning genres and centuries. The 2024/25 season sees McKenzie make her debut as the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte (GGS Opera), sing Messiah with the Winnipeg Symphony, appear as a soloist in the
- [Alexander Hajek](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/alexander-hajek/) - Baritone Alexander Hajek has returned to Canada from a decade-long operatic career in Europe, brought about by the COVID pandemic and illegal invasion of Ukraine. His formal education began at St.Michael’s Choir School and The Royal Conservatory, before proceeding to earn his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School of Music in Manhattan. Mr Hajek was
- [Krisztina Szabó](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/krisztina-szabo/) - Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó is highly sought after in both North America and Europe as an artist of supreme musicianship and stagecraft. She is known for her interpretation of Baroque music as well as her promotion and performance of contemporary Canadian works. Krisztina’s career has seen her perform on all of the major opera and concert stages across Canada.
- [Hoi Tong Keung](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/hoi-tong-keung/) - Hong Kong-raised percussionist Hoi Tong Keung believes in the power of music in connecting people. As a contemporary music advocate, she has attended Darmstadt Summer Course (Germany) and soundSCAPE festival (online), collaborating with composers and premiering their works. Her performance and research interests explore the interplay between modes of expression, be it Eastern and Western music, acoustic and electronic instruments, or music and speech. Among which, Hoi Tong’s doctoral research focuses on incorporating spoken Cantonese into percussion music. One of the commissioned works for her research-creation project is One Dollar for One Turtle by Ehwa Hong (France/Korea), which was premiered at Festival POTE in Besançon, France. Hoi Tong co-founded KöNG Duo with percussionist Bevis Ng. In 2022, they curated their début set “good morning, hong kong” during their residency at Banff Centre. Since then, they have performed locally at Music TORONTO’s Celebration of Small Ensembles series and internationally at the New Music Gathering in the U.S.A.. Besides discovering under-performed gems, they collaborate with emerging composers and have premiered over 15 works. The Duo won First Prize at the 2023 Southern California Marimba International Artist Competition and was named Young Artistic Associates of Confluence Concerts in the 2023–2024 season. KöNG Duo proudly endorses Marimba One instruments. Hoi Tong is a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto under the guidance of Aiyun Huang and Beverley Johnston. She holds degrees from Boston Conservatory at Berklee and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
- [Abigail Richardson-Schulte](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/abigail-richardson/) - Composer Abigail Richardson-Schulte was born in Oxford, England, and moved to Canada as a child. Ironically, she was diagnosed incurably deaf at 5, but upon moving to Canada, her hearing was fully intact within months. Her music has been commissioned and performed by major orchestras, presenters, music festivals and broadcasters, including the Festival Présences of Paris. Abigail won first at the prestigious UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers and had her music broadcast in 35 countries. She won the CBC Karen Kieser Prize, the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Opera, the Quenten Doolittle Award from New Works Calgary, the City of Hamilton Arts Award and the Prairie Region Emerging Composer Award. Abigail has been Affiliate Composer with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and curated for their New Creations Festival. In 2012, she wrote a piece on the classic Canadian story, “The Hockey Sweater” by Roch Carrier, in the country’s first triple co-commission by the TSO, National Arts Centre Orchestra, and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. This orchestral “hit” has had over 180 performances in Canada, frequent repeat performances, and a dozen performances in France. A recording of the work has been released on the Centrediscs label in both French and English with Roch Carrier and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Other notable orchestral works include a WWI memorial piece, “Song of the Poets,” with choir and orchestra for NACO’s UK tour, co-commissioned by the NACO, The World Remembers, CPO, and TBSO; multiple works for the HPO; and a complete children’s orchestra concert for the CPO and the TSO using Dennis Lee’s “Alligator Pie.” Abigail has a busy schedule as a composer, teaches composition at the University of Toronto, and is in her tenth year as Composer-in-Residence with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Recent commissions include the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Russell Braun with the Magisterra Soloists, and the Lafayette String Quartet.
- [Marjorie Chan 陳以珏](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/marjorie-chan/) - Born in Tkaronto (Toronto) to Hong Kong immigrants, Marjorie has written for opera, theatre, radio drama and various intersections of performance and media, including collective forms. Her operas include Sanctuary Song (with composer Abigail Richardson Schulte) and M’dea Undone (with composer John Harris, also with Tapestry), The Lesson of Da Ji, and The Monkiest King (both with composer Alice Ping Yee Ho) and The Nightingale of a Thousand Songs (with composer Serouj Kradjian). Sanctuary Song, M’dea Undone and The Lesson of Da Ji received the Dora Award for Outstanding New Opera. M’dea Undone was also awarded the Broadway Entertainment Award for Best New Large Work.
- [Midori Marsh](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/midori-marsh/) - Midori Marsh is an American-Canadian soprano hailing from Cleveland, Ohio. She received her Bachelors of Music at Wilfrid Laurier in 2017 and her Masters of Music in Opera at the University of Toronto in 2020. In fall 2019, she won first prize and audience choice award at the Canadian Opera Company’s Centre Stage competition and recently completed her third year with the COC’s young artist ensemble. While at the COC, she was seen as Nella in Gianni Schicchi, the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Annina in La Traviata, Papagena in Die Zauberflote and Frasquita in Carmen. A “polished and poised performer”, with “a truly gorgeous, expressive sound,” she is a known quantity in the Canadian Opera scene, performing with Tapestry Opera, Against the Grain Theatre, the TSO, the National Arts Centre and more. In 2020, she was named one of the CBC’s “30 hot Classical Musicians under 30,” in 2022, she was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her portrayal of Papagena in the COC’s 2022 production of The Magic Flute. She took first prize at the 2023 Quilico awards, was a semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera’s 2023 Laffont competition and a 2023 Lotte Lenya finalist. In October 2019, she took home both the first prize and the audience choice award at the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio Competition and was a member of the COC’s young artist ensemble for the 2021-2022 season. This past fall with the COC, she appeared as Nella in Gianni Schicchi and as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem. In the Spring season, she appeared as Annina in La Traviata and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte.
- [Perseus Rebelo](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/perseus-rebello/) - Perseus is a costume-maker and wardrobe specialist based in Toronto. A York U alum, he has done costume work for over ten years on a wide variety of theatrical productions, including with the Canadian Children’s Opera Company, George Brown College, Innovative Arts, and Shifting Ground Collective. Sanctuary Song is his first production with Tapestry Opera, and he is thrilled to be a part of it!
- [Courtenay Stevens](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/courtenay-stevens/) - I grew up in a bucolic setting tucked in the southern corner of British Columbia with the Rocky Mountains as the backdrop. Beautiful! And I couldn't wait to leave. I graduated high school and two months later was off to Vancouver to become an actor. Only now do I recognize how lucky I was growing up in the woods; the daydreaming and made-up games fostered my imagination. Also, those mountains are spectacular. Since then I went to theatre school (Studio 58) and studied with many other teachers along the way in theatre, film, clown and mime. I've travelled all over the world with different plays and circus shows including Cirque du Soleil and I now call Toronto home. I often work in 'physical theatre' and as a 'clown' and both of those terms are confusing to me, so let's just say I have an affinity for play, physicality and silly things when I work.
- [Alvin Crawford](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/alvin-crawford/) - Alvin Crawford, a highly sought-after bass, has captivated audiences worldwide with his dynamic voice, praised by the New York Times as “strikingly fine.” Comfortable across musical theatre, film, television, and classical music, Crawford has performed on many of the world’s most prestigious stages. On Broadway, his standout roles include Mufasa in The Lion King, the Lion in Candide, John in Miss Saigon, and Sam Cooke in The Buddy Holly Story. His national tour credits feature Caiaphas in the 50th Anniversary production of Jesus Christ Superstar, Crown in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, and Andre in Martin Guerre. Crawford’s regional highlights include Bobo in A Raisin in the Sun at Westport Country Playhouse, directed by Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad; Odysseus in The Odyssey at The Globe Theater; the Innkeeper/Governor in Man of La Mancha at Milwaukee Repertory Theater; and Dion in Famous Orpheus at Geva Theatre Center. On television, Crawford has made guest appearances on Blue Bloods, Law & Order: SVU, Nurse Jackie, and Pray for Me, Paul Henderson. He has also performed in Show Boat and South Pacific musical productions on PBS. His film roles include appearances in It Runs In The Family and And So It Goes, both starring Michael Douglas and directed by Rob Reiner. Crawford’s voice can be heard in the Netflix series The Get Down and the independent film Trick. In the opera world, his roles include Sarastro in The Magic Flute at Volksoper Wien, the Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlos at Staatstheater Kassel, Sourin in Pique Dame at The Canadian Opera Company, and Der Lautsprecher in Der Kaiser von Atlantis with the LA Philharmonic under the baton of James Conlon. He has worked with renowned conductors, including Julius Rudel, Sir Andrew Davis, Randall Behr, and Christopher Hogwood, with whom he made his Kennedy Center debut as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with the National Symphony Orchestra. Crawford debuted at Carnegie Hall as the bass soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary’s College of California and graduated from The Juilliard Opera Center.
- [Aria Evans](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/aria-evans/) - Aria Evans is a queer, Vancouver Island-born, award-winning interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans dance, theatre and film. They are currently splitting their time between Toronto and Winnipeg, where they have begun a tenure track Assistant Professor position teaching movement in the Theatre and Film Department at the University of Winnipeg. A 2012 graduate of York University, Aria was the Metcalf Artistic Director Intern at Soulpepper Theatre from 2021-2022 and was co-Artistic Director of hub14 from 2013-2018. Aria is a certified Intimacy Coordinator who works in both film and theatre. Over the course of Aria’s time as a professional artist, they have had the pleasure of working as a Movement Director, Choreographer and/or Intimacy Professional for a number of Canada’s leading arts organizations, with highlights including the Canadian Opera Company, Tarragon Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre, Stratford Festival, Coal Mine Theatre and Factory Theatre, to name a few. As a public speaker, activist and creative leader, Aria draws on their experiences of being multiracial. With a large-scale vision, collaboration is the departure point to the choreographic work that Aria creates under their company POLITICAL MOVEMENT. Advocating for inclusion and the representation of diversity, Aria uses their artistic practice to question the ways we can coexist together.
- [Elvina Raharja](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/elvina-raharja/) - Elvina Raharja (she/they) is an Indonesian interdisciplinary artist based in Toronto, ON, working in dance, film, and fashion. Their artistry strives for conscious and intentional creation, stemming from their experiences as a Southeast Asian immigrant and mindfulness practices. Elvina has trained under Galen Hooks, Shameka Blake, Andrew “Pyro” Chung and Mariano “Glizzi” Abarca at Footnotes Academy, Raoul Wilke, Monica “Knivesz” Fernandes, Ming-Bo Lam, and more to expand her knowledge in street dance and contemporary styles. Known for her strong and captivating performances, Elvina had found her vocation within dance theatre, having performed with KINAJ (Bodies Of Nature, Toronto Dance Theatre), Near Far Projects (Phantasmagoria, Fringe Festival), and Mikaela Demers (the pack, Hamilton). Elvina strives for authentic storytelling and honest expression in all of their endeavours. Their film works have been featured at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Creators Grant, CanAsian’s Grit: 2021 Short Dances, Dancing In The Park Online, and Homepage for Change by Juliet. Their film, PUAN, was the official selection and finalist for Open Vision Film Fest 2021 and featured on DanceWorks’ 2022 Summer Reels. Elvina works as a movement artist, model, and content creator.
- [Mabel Wonnacott](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/mabel-wonnacott/) - Mabel Wonnacott is a Toronto-based opera director, performer and arts educator. She recently completed a diploma in Operatic Stage Directing with the University of Toronto. This winter, Mabel made her main stage directing debut with the world premiere of Lysistrata Reimagined, an opera by the New Composers Collective. With one foot in the world of puppetry, Mabel’s approach to opera often incorporates interdisciplinary practices. Mabel is the Creative Director of Can of Soup Collective where she produced and directed operas such as Bon Appétit! and Aunt Helen. Other directing credits with U of T Opera include Mostly Mozart (2024), Setting the Stage (2023) and scenes from the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Concert Series (2022/2023). Mabel was the assistant director for U of T Opera’s 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons where she worked with Maria Lamont (Cendrillon), Jennifer Tarver (Un Capello di Paglia di Firenze), Kelly Robinson (A Tale of Two Cities) and Michael Albano (A Comedic Trilogy). She was also the assistant director for Western’s 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons where she worked with Anna Theodosakis, Allison Grant and Michael Cavanagh.
- [Angela Mae Bago](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/angela-mae-bago/) - Angela Mae Bago is a proud Filipino-Canadian woman who's manifesting a fantastic life thanks to the nurture of her partner, family, and friends. She’d like to shout out her cousin and partner, Janica Mae Trono and David See Jr., for supporting her and being her partners in crime. Selected Credits: Kim’s Convenience + Upcoming Tour, The Seagull, Draw Me Close (Soulpepper); Farm Show: Then & Now (Blyth Festival); Prison Dancer The Musical (National Arts Centre); Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Thousand Islands Playhouse); 15 Dogs (Crow's Theatre); Little Women (Stratford Festival).
- [Hailey Tan](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/hailey-tan/) - Hailey is a queer, Filipino-Canadian technician who is excited to join the production team for Sanctuary Song as the show’s associate production manager. She is a graduate of Sheridan College’s Technical Production program, where she specialized in carpentry, lighting, and audio. She would like to thank her friends and family for supporting her in this journey, as well as her mentors who have helped her get to where she is now. Selected credits: Production Manager - The Calling (Makeshift Company); Production Manager - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Shifting Ground Collective); Apprentice Production Manager - Mahabharata 2025 tour prep (Why Not Theatre); Assistant Technical Director - Mary Poppins & Alice In Wonderland (Theatre Sheridan)
- [Remington North](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/remington-north/) - Remington North is a career Technical Director and Production Manager based out of Toronto, Canada. He derives his professional mandate from the word "facilitate" via the Latin "facile" (easily). Making art is hard, and Remington endeavours to make it easier for those working through their craft. Having opened two of Toronto’s prominent mid-sized venues, The Theatre Centre and Crow's Theatre, Remington strives to represent not just the technical labourers who make this art possible, but also the houses in which they take place. Remington has worked with Against The Grain, J Mar Electric, Necessary Angel, Crow's Theatre, The Theatre Centre, Volcano Theatre, YES! Theatre, Why Not Theatre, and many other companies in the GTA. He's pleased to be here with Tapestry Opera and looking forward to the future offerings of Live Performance in Canada.
- [Jung-Hye Kim](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jung-hye-kim/) - Jung-Hye is a Toronto-based set and costume designer. Her recent design credits include Mary Poppins (Theatre Sheridan), Guilt a love story (Tarragon Theatre), Lady M (1S1 Theatre), The Chinese Lady (Studio 180, Dora award for outstanding costume design), The Nightingale of A Thousand Songs (CCOC), Jesus Christ Superstar (Theatre Sheridan), Hamlet-911 (Stratford Festival), An Imm-Permanent Resident (Why Not Theatre), Hilot Means Healer (Cahoots Theatre), Dry Powder (Evermore Theatre), Now You See Her (Quote Unquote Collective, Dora nomination for outstanding costume design.)
- [Kelly Lin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kelly-lin/) - Kelly Lin is a Chinese-Canadian conductor who has gained recognition for her magnetic, captivating, and inspiring interpretations of a diverse range of musical genres, from classical to contemporary. As the founder and Artistic Director of Ensemble Lagom, her performances have been praised for their advocacy of under-represented voices. Kelly earned her master's degree in orchestral conducting from McGill University, where she was the recipient of the Hnatyshyn Foundation – Christa and Franz-Paul Decker Fellowship in Conducting. She has studied under renowned mentors such as Alexis Hauser and Guillaume Bourgogne. Kelly's reputation has led her to work with professional orchestras and ensembles across Canada and internationally, and she has performed in major music festivals such as Toronto Summer Music, Ottawa Chamberfest, and 21 Stops Music Festival. Kelly's recent conducting engagements include concerts with Ensemble Obiora, Ensemble Lagom, Hatch Ensemble, McGill Symphony Orchestra, and McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble.
- [Rebecca Cuddy](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rebecca-cuddy/) - Canadian and Métis mezzo-soprano and multi-disciplinary artist Rebecca Cuddy is a 2024 Opera Canada Rubie Award recipient, a two-time Dora Award-nominated performer and named to CBC’s top classical 30 Under 30 List. She is quickly gaining international recognition on both concert and operatic stages. As a director, she was part of the Stratford Festival 2022 Langham Directors’ workshop and Assistant Directed under Alisa Palmer on 'Hamlet-911' by Ann-Marie MacDonald. She has created and directed a number of mixed media theatrical projects, including 'The Maydee Box' for the Festival of Live Digital Arts, 2022 and 'where the water meets the land' for the Canadian Opera Company.
- [Aysel Taghi-Zada](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/aysel-taghi-zada/) - Aysel Taghi-Zada is a passionate violinist/violist devoted to the performance of classical and contemporary music. She has collaborated with some of the most distinguished composers and musicians from North America and Europe, such as Philip Glass, Brian Current, Salvatore Sciarrino, Chris Paul Harman, Kevin Lau, Mark Fewer, Pierre Leroux, David Geringas, Gidon Kramer and Pascale Beaudin. She is frequently invited to perform with contemporary ensembles such as New Music Concerts, Freesound Ensemble, Thin Edge New Music Collective, Soundstreams Canada, and Continuum Contemporary Music. She was invited to be a Guest Concertmaster for the Georgian Bay Symphony in 2018 and 2019, and a Guest Assistant Concertmaster for the Kingston Symphony Orchestra in 2019. She has performed with several orchestras, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company, Windsor Symphony, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra and Toronto Concert Orchestra. She is a graduate of the Artist Diploma Program at the Glenn Gould School, where she studied with Barry Shiffman. While studying at McGill University with Jonathan Crow, she co-founded Ensemble Paramirabo, a group specializing in showcasing music written by Canadian composers, and she performed on their first album, Autoportrait. Most recently, Aysel became a member of Labyrinth Ensemble, dedicated to the study and performance of sonic traditions of modal makam music.
- [Ryan Scott](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ryan-scott/) - Leading Canadian percussionist Dr. Ryan Scott has been hailed as “Fierce and delicate… a chameleon-like virtuoso who triumphs over the varied colouristic demands and technical challenges” (Gramophone). Ryan is a stalwart figure in the Toronto contemporary music community and has performed in over 400 world premieres.
- [Deanna Morrison](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/deanna-morrison/) - Deanna is thrilled to have had the opportunity to work for such a prestigious organization as Tapestry Opera. Her past credits include Flex, Comfort Food, The Bidding War, Rosmersholm, Trident Moon, and The Wrong Bashir at Crows Theatre, Cabaret at Al Green Theatre, and Snow White and Young Peoples Theatre.
- [Reilly Nelson](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/reilly-nelson/) - Soprano Reilly Nelson, hailed as "a revelation" by Opera News, brings her “distinctly warm and burnished” sound to stages across North America and Europe, captivating audiences with her deep commitment to artistry, fueled by an intuitively honest and compelling dramatic sensibility. Originally from Northern Ontario, Reilly's profound connection to her roots informs her passionate approach
- [Matt Haimovitz](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/matt-haimovitz/) - Renowned as a musical pioneer, multi-Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz is praised by The New York Times as a “ferociously talented cellist who brings his megawatt sound and uncommon expressive gifts to a vast variety of styles” and by The New Yorker as “remarkable virtuoso” who “never turns in a predictable performance.” He brings a fresh ear to familiar repertoire, champions new music, initiates groundbreaking collaborations and creates innovative recording projects. In addition to his touring schedule, Haimovitz mentors an award-winning studio of young cellists at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montreal. He is the first-ever John Cage Fellow at The New School's Mannes School of Music in New York City. Haimovitz made his debut in 1984, at the age of 13, as a soloist with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. He has gone on to perform on the world’s most esteemed stages with such orchestras and conductors as the Berlin Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta, the English Chamber Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim, the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin, and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with Kent Nagano. His latest endeavour, THE PRIMAVERA PROJECT, encompasses 81 new commissions from a diverse intersection of North American communities and featured in the most recent 59th Venice Biennale Arte. Making his first recording at 17 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Haimovitz’s recording career encompasses more than 30 years of award-winning work on Deutsche Grammophon (Universal), Oxingale Records, and the PENTATONE Oxingale Series. His honours include the Trailblazer Award from the American Music Center, the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Grand Prix du Disque, and the Premio Internazionale “Accademia Musicale Chigiana.” He studied with Leonard Rose at The Juilliard School and graduated magna cum laude with the highest honours from Harvard University. Haimovitz plays a Venetian cello made in 1710 by Matteo Gofriller.
- [Natassia Brunato](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/natassia-brunato/) - Natassia is a Toronto-based customer in Theatre, Opera, Film, & Television. She spends her days working full-time as a Costume Coordinator at the Canadian Opera Company. Selected credits include: Madama Butterfly (COC), The Flying Dutchman (COC), Star Trek Strange New Words (Season 1: Streak Productions), and Nightmare Alley (Tyrone Productions Inc.)
- [Tamara Vuckovic](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/tamara-vukovic/) - Tamara is a Toronto-based Stage Manager, Producer and Director in primarily Theatre and Opera. Her work has taken her across Canada, from Toronto to Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton, London, Halifax, US, and overseas. Tamara is the Managing Producer and Resident Stage Manager of indie performance company ARC and the SM of opera performance company Off Centre Music Salon. Recent Assistant Stage Manager credits include Fidelio (Canadian Opera Company), Treemonisha (Volcano), and HMS Pinafore (Vancouver Opera). Selected Stage Management credits include Handel’s The Resurrection (Opera Atelier); Martyr, Gloria, and Oil (ARC); The Shape of Home (Crow’s Theatre, County Stage); Electric Messiah, and Hell’s Fury (Soundstreams); Prototüüpe (ZOU Theatre); Marjorie Prime (Coal Mine Theatre); Hook Up (Tapestry Opera).
- [Annasofie 诗慧 Jakobsen](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/annasofie-诗慧-jakobsen/) - Annasofie 诗慧 Jakobsen is an emerging production and stage manager based in Toronto. She is thrilled to join the Jacqueline team and hopes you enjoy the show! Favourite theatre credits include: Interior Design (Tarragon Theatre), Dusk Dances, Are You The One (xLq), Insert Clown Here (Parlous Theatre), Give 'em Hell (Theatre Direct/Prairie Fire Please), Harabogee & Me (Crossroads Theatre.)
- [Benton Roark](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/benton-roark/) - The music of composer Benton Roark (he/him) has been described as “visionary” (The Vancouver Sun), “ardent and soaring” (The National Post), and “an experience of deep and darkling beauty” (The Austin Chronicle). In recent years much of his work has focused on new opera, with full productions including Tapestry Opera’s Augmented Opera (“gorgeous Straussian vocal writing,” The Globe and Mail) and Bandits in the Valley (Dora Mavor Moore award nominee, 2018), Vancouver Pro Musica/Tomoe Arts’ Shadow Catch (“an evocative score” The Bulletin), and Fugue Theatre’s Off Leash (“one of the most unique theatrical experiences currently on Vancouver stages” Vancity Buzz). Roark has also enjoyed acclaim as a bandleader and songwriter with projects such as The Benton Roark Band, Rollaway (“backwoods choir elegance” The Georgia Straight), and Arkora (“the standout event of Vancouver’s spring music season” Vancouver Observer), whose Songs from the Rainshadow’s Edge earned him a 2016 WCMA nomination for Composition of the Year. Current projects include new opera work slated for premiere at the Chan Centre in November 2024 (Eurydice Fragments, re:Naissance Opera), and recording projects The Sign of Jonas (Mother Country, Laughing Heart Records), and Transfigured Light (Arkora, Redshift Records). Roark holds a D.M.A. from the University of British Columbia and has served as Associate Artistic Director of Redshift Music Society and Sound Symposium. He currently serves as Artistic Director of Arkora and makes his home in Toronto.
- [Bonnie Beecher](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/bonnie-beecher/) - Bonnie Beecher has designed over 400 productions for theatre, opera and dance across Canada and internationally. Recent productions include Something Rotten and Twelfth Night (Stratford), My name is Lucy Barton (Can Stage), Carmen (Edmonton Opera), Aportia Cryptych (COC), Classic Soul (Wurzburg Ballet), A Streetcar Named Desire (Citadel/Theatre Calgary), and Waitress (RMTC). Upcoming productions include Sanctuary Song (Tapestry), Lady M (Dutch National Ballet), Demian (Hamburg Ballet), Major Barbara (Shaw), and Mary Queen of Scots (Scottish Ballet.)
- [Camellia Koo](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/camellia-koo/) - Camellia is a set and costume designer for theatre, opera, dance and site-specific performance installations. Recent designs for opera include Bremen Town Musicians and Operation Superpower (Canadian Opera Company School Tours), Macbeth (Minnesota Opera), Marilyn Forever (Aventa Ensmeble), Carmen and The Tales of Hoffman (Edmonton Opera), Maria Stuarda (Pacific Opera Victoria), The Lighthouse (Boston Lyric Opera), Pélleas et Mélisande, Turn of the Screw and La Bohéme (Against the Grain), Giiwedin (Native Earth), and The Shadow (Tapestry New Opera). Recent designs for theatre include collaborations Tarragon Theatre, The Shaw Festival, The Stratford Festival, and Cahoots Theatre Projects. She has received six Dora Mavor Moore Awards, a Sterling Award, a Chalmers Award Grant, Siminovitch Protégé Prize, 2011 European Opera Directing Third Prize Team, and the 2016 Virginia & Myrtle Cooper Award for costume design. Upcoming plans include set and costume designs for The Rape of Lucretia (Banff/AtG), and Simon Boccanegra (POV).
- [Marnie Breckenridge](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/marnie-breckenridge/) - Acclaimed soprano and actor Marnie Breckenridge is known for her “commanding voice with a splendid high register” (Opera News), “lyrical poignancy and dramatic power…a young Meryl Streep” (Chicago Tribune), “bell-like ring over an enormous range and personality spilling from every note” (The Globe and Mail), “lovely soprano” voice (The New York Times), is captivating international audiences in a diverse range of roles from the Baroque to Modern. A favourite among some of the most gifted composers of our time, she has sung lead roles in 8 world premieres of award-winning new operas and countless art songs/recordings. Several of her favourite contemporary works include Mother in DOG DAYS by David T. Little (LA Opera, Ft. Worth, Prototype), Ruth in Luna Pearl Woolf’s, THE PILLAR (Washington Chorus), Sierva Maria in Peter Eötvös’s LOVE AND OTHER DEMONS (Glyndebourne), La Princesse in Philip Glass’ ORPHÉE, title role in Milhaud’s MÉDÉE, Margarita Xirgu in AINADAMAR (Opera Parallèle), and as Cunegonde in CANDIDE (English National Opera). She received the 2020 DORA award for “Outstanding Performance by an Individual in an Opera” in Woolf’s JACQUELINE (Tapestry Opera). Recent song albums include David Conte’s Everyone Sang, Herschel Garfein’s, The Layers and Mortality Mansions, Henry Mollicone’s There Is Another Sky, Robert Paterson’s Summer Songs and In Real Life, Richard Aldag’s Arab Love Songs (and several others) as well as her self-produced Holiday Album, Happy Golden Days on all streaming platforms. She is a featured soloist on Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s Heroes & Villains and New World Records’ Victor Herbert Collected Songs and portrayed the role of Kathie in Gordon Getty’s feature film of the opera Goodbye, Mr. Chips.
- [Royce Vavrek](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/royce-vavrek/) - Royce Vavrek is a Canada-born, Brooklyn-based librettist and lyricist who has been called “the indie Hofmannsthal” (The New Yorker) a “Metastasio of the downtown opera scene” (The Washington Post), “an exemplary creator of operatic prose” (The New York Times), and “one of the most celebrated and sought after librettists in the world” (CBC Radio). His opera “Angel’s Bone” with composer Du Yun was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music. With composer Missy Mazzoli he wrote “Song from the Uproar,” premiered by Beth Morrison Projects in 2012, and subsequently seen in multiple presentations around the country. Their second opera, an adaptation of Lars von Trier’s “Breaking the Waves,” premiered at Opera Philadelphia to critical acclaim in September of 2016. The work won the 2017 Music Critics Association of North America award for Best New Opera and was nominated for Best World Premiere at the 2017 International Opera Awards. Their next opera, an adaptation of Karen Russell’s short story “Proving Up,” was commissioned by Washington National Opera, Opera Omaha and The Miller Theatre, and will be presented by the three institutions in 2018. They are currently developing a grand opera for a future season at Opera Philadelphia. His collaboration with composer David T. Little led Heidi Waleson of the Wall Street Journal to proclaim them “one of the most exciting composer-librettist teams working in opera today.” In April of 2016 they premiered their first grand opera, “JFK,” at Fort Worth Opera, a co-commission with American Lyric Theater and Opéra de Montréal that was called “ravishing” (Opera News), earning a ten-star review in Opera Now Magazine. This followed the success of their first opera, “Dog Days,” which received its world premiere in September of 2012 at Peak Performances @ Montclair, in a production co-produced by Beth Morrison Projects and directed by American maverick Robert Woodruff. The work was celebrated as the Classical Music Event of the year by Time Out New York and a standout opera of recent decades by The New York Times. They are currently developing an original work for the Metropolitan Opera through the Met/LCT commissioning program. Royce has also worked extensively with composer Paola Prestini, first on the song cycle "Yoani," inspired by the blog posts of Yoani Sanchez, and then on "The Hubble Cantata," a virtual reality oratorio produced by VisionIntoArt/National Sawdust in association with Beth Morrison Projects. The latter work, called "a thundering opus" by Hyperallergic has been presented by BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, Kennedy Center and LA Opera, and was preserved in a studio recording released by National Sawdust Tracks. They are currently working on a number of new projects including an operatic adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" with director Robert Wilson; "The Glass Box" for the Young People's Chorus of New York; and an adaptation of Carlos Reygadas' film "Silent Light" with Thaddeus Strassberger. This year they will also workshop "Film Stills," a project for mezzo-soprano Eve Gigliotti that dramatizes four of Cindy Sherman's iconic photographs through musical monologues composed by Paola, Missy Mazzoli, Nico Muhly and Du Yun, and directed by R.B. Schlather. Royce and Paola's collaboration can be further heard on the AIDS Quilt Songbook: Sing for Hope recording, where their song "Union," as sung by Isabel Leonard, is featured. In 2014 Royce premiered “27,” his first collaboration with composer Ricky Ian Gordon, at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Created for renowned mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, the work brought to life Gertrude Stein’s famous salon at 27 rue de Fleurus in Paris. Mark Ray Rinaldi of the Denver Post wrote that the opera “tells a great American story, about Gertrude Stein, as well as opera in the 21st century.” The opera was subsequently presented by Pittsburgh Opera and MasterVoices at New York City Center, and will next be seen at Michigan Opera Theater. In 2017 their adaptation of Gail Rock’s Christmas classic “The House Without a Christmas Tree” for Houston Grand Opera was premiered to critical acclaim. Other recent and upcoming projects include “Strip Mall” with Matt Marks for the Los Angeles Philharmonic; “Diana Vreeland” with Mikael Karlsson for VisionIntoArt; “Midwestern Gothic” with Josh Schmidt for Signature Theatre, Virginia; “Naamah’s Ark” with Marisa Michelson for MasterVoices; “O Columbia” with Gregory Spears for HGOco; and “Knoxville: Summer of 2015” with Ellen Reid for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and National Sawdust. Royce is co-Artistic Director of The Coterie, an opera-theater company founded with Tony-nominee Lauren Worsham. He holds a BFA in Filmmaking and Creative Writing from Concordia University’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal and an MFA from the Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program at New York University. He is an alum of American Lyric Theater’s Composer Librettist Development Program.
- [Luna Pearl Woolf](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/luna-pearl-woolf/) - Award-winning composer Luna Pearl Woolf has long used her evocative voice to advocate for social and political change. Her work has been praised as “brilliant … profoundly moving” (Opera Going Toronto) for its “psychological nuances and emotional depth” (NY Times). Her dramatic works are championed by major opera houses and international performing artists. Woolf’s oratorio Number Our Days, with concept and libretto by David Van Taylor, was commissioned and premiered by PAC NYC in its inaugural 2023-2024 season, receiving a thunderous response: “extraordinary, completely original…new and electrifying,” “death-affirming, life-inciting,” “elegiac, funny, haunting…poetic, and utterly unique.” Canada’s CBC Music named the JUNO award-nominated recording Vagues et Ombres, including Woolf’s 2022 work, Contact, as their #1 Classical Album of the Year and her 2021 composer-portrait album, LUNA PEARL WOOLF: Fire and Flood (Pentatone Oxingale Series) was nominated for a GRAMMY Award. Woolf’s opera Jacqueline, about legendary cellist Jacqueline du Pré, with a libretto by Royce Vavrek, commissioned and premiered by Tapestry Opera, was hailed as an “extraordinary piece, one that deserves an unquestioned place in the 21st-century canon” (The Globe and Mail). Its 2020 premiere garnered five nominations and a win in Toronto’s prestigious Dora Awards. Woolf mentors new opera creators in her work with Montreal’s Musique 3 Femmes, and teaches about the intersection of text and music at institutions such as the National Theater School of Canada and McGill University. She is co-founder of Oxingale Productions, a ground-breaking record label and music publisher supporting new music by lyrical and innovative contemporary composers. A dual Canadian-American citizen, Woolf was born in Western Massachusetts and lives in Montréal, Quebec.
- [Máiri Demings](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/mairi-demings/) - Máiri Demings (she/her) is a Toronto-based mezzo-soprano, music educator and arts administrator. She received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Acadia University in her home province of Nova Scotia. She then completed her Master of Music in Vocal Literature and Performance from Western University. Recently, she has appeared in productions with Toronto Operetta
- [Katie Mariz](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/katie-mariz/) - Katie Mariz is a performer and arts administrator based in Kingston, Ontario. She recently graduated from Queen’s University with a master’s in Arts Management and Leadership. Coffee or tea:Favourite Tapestry show or memory:Musical talent(s):Most anticipated part of our new neighbourhood and venue:Favourite Opera / Musical:I recommend: I adore tea! Unless it's fall when I live off
- [Sarah Ioannides](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sarah-ioannides/) - As a music director and conductor committed to diversity, collaboration, innovation and education, Sarah Ioannides invigorates programming and inspires audiences. Praised by the New York Times for her “unquestionable strength and authority”, she is Music Director of Washington State’s Symphony Tacoma. As newly appointed Director of Orchestral Activities and Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the
- [Tristan Zaba](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/tristan-zaba/) - Tristan Zaba is a Toronto-based sound technician, producer, composer, and vocalist who is breaking down the boundaries between his practices by continuously pursuing direct communication. In a production capacity, Tristan has frequently assisted contemporary classical musicians and composers in achieving unusual requirements for live shows. These have included amplifying and mixing orchestra-size ensembles, re-encoding live
- [Mishael Eusebio](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/mishael-eusebio/) - Mishael Eusebio is Filipino-Canadian Tenor currently based in Montréal and Toronto. He is an avid interpreter of contemporary classical music; recent engagements include: Young Harvey Milk (Harvey Milk Reimagined), the cover for Rose’s Fiancé (Awakenings) at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and the cover for Alexandre Rosenberg (La beauté du monde) at l’Opéra de Montréal. He has also workshopped operas with Houston Grand Opera and the National Sawdust in Brooklyn. Eusebio is a graduate of The Juilliard School, CCM (Cincinnati), and l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal.
- [Donna-Michelle St. Bernard](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/donna-michelle-st-bernard/) - Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, aka Belladonna the Blest, is an emcee, playwright and agitator. Libretti include Forbidden (Afarin Mansouri/Tapestry Opera), Oubliette and Nucleosynthesis (Ivan Barbotin/Tapestry Opera), and S.O.S. (Various/Tapestry Opera). Works for the stage include Cake, Sound of the Beast, A Man A Fish, Salome’s Clothes, Gas Girls, Give It Up, The Smell of Horses, Diggers,
- [Randy](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/randy/) - Randy was asked to join Iron Chef D’Orchestre in early March after Keith spotted him on Kijiji. He was then picked up from a man in a van in the Burger King parking lot at the corner of Victoria Park and Danforth. Unfortunately, Randy had been exposed to a particularly pungent air freshener/odour-fighting product and
- [Marie Andrée Gaudet](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/marie-andree-gaudet/) - Originaire de Moncton, la violoniste Marie Andrée Gaudet a un parcours diversifié et passionnant. Elle détient un Baccalauréat en interprétation de l’Université de Moncton, une première Maîtrise en interprétation et une seconde Maîtrise en musique de chambre et orchestre de l’Université Laval, où elle à travaillé pendant plusieurs années auprès du Quatuor Arthur-Leblanc. On a
- [Sophie Dupuis](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sophie-dupuis/) - Sophie Dupuis is a francophone award-winning composer from New Brunswick. A colourful artist with a diverse portfolio, she has been commissioned and performed by soloists and groups, including Ballet-Opéra-Pantomine, Duo Holz, Ventus Machina, Made in Trio, Din of Shadows, Caution Tape Sound Collective, Thin Edge New Music Collective, ECM+, Quasar and Esprit Orchestra. Her first
- [Juliane Gallant](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/juliane-gallant/) - Juliane Gallant is a conductor in Tapestry Opera’s inaugural Women in Musical Leadership Fellowship program. A graduate of the Guildhall School of Drama and Drama and the National Opera Studio in London, UK, Juliane has conducted productions for HGO, King’s Head Theatre, Opera on Location, St Paul’s Opera, Opera Up Close, Opera Mio, and the Clapham Opera Festival.
- [Jacques Arsenault](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jacques-arsenault/) - Acadian tenor Jacques Arsenault began his musical journey studying accordion in Prince Edward Island, before moving to voice. Jacques received his Masters in Music from University of Alberta, performing in a wide range of repertoire from classical opera to musical theatre. Jacques sang Don Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro and Third Jew in Salome
- [Morgan-Paige](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/morgan-paige-melbourne/) - Morgan-Paige (she/they) is a Tkarón:to-based interdisciplinary artist. With experiences ranging from scoring short films to solo performances, her work and story were featured in Musicworks Magazine Winter 2020-2021 Issue 138, The WholeNote Magazine, Ludwig van Toronto and Toronto Guardian. Past projects include Bin Chicken film collaboration with Toronto Dance Theatre and Alyssa Martin, The Magic
- [Enrique Bravo](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/enrique-bravo/) - Enrique Bravo is a fine artist and architect who has lived in Canada since July 2018. His work is divided into almost all facets of artistic expression. He works mostly in acrylic and watercolour, as well as mixed media, for a variety of expressive results. Enrique has won live painting tournaments in Toronto and Barrie, and exhibited
- [Julie Amlin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/julie-amlin/) - Photography: FoundHer Productions
- [郝邦 宇Steven Hao](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/郝邦宇-steven-hao/) - 郝邦宇 Steven Hao is a Toronto-based director, actor, and writer passionate about creating work that breaks the boundary of what theatre can be. Born and raised in China, Steven is very open about how his upbringing and cultural influence have often impacted how he tells stories and leads his process.
- [Stéphane Mayer](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/stephane-mayer/) - Pianist and composer Stéphane Mayer has quickly been establishing himself as one of Canada's premier up-and-coming artists. A recent graduate of the COC ensemble, Stéphane has served as a rehearsal pianist and member of the music staff for Norma, The Magic Flute, Louis Riel, Arabella, The Abduction from the Seraglio, Anna Bolena, Eugene Onegin, Cosi fan Tutte, La Boheme and Otello at the Canadian Opera Company.
- [Korin Thomas-Smith](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/korin-thomas-smith/) - Named one of CBC Music’s 30 hot classical musicians under 30 in 2021, Canadian baritone Korin Thomas-Smith has been carving a career across North America. Korin joins the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio in 2023, following his time as a Young Artist at the Glimmerglass Festival performing as Argante in their production of Rinaldo. Korin
- [ANNA CHATTERTON](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/anna-chatterton/) - Anna Chatterton is a librettist, playwright and actor. Her operas have been produced by the Canadian Opera Company (Toronto), Center for Contemporary Opera (NYC), Saratoga Opera (NY), World Stage Harbourfront Centre (Toronto), Scottish Opera, Tapestry Music Theatre (Toronto), The California Institute of the Arts, Third Eye Theatre (Chicago), Toronto Masque Theatre and Opera Maine. Her plays have
- [Jawon Kang](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jawon-kang/) - Jawon is a Korean-Canadian theatre designer based in Toronto. Her theatre credits include set for This is how we got here (upcoming Persephone Theatre); costume for A Poem for Rabia (Tarragon Theatre); set for Mizushobai (Tableau D’Hôte); costume for Armadillos (Factory Theatre); set and costume for Cravings (Curveball Creative); set and costume assistance for Of
- [Peter McGillivray](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/peter-mcgillivray/) - Originally from Saskatchewan, baritone Peter McGillivray has recently relocated to Toronto after a decade of living in Northern Ontario. He has been described in the national press as “a gifted comic actor” with a “rich, flexible and strong voice.” In recent seasons he has been seen on opera and concert stages from coast to coast,
- [Tanya Charles Iveniuk](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/tanya-charles-iveniuk/) - A native of Hamilton, Ontario, with roots in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tanya Charles Iveniuk has performed across North and South America and the Caribbean. Recipient of the Women’s Art Associate of Canada – Luella McCleary Award, the Gabriella Dory Prize in Music, and the Hamilton Black History Association’s John C Holland Award, Tanya
- [Lucia Cesaroni](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/lucia-cesaroni/) - With her “lush, creamy voice” and “giddy coloratura”, Italian-Canadian soprano Lucia Cesaroni is in demand as some of opera’s most coveted heroines, making new signature roles out of Verdi’s Violetta, Puccini’s Mimì, and Mozart’s Donna Anna. In 2022/23, she joined the roster of The Metropolitan Opera, where she covered Olga in Giordano’s Fedora, sang Violetta
- [Echo Zhou 周芷會](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/echo-zhou-周芷會/) - Echo is an award-nominated Chinese immigrant, Tkaronto-based scenographer working in live performance. She has designed for Tarragon Theatre, Studio 180, Buddies in the Bad Times, Theatre Passe Muraille, Thousand Island Playhouse, Frog in Hand, The Theatre Centre, SummerWorks Festival, The Next Stage Festival, etc. Her design works have also been presented in Japan and China. Echo was one of Why Not Theatre's ThisGen Fellowship cohorts in 2020.
- [Gareth Williams](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/gareth-williams/) - Composer and songwriter Gareth Williams lives in Edinburgh, where he makes work that ranges from opera, theatre and songwriting to chamber and orchestral music. He is a Chancellor’s Fellow at Edinburgh College of Art, where he lectures in composition. He seeks to find new participants and audiences for opera and music theatre with his work
- [Sybil Shanahan](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sybil-shanahan/) - Sybil Shanahan has played the cello for as long as she can remember. A contemporary performer comfortable across many musical styles, Sybil currently performs with Solidaridad Tango, the classically based Tadioli Duo, and she is the founder of Beaux Strings, an event music performance business for which she is also a published music arranger of
- [Micah Champagne](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/micah-champagne/) - Micah Champagne is a queer artist living in Toronto, Canada. They mostly work as a technician and Designer for Theatre. They have most recently transferred their skills and begun working for Iatse 873 as a Film technician in both Electrics and Grip department. They love using their technical expertise to help create stories of all
- [Brenna McLane](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/brenna-mclane/) - Nova Scotian violist, Brenna McLane, has made a name for herself as a versatile chamber, orchestral, and studio musician, comfortably playing both new creations and masterworks. Brenna is currently writing her first composition for the Canadian Arabic Orchestra, to be performed for the Festival of Arabic Music and Arts (FAMA) in October. Brenna has had
- [Carlos Varela](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/carlos-varela/) - Carlos began his career in his native Mexico, where he worked for 8 years with the Thomas Jefferson Musical Theatre Company, touring internationally with many productions. He has also worked with OCESA throughout Latin America, production managing tours of major Broadway productions such as Mary Poppins, The Lion King, and Mexican hit “Mentiras, El Musical.”
- [Ming Wong](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ming-wong/) - Ming is an award-winning Toronto costume designer and stylist. She has worked in theatre, dance, opera, and film & television for over 15 years. For Tapestry: Rocking Horse Winner (original production). Elsewhere: The Master Plan, Red Velvet, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Uncle Vanya, The Wedding Party (Crow’s); Alice in Wonderland (Bad Hats); Rent
- [Asitha Tennekoon](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/asitha-tennekoon/) - Praised by The Globe and Mail for “...his silky, emotional presence on stage – both vocally and dramatically...”, Sri Lankan tenor Asitha Tennekoon has established himself as one of Canada’s most versatile singing artists. In 2016, he drew critical acclaim and received a Dora Award for his portrayal of Paul in Tapestry Opera/Scottish Opera’s Rocking
- [Maria Fuller](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/maria-fuller/) - Canadian conductor Maria Fuller is a rising star on the international conducting scene. Hailed as an artist of “subtle control, careful focus and thorough professionalism” by the Chronicle Journal and as “fiery and dynamic” by The Walley Magazine, Maria demonstrates unparalleled energy and infectious joy in her music-making. She performs internationally as a conductor, pianist,
- [Naomi Woo](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/naomi-woo/) - Naomi Woo, named by CBC in 2019 as a “Top 30 Classical Musicians under 30”, is the Assistant Conductor of Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the first-ever Music Director of Sistema Winnipeg.
- [Kamna Gupta](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kamna-gupta/) - Kamna Gupta is an American Prize-winning conductor experienced in operatic, orchestral, and choral repertoires. In the 2022-2023 season, Ms. Gupta made her Vancouver Opera debut, conducting Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perles, and her Dartmouth Hopkins Center for Arts and Stanford Live debuts, conducting the world premiere of The Ritual of Breath is the Rite to
- [Natalya Gennadi](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/natalya-gennadi/) - Ukrainian-Canadian soprano Natalya Gennadi is establishing her operatic career in North America in a wide range of repertoire. Natalya caused a sensation when she stepped in at short notice in her debut in the leading role of Oksana G, Tapestry Opera’s harrowing tale about human trafficking. Her critically acclaimed performance of this world premiere was
- [Alyssa Nicole Samson](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/alyssa-samson/) - Alyssa Nicole Samson is a Filipino-Canadian mezzo-soprano based in Vancouver, BC. Her artistic presence is inspired by her continued curiosity and dedication in bridging the gap between her Western classical education and her Filipino heritage. Driven by her passion to connect with the community through the operatic art form, it enabled Alyssa to tour and perform internationally in Portugal, Italy, Spain, Austria and the United States, in addition to working with musical communities within the Lower Mainland.
- [Lawrence Cherney](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/lawrence-cherney/) - Lawrence Cherney’s first professional engagement was as oboist under the baton of Igor Stravinsky in the CBC Symphony. At the forefront of Canadian music for over 40 years, he is often referred to as Canada’s “Ambassador of New Music”.
- [Grace Lee](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/grace-lee/) - Korean-Canadian soprano Grace Lee discovered a love for contemporary music at 16 when debuting as Pandora in Dean Burry's Pandora's Locker. She is honoured to be a part of Dragon's Tale, hoping all glory goes to Jesus.
- [Keith Lam](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/keith-lam/) - Hong Kong-born, Toronto-based singer Keith Lam (he/him) recently made his European debut with Soundstream’s staged production of Claude Vivier’s Musik für das Ende. He also appeared in the film adaption of the a cappella opera Sweat, reviving the role of the Boss, which had its premiere this year at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival.
- [Mike Fan 范祖铭](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/mike-fan-范祖铭/) - Mike Fan | 范祖铭 (they), is renowned for memorable performances in 11 languages, “sung extremely well and acted even better” (Opera Ramblings) across North America, Europe, and Australia. A multi-disciplinary artist whose work spans opera and beyond as a tenor, actor, producer, and educator, Mike is thrilled to make their professional début with Tapestry Opera in Chan’s Dragon's Tale.
- [Evanna Lai](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/evanna-lai/) - Canadian mezzo-soprano and future veterinarian Evanna Lai is thrilled to return to the stage in Tapestry Opera’s Dragon’s Tale. As a singer, she apprenticed at Santa Fe Opera, and holds degrees from the University of British Columbia and the Yale School of Music. Ms. Lai has a special interest in contemporary and early music, but currently resides in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she is pursuing a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree.
- [Olivia Esther](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/olivia-esther/) - Olivia Esther is an active performer, having played with many of Canada's finest arts organizations, orchestras and presenters, including the Canadian Opera Company, National Ballet Orchestra, Winnipeg Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Festival of the Sound, Toronto Jazz Festival, and Mirvish Productions.
- [Travis Harrison](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/travis-harrison/) - Travis Harrison is professor of Double Bass at the University of Ottawa who performs regularly in chamber, soloist, and orchestra roles. Notable engagements have been as Guest Principal Bass of both the National Arts Centre and Canadian Opera Company Orchestras; Ottawa’s Chamberfest, Saskatoon’s Ritornello Festival, Owen Sound’s Sweetwater Festival, and festivals across Europe; as a champion of contemporary music with Array Music and Soundstreams; and as bassist-in-residence at the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance and the Banff Centre.
- [Suhashini Arulanandam](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/suhashini-arulanandam/) - Violinist Suhashini Arulanandam is a musical explorer with an intense curiosity and a love for finding a commonality between elements. Her explorations have included tango, free improvisation, new music, historically informed performance/Baroque violin, and folk music traditions. Suhashini is a member of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and Windsor Symphony Orchestra and frequently plays with the Esprit Orchestra as well as numerous other ensembles such as the Thin Edge New Music Collective, Arraymusic and Soundstreams.
- [Zsofia Stefan](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/zsofia-stefan/) - Zsofia Stefan is a winner of multiple international competitions and received an excellent diploma from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. Before relocating to Canada, she was the principal bassoonist and soloist of a leading Hungarian orchestra, Concerto Budapest (2011-2020). Her first solo album, "Exploring Enchanted Gardens" was released in 2018.
- [Wen Zhao](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/wen-zhao/) - Wen Zhao is an acclaimed pipa virtuoso, “a sensitive and lyrical performer”. Born in Beijing, she began to learn the Pipa at the age of seven, having studied under the renowned pipa master Wang Fan Di at the China Conservatory of Music. In 1990 Wen continued her musical journey in England, performing and leading Chinese music workshops throughout the U.K. Wen has lived in Toronto since 1997 and teaches pipa at York University. She is the co-founder of the Lute Legends Collective, which is a performing association of musicians who represent ancient plucked-string traditions.
- [Ian Cowie](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ian-cowie/) - Toronto-born Ian Cowie is a member of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra where he has performed over 150 opera productions including eight world premieres and the first Canadian production of Wagner's Ring Cycle. Prior to joining the COC, Ian was the principal trombonist of Symphony Nova Scotia and served as a founding board member of
- [Todd Jang](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/todd-jang/) - Todd is delighted to return to the stage after a hiatus of 11 years to make his Tapestry Opera debut in the dual roles of Dad and Qu Yuan. As the son of a Chinese-Canadian mother, Todd learnt from a young age the importance of embracing and preserving cultural traditions. He would like to dedicate his performance to his mother, (Bonnie) Jang Mojing, his grandparents, (Dick) Jang Yin Chong and (Dora) Jang Gut Lin, and his cousin (Julia) Lee Moolan.
- [Hyejin Kwon](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/hyejin-kwon/) - Korean-Canadian pianist Hyejin Kwon moved to Toronto in 2012. A graduate of Peabody Conservatory of Music, University of Toronto Opera, and COC ensemble studio, she has worked as a music staff with Canadian Opera Company, Against the Grain Theatre, Canadian Children's Opera Company, and Lyric Opera of Baltimore to name a few. She is also currently working on her DMA in collaborative piano at University of Toronto.
- [David Hetherington](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/david-hetherington/) - A native of St. Catharines, Ontario, David Hetherington was the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Assistant Principal Cellist for many years. He received musical training at the Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto. He furthered his cello studies in New York, Italy and Germany with Claus Adam, André Navarra and Paul Tortelier.
- [Anita McAlister](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/anita-mcalister/) - An active freelancer in Toronto, Anita McAlister has an interesting and varied career performing with the Toronto Symphony, the National Ballet Orchestra, the Canadian Opera Company, the Hamilton Philharmonic and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
- [Charissa Wilcox](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/charissa-wilcox/) - Charissa spent the last couple decades working at the Iconic Queer Canadian Art Organization, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (BIBT) as the Head of Production.
- [Roslyn Black](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/roslyn-black/) - Horn player Roslyn Black is grateful to be a product of her excellent Saskatchewan public school music program! She holds degrees from the University of Victoria and the New England Conservatory of Music. She has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony, Opéra Comique (Paris), and the Atlanta Opera.
- [David Hoekstra](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/david-hoekstra/) - David is an acquisitive props master and builder for hire whose work has been seen in almost every theatre throughout Toronto over the last 30 years. David has also been the props master for George Brown College Theatre School since 1997.
- [Sanya Eng](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sanya-eng-2/) - Sanya Eng is one of Canada’s most sought-after harpists of her generation, equally celebrated as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician. A dynamic and sensitive performer, she has been described as “an outstanding musical talent” (Jerusalem Post), “remarkably polished” (Globe and Mail) and “dazzling with her delicate and intense command of the harp” (Musical Toronto).
- [Patty Chan](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/patty-chan/) - Patty Chan is a second-generation Chinese Canadian erhu musician, educator, composer, and author. She is the Music Director of the Toronto Chinese Orchestra, Co-founder of PhoeNX Ensemble with harpist Sanya Eng, and the Founder of the Centre for Music Innovations.
- [Patrick Iun](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/patrick-iun/) - Patrick Iun is a multidisciplinary artist and musician based in Toronto, Ontario. A graduate of the Bachelor of Music program at the DAN School of Drama and Music at Queen’s University and the Music and Digital Media program at St. Lawrence College, he has been immersed in the arts all his life.
- [Michelle Colton](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/michelle-colton/) - Dr. Michelle Colton is a versatile percussionist who has performed throughout North America, Asia, Europe, and Central America. She often performs with the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Soundstreams, Esprit Orchestra, Niagara Symphony, and her duo Oregano Percussion.
- [Michael Murphy](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/michael-murphy/) - Hailed as “excellent” (New York Times, 2022) and “captivating” (Myanmar Times, 2018), Chinese-Canadian percussionist Michael Murphy has toured North America, Scandinavia, Europe, and Asia as a chamber and solo musician.
- [Leslie Allt](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/leslie-allt/) - Leslie Allt is a Toronto-based poly-flutist known for combining finesse with versatility. As Principal Flute for the National Ballet of Canada and regular guest principal with the Hamilton and Kitchener-Waterloo orchestras, he is a respected classical orchestral player and soloist.
- [Jody Davenport](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jody-davenport/) - Judith is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University, where she studied with members of the Penderecki String Quartet. She has been a member of the National Youth Orchestra, continuing her summer studies in Banff at the Orford Arts Centre and has participated in a number of QuartetFests at Wilfrid Laurier University.
- [Andréa Tyniec](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/andrea-tyniec/) - Violinist Andréa Tyniec has created a versatile performance career as a soloist and as a collaborator with dance and theatre; and is recognized as a promoter of contemporary music, particularly of Canadian new works.
- [Dominic Desautels](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/dominic-desautels-2/) - Dominic Desautels has been the Principal Clarinetist at the Canadian Opera Company since 2017 and on the University of Toronto faculty. He is considered one of Canada's most sought-after wind instrumentalists and enjoys a thriving career as a soloist, chamber musician and pedagogue.
- [ZiWen Cynthia Qin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ziwen-cynthia-qin/) - ZiWen Cynthia Qin, B. A. graduated from the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing; her excellent and mature performance is well-known in the Greater Toronto Area. Cynthia Qin has successfully developed her own distinctive performance style. Her performance is skillful, her timbre is soft and brilliant, and her expression is exquisite.
- [Colin Maier](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/colin-maier/) - Since 2009, Colin has been the oboist for the internationally acclaimed classical crossover ensemble Quartetto Gelato. During that time, he has been heard on global radio broadcasts, recorded 6 albums, received the 2010 INDIE award for best classical ensemble, and toured the world several times.
- [Rachel More](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rachel-moore/) - Rachel More is an artist living and working in Hamilton, Ontario. Past credits include Die Fledermaus (TOT), Sound of Music (Brott Music Festival), Ordinary Days (Hamilton Theatre Project), Mary’s Wedding (Rooks Theatre). Rachel loves opera and musical theatre and is excited to be making her debut with Tapestry.
- [Jackie Chau](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jackie-chau/) - Jackie has worked as a set and costume designer for over 200 productions, and her work can be seen across Canada and internationally. In addition, she is a production designer and art director for film and television.
- [Ellie Koffman](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ellie-koffman/) - Ellie is a Toronto-based Costume Designer and Wardrobe Manager. Ellie currently serves as a Head of Wardrobe at Soulpepper Theatre Company.
- [David Fallis](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/david-fallis/) - David Fallis is a Canadian conductor and music director renowned for his work in both early and contemporary music. He has conducted at the Royal Opera House in Versailles, the Luminato Festival, the Glimmerglass Festival, the Singapore Festival, Festival Vancouver, Houston Grand Opera, the Seoul Arts Centre, Cleveland Opera, Wolftrap Theater, Utah Opera, and in major opera houses in Japan.
- [Mark Brownell](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/mark-brownell/) - Mark is a Toronto-based playwright and librettist. His projects with composer Chan Ka Nin include Iron Road (Tapestry Opera), The Weaving Maiden (Soundstreams), Harmonious Interest (Victoria Symphony) and Dragon's Tale (Tapestry/Soundstreams). Other selected work includes Monsieur d'Eon is a Woman (Pea Green Theatre Group/Buddies In Bad Times), The Chevalier St. George (Tafelmusik), The Schoolyard Carmen (Shoestring Opera) and Three Men in a Boat (Pea Green Theatre Group).
- [Chan Ka Nin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/chan-ka-nin/) - Twice winner of Juno Awards for Best Classical Composition, Chan Ka Nin's works have been performed by ensembles and artists such as the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Orchestra, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Esprit Orchestra, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra London Canada, Symphony Nova Scotia, Amici, Mirò Quartet, Purcell Quartet, Rivka Golani and Lawrence Cherney.
- [Alicia Ault](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/alicia-ault/) - Hailing from Toronto Canada, Alicia Ault is a Chinese-Canadian actor with a passion for musical theatre, opera, and jazz music. Alicia is excited to be returning to Tapestry Opera as Xiao Lian in this co-production of Dragon’s Tale with Soundstreams and the Luminato Festival!
- [Karen Gray](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/karen-gray/)
- [George Theodorakopoulos](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/george-theodorakopoulos/) - Baritone
- [Jacob Feldman](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jacob-feldman/) - Award-winning Canadian-German baritone Jacob Feldman is in his second year of the MA in Performance course at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studies with Raymond Connell and Marek Ruszczynski. A graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, Jacob was a member of the Opera Undergraduate Program and was the winner of the
- [Jingyi Zhou](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jingy-zhou/) - Originally from Suzhou, China, pianist Jingyi Zhou had performed in many countries including United States, Canada, Austria, Spain, and China. She participated in the Gijon International Piano Festival, the Atlantic Music Festival, and Alpenkammermusik; and won awards at the Yamaha competition, Asian music competition, and Chow’s scholarship competition. Jingyi was also the recipient of Chinese
- [Alexis Diamond](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/alexis-diamond/) - Alexis is an anglophone theatre artist, opera and musical librettist, translator, dramaturg, and theatre curator, working on both sides of Montréal’s linguistic divide. Framed by her background in playwriting and shaped by her close proximity to Québécois dramaturgy, Alexis’ process-based, collaborative practice is grounded in extensive documentary research and in-studio exploration. Her playful yet profound
- [Ian Cleary](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ian-cleary/) - Canadian tenor Ian Cleary began his musical studies while growing up in Chatham, Ontario, and is a Graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University where he studied with Kimberly Barber. Ian received an Opera Diploma from the University of British Columbia under the vocal instruction of J. Patrick Raftery and sang principal roles in several UBC Opera
- [Elisabeth Mehl Greene](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/elisabeth-mehl-greene/) - Elisabeth Mehl Greene is a composer/writer working in the Washington DC area, with a doctorate from the University of Maryland. Her opera Hajar won a commission by the University of Maryland. Her scenes written at Tapestry Opera’s Composer-Librettist Laboratory receive performances around the US and Canada. DC area choir Six Degree Singers premiered her choral
- [NICK CARPENTER](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/nick-carpenter/) - As a composer and musician for the stage, Nick Carpenter has worked and collaborated with the National Arts Centre; National Theatre School of Canada; Great Canadian Theatre Company; Centaur Theatre; Lucion Media; Repercussion Theatre; Geordie Theatre; The Theatre Centre; Imago Theatre; Infinitheatre; Concordia University; National Circus School; McGill and Ottawa Universities; the METAs (Montreal English
- [Anusree Roy](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/anusree-roy/) - Playwright, actor, and director Anusree Roy was born in Kolkata, India in 1982 and immigrated to Canada with her family in 1999 when she was seventeen. Roy graduated from York University in 2006 with a B.A. and from the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama at the University of Toronto with an M.A. She is
- [Darren Russo](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/darren-russon/) - Darren Russo is a composer born in 1984 in Montreal, Quebec. In 2006 he began his bachelor's degree in music composition at McGill University's Schulich School of Music. During that time he studied under Chris Paul Harman and Jean Lesage. He was awarded positions as composer-in-residence for the Contemporary Music Ensemble and the McGill University
- [Alex Poch-Goldin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/alex-poch-goldin/) - Alex Poch-Goldin has been an actor for over thirty years and is living, acting, writing and coaching in beautiful Winnipeg, Manitoba. Originally from Montreal, Alex has worked on stages across the country and extensively in film, television and radio. Alex studied at the National Theater Institute at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut
- [Omar Daniel](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/omar-daniel/) - Omar Daniel has composed extensively in solo, chamber, electronic and orchestral idioms and was the 1997 recipient of the Jules Lèger Award for New Chamber Music. Other composition awards include the 2007 K.M. Hunter Arts Award, the SOCAN National Competition for Young Composers and the CBC National Radio Competition for Young Composers. He hasn’t won an award
- [David Yee](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/david-yee/) - David Yee is a mixed-race (half Chinese, half Scottish) playwright and actor, born and raised in Toronto. He is the co-founding Artistic Director of fu-GEN Theatre Company, Canada’s premiere professional Asian Canadian theatre company. A Dora Mavor Moore Award-nominated actor and playwright, his work has been produced internationally and at home. He is a two-time
- [Evan Lindberg](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/evan-lindberg/)
- [Rain Saran Senavinin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rain-saran-senavinin-2/)
- [Ethan Rotenberg](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ethan-rotenberg/)
- [Leandra Dahm](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/leandra-dahm/)
- [Noelle Slaney](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/noelle-slaney/)
- [Jardena Gertler-Jaffe](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jardena-gertler-jaffe/)
- [Yosef Tamir](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/yosef-tamir/) - A Grammy-nominated violist with Toronto ARC Ensemble, Yosef is a member of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra. He has also led the viola sections of the Norwegian Radio, Canadian Opera Company and Verbier Chamber Orchestras, among many others. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has collaborated with St Petersburg, St. Lawrence and Ying String Quartets,
- [Robert Conquer](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/robert-conquer/) - Trombonist Robert Conquer is quickly establishing himself as one of Canada’s top young musicians. As an orchestral musician, he has performed in concert with the Canadian Opera Company, the National Arts Centre and the Philadelphia Orchestras. As a soloist, Robert was the 1st prize winner of the Canada Council for the Arts – Michael Measures
- [Bardhyl Gjevori](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/bardhyl-gjevori/) - Bardhyl was born in Albania where he completed his musical studies at the Academy of Arts in Tirana. Upon graduation, he was appointed Principal Horn at the Symphonic Orchestra of Radio TV, the leading Albanian orchestra. He was also the professor of Horn and Chamber Music at the Academy. As a soloist, he has toured
- [Sanya Eng](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sanya-eng/) - Sanya Eng is one of Canada’s most sought-after harpists, equally celebrated as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician. A dynamic and sensitive performer, she has been described as “an outstanding musical talent” (Jerusalem Post), “remarkably polished” (Globe and Mail) and “dazzling with her delicate and intense command of the harp” (Musical Toronto). She has been
- [Dominic Desautels](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/dominic-desautels/) - Dominic Desautels is one of the most sought-after wind instrumentalists in Canada and enjoys a thriving career as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral clarinetist and pedagogue. He is the principal clarinetist at the Canadian Opera Company and adjunct professor of clarinet at the University of Toronto. Dominic made his début as a soloist with the
- [Caitlin Broms-Jacobs](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/caitlin-broms-jacobs/) - Renowned for her “gorgeous singing tone” and “sensitive musicality”, (Winnipeg Free Press) Caitlin Broms-Jacobs enjoys a multifaceted career of orchestral, recital, chamber music, and concerto performances. She is the principal oboist of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, a position she has held since 2009. Caitlin has been lauded as “always sublime”, and “a delightfully musical player, with
- [Yegee Lee](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/yegee-lee/) - Yegee Lee won the Calgary Concerto Competition at age 13 and she had her debut performing the Mendelssohn Concerto with the Calgary Civic Symphony at the Jack Singer Concert Hall. A year later, she won the Canadian Music Competition and she performed the Tchaikovsky Concerto with the Toronto Orchestra at the Gala concert. She played
- [Elaine Thompson](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/elaine-thompson/) - Graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Music in Performance, Elaine Thompson has been a member of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Orchestra, the Quebec Symphony and for the past 35 years has been a member of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra and the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra.
- [Elizabeth Johnston](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/elizabeth-johnston/) - Elizabeth Johnston is a 29-year veteran of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra and has freelanced with many orchestras in the Toronto area. Passionate about period performance, she also enjoys playing baroque violin and has done numerous recordings with the Aradia Ensemble. Elizabeth also has a long-standing career of nurturing young violin students at the North
- [Calvin Cheng](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/calvin-cheng/) - Calvin Cheng has been serving as the concertmaster of the North Bay Symphony Orchestra since September 2016. During 2015-2016 he was a section violinist in the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Calvin received his Artist Diploma in Violin Performance from The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music, where he studied under Paul Kantor and
- [Oleksandra Fedyshyn](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/oleksandra-fedyshyn/) - Oleksandra Fedyshyn is a violinist, composer and educator based in Toronto since 2008. She's got a Master's degree from The Lviv National Music Academy, M. Lysenko (Lviv Conservatory, Ukraine). Oleksandra performed as a member of symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles with concert tours in Europe (including performances at INSO Lviv Orchestra and Leopolis Orchestra). As a
- [Naomi Barron](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/naomi-barron/) - Currently based in Toronto, Naomi Barron enjoys a multifaceted career as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player and educator. She performs regularly with groups such as the Toronto Symphony and Canadian Opera Company and has recorded live in the studio for CBC radio. An avid chamber musician, Naomi’s experience includes recent collaborations with such renowned
- [Mac VanDuzer](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/mac-vanduzer/) - Born in Oakville, Ontario, Mac VanDuzer was the recipient of 2 entrance scholarships to the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music and was also recruited as a Linebacker for the UofT Varsity Football team. He swiftly discovered that he could not commit to both playing ball and playing Music with his accustomed level of performance in each...
- [Douglas Stewart](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/douglas-stewart/) - Douglas began playing in the Winnipeg symphony at the age of fifteen. He studied at the University of Toronto with Robert Aitken and Nick Fiore and received Canada Council grants and Chalmers awards for studies with Marcel Moyse, Jean Pierre Rampal, Julius Baker and James Galway. After winning first prize in the CBC Young Artist
- [Clara Lee](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/clara-lee/) - Clara J. Lee is a recent winner of the Canada Council's Musical Instrument Bank Competition where has been given use of the 1768 Antonio Gragnani violin. She has been praised by the South Florida Classical Review for her “gorgeous intonation and phrasing” and “the crystal purity of her tone and flawless execution of fearfully difficult
- [K.P Dennis](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/k-p-dennis/) - K.P Dennis is a Black and non-binary theatre creator, writer, and interdisciplinary artist. Their work is rooted in social justice as a daily practice, hope as an active choice we make, and revolution as a habit that starts in the home. Their work uses sci-fi/fantasy, afro-surrealism, memoir, and bio-mythology to explore the magic and spirituality
- [Jennifer Tung](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jennifer-tung/) - A Dora nominated conductor (Gould's Wall), Jennifer Tung is the artistic director of Toronto City Opera and assistant conductor of the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra. She leads a uniquely versatile career as music director, collaborative pianist and soprano. In 2020/21, she joined Tapestry Opera as a conducting fellow in the inaugural year of the Women in Musical
- [Emmanuelle So](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/emmanuelle-so/) - Emmanuelle So is a Chinese-Canadian artist based in Toronto and a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University, specializing in stage management. Upon graduating, she worked as an Artistic Producer at Crane Creations Theatre Company (Summer Ensemble, 2021). She was the Apprentice Stage Manager on Boy Falls From The Sky (Past Future Productions & Mirvish Productions, 2022),
- [Kat Chin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/chin-kat/) - Kat is a Toronto-based stage manager and has worked across Canada, Off-Broadway, and at the Palaceof Versailles in France. She has worked extensively with Opera Atelier and Soulpepper TheatreCompany, and was the stage manager for Kim’s Convenience for six years - from the 2011 Fringe Festivalto NYC in 2017. During the pandemic, she was fortunate
- [Steve Lucas](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/steve-lucas/) - For the last 28 years, Steve has designed award-winning sets and lighting for more than 300 productions of theatre, dance and performance art. His work has toured extensively and has been seen across Canada, the United States, the UK, Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, Australia, and Asia. Steve’s work in theatre has mainly been focused on new
- [Karen Weigold](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/karen-weigold/) - Karen Weigold is an established and versatile singer from the Greater Toronto Area. After studying at Cambrian College in Sudbury, with a major in Vocal Performance and a minor in Piano Studies, Karen moved back to the GTA to begin her music career. With a background in dramatic arts and dance, Karen has had many
- [Hollywood Jade](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/hollywood-jade/) - A visionary with a passion for excellence, Hollywood Jade wears multiple hats as a choreographer, artistic director, performance coach and media personality, among others. Selected Credits: Associate Choreographer Fall On Your Knees Tour (National Theatre Centre), Choreographer Sleeping Beauty (Capitol Theatre), Choreographer The Soul of Motown (Stage West), Resident Choreographer/Guest Judge Canada’s Drag Race (Crave/World of Wonder), Assistant Choreographer The United Stages vs Billie
- [Joema Frith](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/joema-frith/) - Joema Frith is a dramatic tenor, whose previous credits include, Ghost (Orlando, U/S Subway Ghost), Cinderella (Prince Topher), Little Shop Of Horrors (Voice of Audrey II). He Is quite honored to be making his Tapestry Opera and Obsidian Theatre debut, in such a beautiful and driven story no less! So much love and gratitude for his family,
- [Brian McQueen](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/brian-mcqueen/) - Brian McQueen is an operatic bass and voice instructor residing in New York City. They have appeared with the Lyric Opera Theatre of Arizona State University, Miami University Opera, Janiec Opera, Trilogy Opera, and recently made their New York operatic debut as both Spinelloccio & Amantio in On Site Opera’s production of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi.
- [Cheryl-Ann Lilieth](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/cheryl-ann-lilieth/) - Mezzo-soprano Cheryl-Ann Lilieth is a Canadian of Jamaican descent. A native Montrealer, Cheryl-Ann majored in voice performance at McGill University and is a graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in Manhattan. She performs in both classical and musical theatre works. Past roles include Tituba in Robert Ward’s The Crucible (Opera McGill), Sheba
- [Ruthie Nkut](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ruthie-nkut/) - Ruthie is a proud Northern-Ontarian artist. She is the Associate Artistic Director of YES Theatre and Sudbury Theatre Centre. Favorite theatre credits include: April Fools (Segal Centre), Into the Woods (YES/STC), The Colour Purple (Neptune). Film/TV: Barie (Mattel), Purgatory Jack (Butler Brothers). Ruthie is so excited to be making her Tapestry debut this Season!!!
- [Gavin Hope](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/gavin-hope/) - Gavin Hope is a three-time Juno Nominee, both as a solo vocalist and also as the long-time Baritone member of the iconic Canadian A Cappella group, The Nylons. He has recorded 6 studio albums with the group, as well as two successful solo albums which had several nationally charting singles on the radio. Gavin is
- [Laura Warren](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/warren-laura/) - Laura Warren is a Saskatchewan-raised, Toronto-based, designer for theatre, dance, live music, and opera.Projection design credits include: #34 (Globe Theatre); The Queen in Me (COC, Nightwood Theatre, AmplifiedOpera, Theatre Gargantua); Is God Is (Canadian Stage, Obsidian Theatre, Necessary Angel); 21 Black Futures(Obsidian Theatre/CBC Arts); Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (Tarragon Theatre); In Absentia (JDdance);Pomegranate
- [David Eliakis](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/david-eliakis/) - As a sought-after voice coach, host and lecturer, pianist David Eliakis has collaborated with world-renown artists such as Warren Jones, Julius Rudel, and Sir Martin Isepp. His performances have taken him to the stages of Northern Ireland, Brazil, Switzerland, England, Germany, and across Canada. A faculty member of The Royal Conservatory of Music, David also
- [Chantale Nurse](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/chantale-nurse/) - Soprano Chantale Nurse, a Canadian of Guyanese origin, has always loved bringing her passion for music to all sorts of audiences. She has been a featured soloist at Opéra de Montréal on numerous occasions, most notably Sister Rose in Dead Man Walking, Clara in Porgy & Bess, and the roles of Sadie/Cousin Blanche in the
- [Suzanne Taffot](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/suzanne-taffot/) - Acclaimed by critics as "a voice to follow," Canadian-Cameroonian soprano Suzanne Taffot is distinguishedby her rich and colourful timbre, her ease on stage and her convincing interpretations. Having made her début with the Orchestre Métropolitain of Montreal under the direction of YannickNézet-Séguin in Fauré’s Requiem, Suzanne Taffot has appeared in Brahms‘ Ein deutsches Requiem also
- [Paul Williamson](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/paul-williamson/) - Jamaican-born Canadian spinto tenor Paul Williamson has appeared with Opera York (Toronto), singing Manrico in Verdi’s Il Trovatore in November 2013, Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor in November 2014. He made his debut at Carnegie Hall as tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the New York Festival Orchestra in December 2013. He again
- [Thom Varey](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/thom-varey/) - Thom Varey is a Toronto-based DP and audio engineer. With a background in music (BMus. from Humber College), a love for cinematography, and extensive experience as an audio engineer, his expertise seamlessly spans music video production, live-streaming, and front-of-house audio engineering. Since creating his company in 2010, he has built a strong reputation for his
- [Adam Sherkin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/adam-sherkin/) - Acclaimed for “dazzlingly displays of hand and ear virtuosity” (Opus One), “technical prowess and uncommon lyricism” (Musical Toronto), Adam Sherkin is a dynamic artist who commands a multi-dimensional approach to performance and composition. Admired for innovative programming and engaging presentation, Sherkin has worked with a considerable number of ensembles in capacity of both composer and
- [Siobhàn Sleath](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/siobhan-sleath/) - Siobhán is a Toronto-based Lighting Designer who works in both Canada and the USA. She has credits in Theatre, Opera and Dance. Over the past few years, her work has been seen in Canada, The United States, India, Sweden, Australia and the Czech Republic. She has been a Lighting Designer for: The Shaw Festival, Canadian
- [Jane Corrigan](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jane-corrigan/)
- [Kait Farrar](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kait-farrar/) - Kait Farrar is returning to her performance roots as she joins Tapestry Briefs. Having started out in stage managing theatre, opera and dance after graduating from Toronto Metropolitan University's performance production program, Kait has focused her career on coordinating large-scale festivals and events with the City of Toronto, Harbourfront Centre, Union Station, Artscape, and other major creative cultural organizations
- [Maria Reva](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/maria-reva/) - Maria Reva is the author of “Good Citizens Need Not Fear,” shortlisted of the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Her writing has appeared in publications such as The Atlantic, McSweeney’s, Granta as well as The Wall Street Journal. Her musical collaborations include a script for City Opera Vancouver (“Lost Operas of Mozart,” 2016) as well as
- [Bruno Roy](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/bruno-roy/) - A recent graduate of the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble studio program, Montreal-born baritone Bruno Roy is at ease in a broad range of repertoire. During his time at the COC he appeared on the mainstage in The Magic Flute,Tosca, Louis Riel, Arabella, Rigoletto, Dido and Aeneas and The Nightingale and Other Short Fables. In 2018,
- [Adam Scime](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/adam-scime/) - As a young composer and performer living in Toronto, Adam Scime has been praised as “a fantastic success" (CBC) and "Astounding, the musical result was remarkable" (icareifyoulisten.com). Adam’s music has been performed widely across Canada, Europe, and Asia. In 2014, Adam’s piece Broken Images was toured across China to various new music festivals by a
- [Kristin Hoff](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kristin-hoff/) - Noted for her “appealing clarity and emotional heft” (New York Times), mezzo-soprano Kristin Hoff is a graduate of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Program, where her debut as Tebaldo in Don Carlo was praised as “absolutely charming in voice and person”. Other credits include Dryade in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Tanglewood Music Festival and
- [Marcel d'Entremont](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/marcel-dentremont/) - Tenor Marcel d’Entremont is becoming recognized across Canada for both his powerful voice and sincere stage presence. A former winner of the Wirth Vocal Prize at McGill University and the NaEonal Music FesEval of Canada, he was also a former Yulanda M. Farris Young ArEst with the Vancouver Opera, and is a current Equilibrium Young
- [Nathalie Boisvert](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/nathalie-boisvert/) - Nathalie Boisvert est titulaire d'un baccalauréat en jeu et d'une maîtrise en art dramatique obtenue en 1993 à l'Université du Québec à Montréal. En 1997, sa première pièce, L’histoire sordide de Conrad B., est jouée au Festival de Spa, en Belgique. Elle est ensuite reprise et primée à Bruxelles en 1999, puis traduite en anglais en
- [Matthew Jocelyn](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/matthew-jocelyn/) - Director, translator, and librettist Matthew Jocelyn has worked indiscriminately in theater and opera for well over thirty years. After spending three seasons as resident director at the opera studio of Paris’s Opéra Bastille, he was appointed director of the Atelier du Rhin, the national drama center in Colmar, France, where he also established and directed
- [Joseph Glaser](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/joseph-glaser/) - Described as “a voice to watch out for” by CBC’s Bill Richardson, Joseph Glaser’s music creates space for performers and audiences alike to have out-of-the-ordinary experiences. Having had many years of training as a dancer, Joseph looks at composition with a choreographic eye leading to pieces that are as much about physical movement as they
- [Christine Lee](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/christine-lee/) - Based out of Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang (Montreal), Christine ML Lee is a composer, playwright and poet interested in the intersection between music, movement and storytelling. Working with dance and spoken word, her music has been performed at Festival Quartiers Danses and in Montreal Botanical Gardens. Alumna of Nightwood Theatre’s Young Innovators Unit 2020-2021, Christine is currently working
- [Romain Camiolo](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/romain-camiolo/) - Romain is a composer and pianist based in Montreal. Specialized in film music, he also composes concert music and for interdisciplinary projects such as ciné-concerts and dance projects.​His musical work takes shape around instrumental music, and also sound synthesis experiments. In his work with sound material, he likes to immerse the audience in a sensitive
- [Laurence Jobidon](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/laurence-jobidon/) - Classical composer and organist, Laurence Jobidon comes from Quebec City, where she pursued musical studies at the Quebec Conservatory of Music in piano (under Suzanne Beaubien-Lowe), and then in organ (under Danny Belisle). It is also at this institution that she made her debut in composition, as Yannick Plamondon’s pupil, and that she won the
- [Ellen Wieser](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ellen-wieser/) - Winner of the Emerging Artist Award at the 2019 Récital-Concours International de mélodies françaises, soprano Ellen Wieser’s performances have been described as “ethereal”, “powerful yet lucid”, and “silvery bright”. Career highlights include a soloist debut with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra debut under the baton of Jacques Lacombe (Brahms Ein deutches Requiem), solo appearances at the
- [Carol-Anne Fraser](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/carol-anne-fraser/) - Alberta-born pianist Carol-Anne Fraser holds a doctorate from the Université de Montréal in solo piano and an Artist Diploma from McGill University in collaborative piano. She has worked with Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, Opera Saratoga, Musique 3 Femmes, Calgary Opera, Tapestry Opera, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and Opéra de Montréal. Carol-Anne’s thesis for her doctorate
- [Ian Cusson](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ian-cusson/) - Ian Cusson is a composer of art song, opera and orchestral work. Of Métis (Georgian Bay Métis Community) and French Canadian descent, his work explores Canadian Indigenous experience including the history of the Métis people, the hybridity of mixed-racial identity, and the intersection of Western and Indigenous cultures. He studied composition with Jake Heggie (San
- [Allison Grant](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/allison-grant/) - Allison directs and choreographs Opera and Music Theatre across North America.She recently directed Le Nozze di Figaro (National Arts Centre and Sarasota Opera); H.M.S. Pinafore (Anchorage Opera); Carmen and Alcina (Western University); The Magic Flute (Hawaii Opera Theatre and Sarasota Opera); Roméo et Juliette and Cosi Fan Tutte (Vancouver Opera) and L’Italiana in algeri (L’Opéra de Montréal). Choreography credits include Dido and
- [Sim Suzer](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sim-suzer/) - Sim Suzer's recent design work: Costume Design and Associate Set Design for Everybody (Shaw Festival), Associate Costume Design for Three Women of Swatow (Tarragon Theatre), Set and Costume Design for Untamed (XU) Stratford Festival 2021: Assistant Set and Costume Design for Romeo and Juliet. Shaw Festival 2020: Assistant Costume Design for Gypsy, Assistant Set Design
- [Alice Malakhov](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/alice-malakhov/) - Alice Malakhov is thrilled to be a part of Gould’s Wall and to help tell the story of Canadian icon Glenn Gould. She is a 13-year-old Grade 8 student and an award-winning triple-threat singer, dancer and actor. Alice is trilingual, speaking English, French and Russian fluently. She has been a member of the Canadian Children’s
- [Liza Balkan](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/liza-balkan/) - Liza Balkan is an actor, opera and theatre director, librettist, writer and educator. She has written text for works produced by Tapestry Opera, Bicycle Opera Project, Opera McGill, the Brooklyn Art Song Society (New York), Scrag Mountain Music (Vermont) and Five Borough Songbook, Volume II (New York). Liza recently wrote the interview - inspired lyrics
- [Meher Pavri](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/meher-pavri/) - Parsi-Canadian soprano Meher Pavri hails from London, Ontario. She is a multidisciplinary artist who enjoys performing in opera, musical theatre, theatre, film/television and is most passionate about new Canadian works. Career highlights include: Maria in West Side Story (LOT, Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Niagara Symphony Orchestra); soloist in a number of Soulpepper Theatre shows, most recently
- [Annie Ramos](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/anne-marie-ramos/) - Sought after Armenian-Indian soprano, Anne-Marie Ramos has established herself in the world of oratorio, opera and musical-theatre. This summer, she makes her role debut in Afarin Mansouri’s Zuleykha in The Toronto Summer Music Festival. This fall Annie is pleased to be making her Drayton Entertainment debut in The Sound of Music.
- [Adrien Whan](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/adrien-whan/) - Adrien has been working as a professional technical theatre artist for the past 30 years. Selected credits include: TD for Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, The Gladstone Hotel. PM/TD for The Musical Stage Company, Obsidian Theatre Company, Canadian Stage Company, Studio 180, Adelheid Dance, Theatre Panik, Alias Dance and many other theatre and dance companies in Toronto.
- [Adam Tindale](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/dr-adam-tindale/) - Adam Tindale is an electronic drummer and digital instrument designer. He is an Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction in the Digital Futures Initiative at OCAD University. Adam performs on his E-Drumset: a new electronic instrument that utilizes physical modeling and machine learning with an intuitive physical interface.
- [Caroline Hollway](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/caroline-hollway/) - Caroline has spent the best part of 35 years in the arts, as stage manager, production and technical manager, education manager, project manager and producer in UK and Canada. It has taken her into community arts and human circuses in South London; large parades with boats, cars and bicycles made of sticky tape and giant puppets in Portugal.
- [Dustyn Wales](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/dustyn-wales/) - Dustyn Wales’ selected theatre credits include: Newsies, Kinky Boots, Back Home for the Holidays (Drayton), Blackout, Light in The Piazza (Musical Stage); The Gigli Concert, Billy Bishop, Glengarry Glen Ross, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Soulpepper), Into the Woods (TIFT), You Dance (National Ballet), Musical of Musicals (Mirvish), Blue Planet (YPT), Rocky Horror, Jesus Christ Superstar, Into the Woods (Hart House), Pan Am Games.
- [Joanna Yu](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/joanna-yu/) - Joanna is a set and costume designer born in Hong Kong, raised in Thornhill, Ontario. Over the past 15 years, Joanna has designed over 100 productions for large and small theatres across Canada; 44 of them World premieres. Joanna is recipient of The Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award, and the Pauline McGibbon Award. Joanna sits on the Board of Directors for the Associated Designers of Canada.
- [Cameron Anderson](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/cameron-anderson/) - Cameron Anderson is an internationally acclaimed American scenic and projection designer and she designs extensively at the world’s leading theatre and opera companies. Credits include: Manhattan Theater Club, Vancouver Opera, Teatro Colon (Argentina), San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera and Kennedy Center. Upcoming projects: Emmeline (Opera Tulsa), and The Winter’s Tale (Hartford Stage). Cameron is an Associate Professor at Brandeis University.
- [Daniel Morphy](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/daniel-morphy/) - Daniel Morphy is a celebrated percussionist, music creator and associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre. His virtuosity and versatility are his core strengths both as a soloist and collaborator. He performs regularly with the Arkora New Music Collective, the Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan, the Ken Shorley Trio, and Art Haus Musik (San Francisco). Daniel is most well-known for being a founding member of the TorQ Percussion Quartet.
- [Danielle Buonaiuto](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/danielle-buonaiuto/) - Soprano Danielle Buonaiuto has been praised for “terrific clarity and color” (Baltimore Sun) and “ethereal vocals” that reveal “exquisite vocal technique and luscious colors” (OperaWire). They primarily focus on working with contemporary composers, and in ensemble music from the Renaissance to modern eras, telling stories and fostering spaces that advance values of access, empathy and community.
- [Scott Belluz](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/scott-belluz-2/) - Scott Belluz, praised for his ‘warm, rich voice’ (La Marseillaise) and ‘bravura vocal performances’ (Now Magazine), brings his sensitive and committed artistry to repertoire ranging from 17th century to newly composed works. He has received acclaim for his performances in the world premieres of numerous Canadian works and recently starred in the boundary-pushing opera Sweet Land (The Industry) in Los Angeles.
- [Nicole Lizée](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/nicole-lizee/) - Called “a brilliant musical scientist” (CBC), and “breathtakingly inventive” (Sydney Times Herald), JUNO-nominated composer Nicole Lizée’s commission list of over 60 works is varied and distinguished and includes the Kronos Quartet, the BBC Proms, the New York Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Nicole was awarded the 2019 Prix Opus for Composer of the Year, the 2017 SOCAN Jan. V. Matejcek Award, and the 2013 Canada Council for the Arts Jules Léger Prize for Chamber Music.
- [Daniel Oulton](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/daniel-oulton/) - Daniel is a Toronto based, Nova Scotia raised Stage Manager and Designer. Selected credits include: SM – Reflector (Theatre Gargantua); The Dream Catchers (Charlottetown Festival); Constellations, Let’s Try This Standing (Keep Good); two tours of When it Rains (2b); ASM – Canada Rocks! and Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival)
- [Nick Puckett](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/nick-puckett/) - Nick Puckett is the Founding Director of Puckett Research+Design, a design practice focused on creating dynamic links between software, robotics, biological agents, chemical engineering, and material behaviour that generate new potentials for the design of intelligent environments.
- [Kate Hartman](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kate-hartman/) - Kate Hartman is an Associate Professor at OCAD University, where she is Graduate Program Director of Digital Futures and the founding Director of Social Body Lab – a research and development team dedicated to exploring body-centric technologies in the social context. She is the author of the book Make: Wearable Electronics, was an artist‐in‐residence at Autodesk’s Pier 9, and has work included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
- [Jordan Guetter](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jordan-guetter/) - Jordan works in Stage Management for opera, musical theatre and more across Canada. Recent highlights include Don Giovanni, Il Trittico (Pacific Opera Victoria); A Christmas Carol, Mary Poppins, Chariots of Fire, Home for the Holidays (Grand Theatre); Newsies (Drayton), Serving Elizabeth, Ring of Fire (Thousand Islands Playhouse); The Brother’s Size, Hosanna, The Testament of Mary (Soulpepper).
- [Julia Cosentino](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/julia-cosentino/) - Julia Cosentino is a contemporary-jazz dance artist, educator, collaborator, choreographer and performer, who received her BFA Honours Degree in Dance from York University in 2012. Julia’s vision is to marry all of the things she loves most about dance: music, rhythm, physical prowess, artistry, expression, healing and human connection.
- [Rodney Diverlus](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rodney-diverlus/) - Rodney Diverlus is a Haitian-Canadian movement artist who has presented works and performed internationally in dance, theatre, opera and multidisciplinary performance. Described by the Toronto Star as "one of Toronto's fastest rising dance talents," Rodney has created and presented choreographic works for Toronto Dance Theatre, Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre, Tableau d’Hôte Theatre, and Art Gallery of Ontario.
- [Cameron Davis](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/cameron-davis/) - Cameron teaches and mentors projection design at the National Theatre School of Canada. Selected credits include: projection designer: Sweat, Oslo (Studio 180); Secret Life of a Mother (Theatre Centre); Theory (Tarragon Theatre); The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, Dracula, Sweet Charity, You Never Can Tell (Shaw Festival).
- [Debashis Sinha](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/debashis-sinha/) - Driven by a deep commitment to the primacy of sound in creative expression, Debashis Sinha has created numerous audio-centred solo and collaborative projects across Canada and internationally. Sound design and composition credits include works for contemporary dance, video, film, and Dora Award-winning productions with many of Canada’s premiere theatre companies.
- [Michelle Ramsay](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/michelle-ramsay/) - Michelle Ramsay is an award-winning lighting designer who has created designs for dance, theatre and opera companies across Canada and around the world. The evolution of Michelle’s unique aesthetic can be seen throughout her 20-year career on the spectrum between small, independent shows and large-scale productions.
- [Ben Reimer](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ben-reimers/) - Ben Reimer has been called a “genre-bending wiz” (PuSh) and a performer of “stunning virtuosity” (Ludwig-Van Montreall). His album Katana of Choice: Music for Drumset Soloist is described as “an exhilarating musical ride” (Wholenote) and “a modern classic” (I Care If You Listen).
- [Bryan Holt](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/bryan-holt/) - Bryan Holt is a cellist based in Toronto, Ontario. He has occasionally appeared in the cello sections of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Esprit Orchestra and other orchestras and ensembles.
- [Rob Clutton](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rob-clutton/) - Rob Clutton is a bass player who works in the spaces between composition and improvisation, in collaboration with musicians, dancers, theatre and performance artists. Rob composes for and performs with small groups including the Cluttertones, The Rob Clutton Trio, duo with Tony Malaby, solo bass, and Sweet Session.
- [Brayden Jamil Cairns](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/brayden-jamil-cairns/) - Brayden Jamil Cairns is a Toronto based artist who creates works that can be enjoyed by all walks of life. He binds dance and live experience to create challenging works of art, drawing from different media such as design and film. He is a winner of the 2020 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble for Rock Bottom Movements production of Hollow Mountain.
- [Emily Spearing](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/emily-spearing/) - Emily Spearing, from London Ontario, received her education at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre. Upon graduating, Spearing worked as a freelance dancer for various companies, collectives and independent choreographers in Toronto and Halifax. She then went on to attend the post-graduate International Choreographic Exchange Program at Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD).
- [Katherine Semchuk](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/katherine-semchuk/) - Katherine is a dance artist currently based in Tkaronto. Since graduating from The School of Toronto Dance Theatre, she has worked with Good Women Dance Collective (GWDC), Kaeja d’Dance, Mile Zero Dance, Peggy Baker Dance Projects, The Platform TO, Mateo Galindo Torres, Meghann Michalsky, Sasha Ivanochko, and Naishi Wang.
- [Sofi Gudiño](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sofi-gudino/) - Sofi Gudiño is a dance artist and founder of Inamorata Dance Collective. Raised in flamenco and established in contemporary dance, Sofi’s work is marked by emotional intensity and choreographic risk. They are exploring strong choreographic and musical risk that are influenced by contemporary, Latinx and queer arts.
- [Jennifer Routhier](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jennifer-routhier/) - Toronto-based mezzo-soprano Jennifer Routhier is a unique voice on the Canadian stage. Jennifer is a co-founder of DUOver, a contemporary ensemble with pianist Natasha Fransblow. DUOver was created following their award-winning collaboration for the 2020 Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, placing second overall and taking home the prize for best performance of the commissioned work.
- [Maeve Palmer](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/maeve-palmer/) - “Virtuoso singer” (WholeNote), and “triple-threat … talented coloratura” (OperaCanada) Maeve Palmer is an alumna of the Rebanks Family Fellowship, and the University of Toronto Opera School where she studied with Prof. Lorna MacDonald. World and Canadian premieres include works by Nicole Lizée, Alice Ping Yee Ho, and Samuel Andreyev.
- [Micah Schroeder](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/micah-schroeder/) - Canadian-American baritone Micah Schroeder, praised for his “smooth as glass lyrical contours” (The National Post), has performed across North America and in Europe. Notable roles in Schroeder’s repertoire include the title roles in Don Giovanni, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Eugene Onegin and Pelléas et Mélisande, Schaunard in La Bohème, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore and Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos.
- [Peter Barrett](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/peter-barrett/) - Baritone Peter Barrett is an acclaimed artist on both the opera and concert stage. Performance highlights include Don Pasquale at the Metropolitan Opera, Faust with Vancouver Opera, Mozart’s Requiem with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific with the Calgary Opera, and Louis Riel at the Canadian Opera Company.
- [Nicolas Billon](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/nicolas-billon/) - Nic writes for theatre, film, and television. His work has been produced around the world and won over a dozen awards, including a Governor-General’s Award for Drama, a Canadian Screen Award, and a Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Award.
- [Tania Miller](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/tania-miller/) - Canadian Conductor Tania Miller has distinguished herself as a dynamic interpreter, musician, and innovator. On the podium, Tania projects authority, dynamism, and sheer love of the experience of making music. As one critic put it, “she delivers calm intensity . . . expressive, colourful, and full of life... her experience and charisma are audible.” Others
- [Parker Clements](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/parker-clements/) - Hailing from Prince Edward Island, baritone Parker Clements is a recent graduate of the UofT Opera Diploma. His role credits include: Malatesta, Des Grieux (Le portait de Manon), Silvio (scenes from I pagliacci), Edmund (Jonathon Dove’s Mansfield Park), Don Giovanni, Figaro (Mozart) and Escamillo. Parker enjoys collaborating with composers on new vocal works and exploring
- [Zain Solinski](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/zain-solinski/) - Toronto-based collaborative pianist Zain Solinski is cultivating a performance career in contemporary, chamber, and vocal music. He studied under Dr. Deanna Oye for his Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance at the University of Lethbridge, and recently earned a Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano under the tutelage of Dr. John Hess and
- [Amanda Weatherall](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/amanda-weatherall/) - Mezzo Soprano Amanda Weatherall hails from Cranbrook BC, and is excited to be back in Toronto to perform with Tapestry Opera. Amanda’s operatic credits include the title role in Bizet’s Carmen (Western), the chorus in Verdi’s Otello (Canadian Opera Company), Romeo in Bellini’s i Capuleti e i Montecchi (Opera NUOVA), Fox in Janáček’s Cunning Little
- [Anna Sharpe](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/anna-sharpe/) - Anna has performed internationally with acclaimed company Opera Atelier both at the Royal Opera of Versailles in Paris and at the Harris Theatre, Chicago. Previous credits include Penelope (cover) in The Return Of Ulysses (Opera Atelier), Nymph in Actéon (Opera Atelier), Trojan Woman in Idomeneo (Opera Atelier), 2nd Witch in Dido and Aeneas at the
- [Rain Saran Senavinin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rain-saran-senavinin/) - Rain Saran Senavinin is a Thai countertenor currently based in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Rain’s genre-transcending versatility spans five centuries in performances across Canada, England, Singapore, Vietnam, and his native Thailand. Operatic roles as a countertenor and a former baritone include Aeneas in Dido & Aeneas as well as Dido in a gender bending production with
- [Nicole Ross](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/nicole-ross/) - “C’est vraiment jolie, une belle voix” (CBC Radio Canada). Soprano Nicole Ross has been praised for her “simple acting and gorgeous vocal tone.” She is a recent graduate of McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, and currently studies with Mezzo-Soprano Ariane Girard. Nicole’s Opera credits include Suzanne in Schubert’s La Croisade des Dames, Grace Davis
- [Cristina Paoletta](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/cristina-paoletta/) - Cristina Paoletta fell in love with West Side Story, the first musical she ever saw and knew singing in the theatre would be her future. Cristina has performed in opera concerts, musicals and recitals. Cristina performs such roles as The Countess (Le Nozze di Figaro), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Liu (Turandot), Despina (Cosi
- [Giulianna Misasi](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/giulianna-misasi/) - Giulianna Misasi is a graduate of the Artist Diploma program and the Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance program at Western University. She is also a graduate of the Artist Diploma program in Voice at The Glenn Gould School within the Royal Conservatory of Music. Beyond post secondary training, Giulianna performed several operatic roles in Canada
- [Rachel Miller](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rachel-miller/) - Canadian mezzo-soprano Rachel Miller is a multi-disciplinary performer who finds expression through voice, acting and dance. In the 2021/2022 season Rachel will create the role of Stheno in the online premiere of Medusa’s Children presented by OperaQ. Rachel was a prize winner of the 2020 Toronto Mozart Vocal Competition, and performed in a recital with
- [Benjamin Kersey](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/benjamin-kersey/) - Benjamin Kersey is a French Canadian collaborative pianist and music director best known for his stylistic versatility. Recent credits include Follies in Concert (Koerner Hall/Royal Conservatory of Music) and Maid and Master: The Massey Murder (U of T Opera). He recently premiered a new solo work by Canadian composer Michael Nunes, and is set to
- [Leanne Kaufman](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/leanne-kaufman/) - Leanne Kaufman is a Toronto-based lyric soprano. Praised for her “vocal fireworks” (Opera Canada), Leanne has had recent concert debuts of Handel’s Messiah and Mozart’s Requiem, and performances of La Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro) with Cincinnati College-Conservatory ofMusic, Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) at the Westben Festival and Music Niagara, and Musetta (La bohème) with
- [Indra Egan](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/indra-egan/) - Praised for her expressivity and “impressive command of the keyboard” (Prince George Citizen), pianist and vocal coach Indra Egan is currently completing a Masters of Collaborative Piano at the University of Toronto under the mentorship of Steven Philcox. Originally from Northern BC, Indra received her B.Mus. in Piano Performance at the University of Manitoba as
- [Sean Haid](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sean-haid/) - Sean Haid is a countertenor based in Montreal, Quebec. A recent graduate of McGill University with a BMus in Voice Performance and minor in Early Music, Sean has spent the last several months transitioning from tenor to countertenor repertoire. During this time he has performed with Early Music Voices, Rosa Barocca Orchestra, Lunenburg Academy of
- [Yanik Gosselin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/yanik-gosselin/) - Originally from the Lake Temiskaming region of northeastern Ontario, Yanik Gosselin is now based in Halifax, a region traditionally known as Mi'kma'ki. He received his BMus in Voice Performance from the University of Ottawa and his MMus in Opera and Voice from McGill University. Currently a member of the Association for Opera in Canada’s RBC
- [Alida Doornberg](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/alida-doornberg/) - Alida Doornberg is the alto section lead for Echo Women’s Choir, and voice teacher and administrator at Classical Music Conservatory. She served as the interim music coordinator for College Street United Church from December 2021-February 2022. Alida was a 2021 Fellow in Toronto Summer Music Festival’s Art of Song Program. Opera roles include: Ino in
- [Daniela Agostino](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/daniela-agostino/) - Italian-Canadian soprano Daniela Agostino is known as a “bright and agile soprano” (Stage Door) and is hailed for her “soaring and lively” voice (Opera Canada). She holds a Masters degree in Performance and Literature from Western University, where she studied with soprano Jackalyn Short. Role highlights from her studies include Gretel from Humperdinck’s Hänsel und
- [Christine Bae](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/christine-bae/) - Christine (Cheon Gyeong) Bae holds an Advanced Certificate in Performance at the University of Toronto, where she is finishing her Master’s degree under the tutelage of Steven Philcox, Head of the Collaborative Piano Programme. Christine was recognized as having an exceptional sensitivity and strong musical talent in piano and singing at an early age. She
- [Amy Moodie](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/amy-moodie/) - Amy Moodie is thrilled to be participating in New Opera 101 and Songbook XI with Tapestry Opera! Ms. Moodie rang in 2020 by being selected as the winner of the Toronto Mozart Vocal Competition. Most recently, Ms. Moodie performed the roles Mabel in COSA Canada’s virtual production of The Pirates of Penzance and Despina in
- [Anais Kelsey-Verdecchia](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/anais-kelsey-verdecchia/) - Anais Kelsey-Verdecchia is a soprano and multi-instrumentalist from Toronto, Ontario. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, where she was fortunate to work with a variety of instructors who deepened her love of contemporary music, including legendary Canadian soprano Mary Morrison. With Mary’s guidance, Anais found her way to
- [Bruce Reid](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/bruce-reid/) - Having retired from a career of over 30 years in banking, Bruce has finally got his priorities straight: music and tennis! Previous experience includes Angelotti (Tosca) and Fiorello (Barber of Seville) for Opera by Request, Don Annibale (Il Campanello) for Brampton Lyric Opera, El Dancairo (Carmen), St. Brioche (The Merry Widow), The Count (Le Nozze
- [Darren Fung](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/darren-fung/) - A three-time Canadian Screen Award winner and International Film Music Critics Association Award nominee with over 100 composition credits to his name, Darren Fung is a highly influential composer who is well-respected in the film, television and concert worlds. His work on Niobe Thompson’s The Great Human Odyssey and Equus: Story of the Horse received
- [Andrew Moodie](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/andrew-moodie/) - Multiple award winning actor/playwright/director Andrew Moodie has performed in countless productions all across the country. Some selected credits include: Better Living, Second Sheppard’s Play, Our Country’s Good (Great Canadian Theatre Company), Macbeth (Stratford), Satchmo Suite (Eastern Front), Death in New Orleans (One Yellow Rabbit), Hamlet (Soulpepper), Race (Ground Zero), Othello (Shakespeare in the Rough), Master
- [Wallis Giunta](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/wallis-giunta/) - Irish-Canadian mezzo, Wallis Giunta, is the 2018 International Opera Awards "Young Singer of the Year", and was named in 2018 both "Young Artist of the Year" by The Arts Desk and "Breakthrough Artist in UK Opera" in the What's On Stage Opera Awards. She has been praised by OPERA NEWS for her “delectably rich, silver-toned mezzo-soprano, with a beautiful sense of line
- [Wayne Strongman](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/wayne-strongman/) - One of Canada’s most distinguished music directors, Wayne Strongman is a champion of Canadian writers and composers. As Artistic Director of Tapestry New Opera Works, he has commissioned and premiered over 25 new works of opera/music theatre by Canadian writers and composers, including the award winning Nigredo Hotel by Nic Gotham and Ann-Marie MacDonald, No
- [Scott Belluz](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/scott-belluz/) - Canadian countertenor Scott Belluz has gained recognition for his ‘warm, rich voice and impeccable coloratura,’(La Marseillaise). Scott brings his committed artistry to repertoire ranging from 17th century to newly composed works. Scott has received great acclaim for his performances in the world premieres of numerous Canadian operatic works, singing the title role in Omar Daniel’s
- [Steven Philcox](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/steven-philcox/) - Steven Philcox has established himself as one of Canada’s finest collaborators and has performed with many renowned singers including Richard Margison, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Shannon Mercer, and Measha Brueggergosman. His performances consistently receive high praise and critical acclaim prompting Toronto’s The Globe and Mail to write, “a superb piano partner…gorgeously accompanied.” Mr. Philcox’s recital appearances have
- [Roger Honeywell](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/roger-honeywell/) - As a teenager Roger Honeywell began his vocal training within the walls of the Royal Conservatory of Music with the wonderful team of Glenn and Edith Gardiner. He went on to study acting at Ryerson Theatre School and upon graduation apprenticed at the Stratford Festival. After five seasons in Stratford, he joined the Shaw Festival
- [Brian Current](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/briant-current/) - Brian Current studied music at McGill University and UC Berkeley (PhD). His music, lauded and broadcast in over 35 countries, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Barlow Prize for Orchestral Music (USA), the Premio Fedora (Italy) for Chamber Opera, and a Selected Work (under 30) at the International Rostrum of Composers in Paris. Brian’s
- [Andrea Ludwig](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/andrea-ludwig/) - Born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Juno and Dora Award–winning mezzo-soprano Andrea Ludwig is an artist of tremendous depth and versatility. Andrea has appeared with the Canadian Opera Company in numerous roles including Nireno in Handel’s Julius Caesar, the Second Niece in Britten’s Peter Grimes, Flora in The Turn of the Screw, Moira in Poul
- [Sheree Spencer](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sheree-spencer/) - Sheree Spencer finds creative balance as a performing artist and producer with a strong passion for interdisciplinary art expression. Sheree graduated from McGill University in 2012 with a major in music and double minor in drama performance and environmental science. Notable performing credits as a musician/singer and actress include the 2015 Pan Am Closing Ceremonies,
- [Rachel Forbes](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rachel-forbes/) - Rachel Forbes is an award-winning set and costume designer creating for theatre, dance and film. Her work has been seen across the country on stages including at the Shaw Festival, Buddies in Bad Times, Obsidian Theatre, Neptune Theatre, Young People’s Theatre, Centaur Theatre and many more. She has designed, mentored and taught at Ryerson University.
- [Philip Akin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/philip-akin/) - Philip Akin is an award-winning cultural leader and has been acting and directing for 46 years. He is a founding member of Obsidian Theatre, Canada's leading Black theatre company, and has served as its Artistic Director from 2006 to 2020. Selected Directing Credits: Shaw Festival: Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress Shaw Festival: Gatsby Jazz,
- [Ryan Allen](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ryan-allen/) - Caribbean-Canadian Tenor, Ryan Allen, is an actor who is equally at home in Opera, Theatre and on screen. Described as having a “rich tenor that gracefully glides” (CBC) and stage acumen of “admirable subtlety” (Edmonton Journal) Ryan has performed in several World Premieres of Operas including What Brought us Here (Calgary Opera), Giiwedin (Native Earth)
- [Karen Kamensek](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/karen-kamensek/) - Karen Kamensek, born in Chicago, is equally at home on the opera and concert stages. Her broad range of interests and her varied work extend from classical to modern, including many world premieres, film music and crossover projects (jazz and world music). A specialist in contemporary music, she regularly works with the American composer Philip
- [Tom Diamond](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/tom-diamond/) - Tom Diamond is well known to Tapestry Opera audiences as he was the Resident Director/Dramaturg for a decade. During his tenure Mr. Diamond developed and directed the premiere of Chan Ka Nin's IRON ROAD which won the Dora Award for Outstanding Musical. He was also on the creative team behind the national tour of Theresa
- [Daniel Bennett](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/daniel-bennett/) - Daniel Bennett is the Technical Director for the Grand Theatre, Artistic Producer of Curveball Creative and Associate Artist for the Production Design and Technical Arts Program at the National Theatre School. He has also worked as a freelance Production Manager with Eclipse Theatre Company, Public Recordings/EW&FCO at the Festival Transamériques, Ame Henderson Projects, SummerWorks Performance Festival,
- [Taylor Long](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/taylor-long/) - Taylor Long is a Toronto-based videographer and photographer with a background in the performing arts. Originally from Halifax, NS, Taylor grew up performing on the stage and discovered his love of opera while studying classical voice during his undergrad at Dalhousie University. While working for the Canadian Opera Company creating digital content, Taylor developed a love
- [Noah Feaver](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/noah-feaver/) - Noah Feaver is a Dora Award nominated lighting designer. He works frequently in Dance and Opera and has designed for companies such as: Edmonton Opera, Toronto Dance Theatre, Human Body Expression, Holla Jazz, Citadel+Compagnie, Zata Omm, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Against the Grain Theatre, and Rock Bottom Movement. Noah holds a BFA from the
- [Adam Kaleta](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/adam-kaleta/) - Adam Kaleta is a Toronto-based percussionist and drummer. He has performed with Orchestra Toronto, the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, Weston Silver Band, as well as numerous other pit bands, orchestras, marching bands, and jazz/rock bands. Adam performed in the 2015 performance of R. Murray Schafer’s epic work, Apocalypsis, during Toronto’s Luminato Festival. He is currently a member of Batucatronica, a
- [Alyssa Martin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/alyssa-martin/) - Alyssa Martin is a choreographer, director and performance maker. Her work blurs the lines of theatre and dance in saucy conversation with her modern dance influences. Alyssa founded the company, Rock Bottom Movement, in 2012, and the group has since been graciously recognized with multiple Dora Mavor Moore Awards and the Canadian Stage Award for
- [Natasha Poon Woo](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/natasha-poon-woo/) - Natasha Poon Woo began training and performing as a member of Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre in her hometown of Toronto. She went on to study at the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase College, where she had the opportunity to perform the works of esteemed choreographers Pam Tanowitz, Twyla Tharp, and Doug Varone, before graduating
- [Teiya Kasahara](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/teiya-kasahara/) - First-generation Nikkei-Canadian settler Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 (they/them) is a queer, gender non-binary opera singer and multi-disciplinary theatre creator. They combine opera, theatre, and taiko in their artistic practice through their original works including the Butterfly Project and Yoru: 夜の奇妙, or The Queer* of the Night. Most recently praised as “an artist with extraordinary things to
- [Frédéric Lacroix](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/frederic-lacroix/) - Frédéric Lacroix has performed in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborative pianist. As such, he has performed with many important musicians, including Branford Marsalis, Johannes Moser, Kathleen Battle, Alexander Rudin and some of Canada’s most noted musicians. He has made regular radio appearances on the Canadian CBC
- [Jeri Lynne Johnson](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jeri-lynne-johnson/) - Jeri Lynne Johnson is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra. She founded Black Pearl in Philadelphia, PA as a model for the 21st-century American orchestras combining artistic excellence with cultural diversity and meaningful community engagement. Black Pearl has been recognized as a leading innovator in social justice in classical music
- [Gustavo Gimeno](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/gustavo-gimeno/) - Gustavo Gimeno begins his first year as Music Director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in the unprecedented 2020/21 season. With his artistic dexterity and steadfast commitment to sharing extraordinary musical experiences, Maestro Gimeno is programming the season to adapt to the environment, including virtual performances and small concerts in community settings. Known for his expansive
- [Judith Yan](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/judith-yan/) - Judith Yan is a Canadian conductor, born in Hong Kong. Equally adept at conducting opera, ballet, and symphony, her career has taken her internationally, conducting for major companies in Europe, Asia, and North America. She has held Staff Conductor positions at San Francisco Opera, Canadian Opera Company, and National Ballet of Canada. Her recent debuts were celebrated with
- [David James Brock](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/david-james-brock/) - David James Brock is a playwright, poet, and librettist whose plays and operas have been performed in cities across Canada, the US, and the UK. He is the winner of the 2011 Herman Voaden Canadian National Playwriting Award for his play Wet. Brock is the author of two poetry collections, Everyone is CO2 & Ten-Headed
- [Jordan de Souza](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jordan-de-souza/) - Hailed by the New York Times as one of “the new generation leading Berlin’s classical music scene”, Canadian conductor Jordan de Souza earned this distinction while serving as First Kapellmeister of the Komische Oper Berlin from 2017-2020. During this term, he collaborated with renowned director Barrie Kosky on four critically acclaimed new productions: Pelléas et Mélisande, La bohème, Candide, and Weinberger’s Frühlingsstürme. Their partnership
- [Gemma New](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/gemma-new/) - Sought after for her insightful interpretations and dynamic presence, New Zealand-born Gemma New is a leader among the new generation of conductors. She is currently in her sixth season as the Music Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as Principal Guest Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Hailed as “a rising star in
- [Rosemary Thomson](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/rosemary-thomson/) - A highly skilled musician experienced in conducting a variety of repertoire with an innovative audience presentation, Rosemary Thomson has recently completed twelve seasons as Music Director of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra. Under her leadership the orchestra has blossomed and audiences have grown. She has also led the creating of multiple outreach and education programs throughout
- [JoAnn Falletta](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/joann-falletta/) - Grammy-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta serves as Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Director Laureate of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center, and Artistic Adviser of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra. She is hailed for her work as a conductor, recording artist,
- [Wallace Halladay](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/wallace-halladay/) - Canadian saxophonist Wallace Halladay captures the qualities of the modern virtuoso, being at home in numerous styles, from the traditional to jazz and beyond. A specialist in the performance of contemporary music, Wallace has commissioned and premiered numerous works for saxophone. In addition to performances of concerti by Ibert, Schmitt, Glazunov, Denisov, Husa, Muldowney, Kancheli,
- [Cassandra Rudolph](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/cassandra-rudolph/) - Award winning producer, photographer, filmmaker, and creative strategist with 12 years experience producing video and photo in the spaces of non-scripted lifestyle, brand marketing, live production, and arts not-for-profits. She works with artists, arts organizations, brands and creative entrepreneurs to make better, more emotional content, faster. She's also the founder of grassroots collective [Working Title],
- [Stephen Bell](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/stephen-bell/) - Canadian Estonian tenor Stephen Bell has preformed with opera companies in Canada, United States and in Europe. Roles he has sung include, “Lensky” in Eugene Onegin to “Tamino” in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. A 12 year member of the Canadian Opera Company, he has preformed in over 70 productions as chorus, small roles and as understudies. On the concert
- [Debi Wong](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/debi-wong/) - Debi is an interdisciplinary performance artist that loves to weave together sound, text, movement and technology to create contemporary stories. Her performances have been recognized as “unique and magical” (Rondo Classic) and “electric, poignant” (Schmopera). Debi is also the founding artistic director of re:Naissance Opera in Vancouver, BC. With re:Naissance she created #DidoAndAeneas (2014), an
- [Simone McIntosh](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/simone-mcintosh/) - Hailing from Vancouver, B.C., Simone McIntosh is a mezzo-soprano with “sheer vocal agility and lovely rich sound” (Vancouver Sun). Currently an Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera (SFO), she is also a recent graduate of the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio. Over the years McIntosh has received several distinguished awards and acknowledgements such as
- [Ivan Barbotin](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ivan-barbotin/) - Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Ivan Barbotin began playing guitar at 10. Within a couple of years, he formed the rock band Sphinx which soon won the “Soviet Union’s Best Youth Band” competition. At 16, he joined Russia’s celebrated rock band Forum as lead guitarist, where he was half the age of the other musicians. With Forum he toured
- [Lyndsay Promane](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/lyndsay-promane/) - Praised for “a genuine and deeply satisfying sound” (The WholeNote), Canadian mezzo-soprano Lyndsay Promane is known as an artist “[with] an arresting presence on the opera stage and a thoughtful concert artist” (Schmopera). She is the 2018 winner of the Symphony on the Bay Young Artist Competition and a recipient of the Art Song Foundation
- [Christopher Foley](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/christopher-foley/) - Christopher Foley is a pianist dedicated to the fields of pedagogy, opera, contemporary music, art song, and chamber music. At the Eastman School of Music, he received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 1994. As pianist and repetiteur for Tapestry New Opera, he has been involved with numerous productions, as well as being on
- [Neema Bickersteth](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/neema-bickersteth/) - Neema Bickersteth was born and raised in Alberta to a family from Sierra Leone, and is now based in Toronto. Bickersteth is a Canadian soprano known for her skills as a singer, an actor and a maker of multi-disciplinary performance. She has performed many operatic roles in both Canada and Europe, including Pamina from Mozart’s
- [Lauren Segal](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/lauren-segal/) - South African-Canadian mezzo-soprano Lauren Segal has quickly established herself as an artist to watch. A graduate of the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio, she is well-known both in Canada and abroad. She was the only Canadian selected to participate in the inaugural Salzburg Festival Young Artist Project and is a two-time recipient of the Metropolitan
- [Vanessa Oude-Reimerink](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/vanessa-oude-reimerink/) - Vanessa is an alumnus of Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist Development Program and Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program. Vanessa’s 2017/2018 season consists of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra), Josephine in HMS Pinafore (Edmonton Opera) and Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (Calgary Opera). Other recent appearances include Barbarina in Le Nozze di
- [Stephanie Tritchew](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/stephanie-tritchew/) - Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Tritchew is a recent graduate of the 2017-2018 Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program at Vancouver Opera where she performed in Requiem for a Lost Girl as part of the Vancouver Opera Festival and covered the role of Olga in Eugene Onegin. She is also a graduate of the Emerging Artist program at
- [Julie Tepperman](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/julie-tepperman/) - Julie Tepperman is a Dora-nominated playwright, actor, and educator, as well as co-artistic director (with Aaron Willis) of Convergence Theatre, thrice listed by NOW Magazine as the “Best Site-Specific Theatre Company in Toronto”. This is Julie’s second libretto with Tapestry Opera, having created Bandits in the Valley with composer Benton Roark in 2017. She is
- [Afarin Mansouri](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/afarin-mansouri/) - Afarin Mansouri is an award-winning composer whose works have been performed in Canada, the United States, England, Iran, and South America. She received Music Creation Grants from the Toronto Arts Council for her children’s operetta To whom shall I give my heart?, based on a Persian story by Nader Ebrahimi in 2014, and her multidisciplinary
- [Lila Palmer](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/lila-palmer/) - Lila Palmer is a librettist, dramaturg and singing actor. She is a commissioned artist-in-residence at American Lyric Theater & divides her time between London & NYC. Upcoming performances of Lila’s work include Scraww (an immersive electronic children’s opera, August 2018, UK) Sunshine Girl (US October 2018) The Reckoning (UK touring); Dead Equal (Edinburgh Festival 2019).
- [Richard Greenblatt](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/richard-greenblatt/) - Richard Greenblatt is an actor, director, writer, and musician who has been a professional theatre artist for the last 45 years. He was born in Montréal and received his acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in England. He has performed in theatres across Canada and abroad, as well as in feature films,
- [Isaiah Bell](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/isaiah-bell/) - Isaiah Bell’s work as a singer is characterized by his “beautiful tenor, command of style, and natural stage presence” (Broadway World) and by performances of “haunting beauty… and glowing vocal skill” (New York Times). He recently created the role of Antinous, opposite Thomas Hampson as Hadrian, in the world premiere of Rufus Wainwright and Daniel
- [Virginia Hatfield](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/virginia-hatfield/) - Toronto soprano Virginia Hatfield is known for her luminous voice and widely varied repertoire, and “spellbinding” (Globe and Mail) singing. Recent highlights include Brian Finley’s The Pencil Salesman, directed by Tapestry Opera’s Michael Mori; appearances with Off Centre Music Salon; The Talisker Players; The Elmer Iseler Singers; Toronto Masque Theatre, and recordings for the Ukrainian
- [Whitney Mather](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/whitney-mather/) - Award winning soprano Whitney Mather enjoys the challenge of working in new music and art song and is thrilled to be a part of the indie opera scene in Toronto. This season, Ms. Mather will sing the role of Norina in Don Pasquale, and can be seen in concert this December with the Toronto Classical
- [Robi Botos](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/robi-botos/) - Hungarian born Romani/ Musician Robi Botos was raised in a musical family and is largely self-taught. Robi began his musical career when he was a child, growing up in Budapest, playing drums and percussion. It was at age seven when Robi first took up piano. Robi immigrated to Canada in 1998 and is now a
- [Megan Latham](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/megan-latham/) - Mezzo Soprano Megan Latham is currently on stage as the Fortune Teller in the COC’s Arabella. She can be seen again with the COC as Giovanna in Rigoletto in February 2018. Returning home to BC, she will be soloist with the Victoria Symphony in Verdi’s Requiem in May 2018.
- [Jerry Evans](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jerry-evans/) - Of this land, Jerry Evans is a Mi’kmaq Visual Artist born and raised in central Newfoundland. Jerry is dedicated to the preservation, reclamation, and continued growth of Indigenous communities across Ktaqamkuk (Newfoundland) and the Big Land (Labrador). Working primarily as a painter and printmaker, Jerry incorporates his experience in film, design, and traditional hand poke
- [Kristina Lemieux](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kristina-lemieux/) - Kristina Lemieux (she/her) is an accomplished arts leader with more than 20 years of experience, and contemporary dancer. A recent transplant to Toronto, Kristina is the Executive Director of Generator. Her work focuses on increasing the skills and competencies of independent performing artists around producing their own work. Kristina in a tenth generation settler on
- [Karen Lee-Morlang](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/karen-lee-morlang/) - Award-winning pianist, chamber musician, radio host and teacher, Karen Lee-Morlang has performed in Europe, Asia and other parts of North America. She has been featured at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, MusicFest Vancouver, World Peace Forum, Women’s Worlds Conference, Vancouver Folk Festival and has been broadcast on CBC Radio. After earning two music degrees, she
- [Derek Kwan](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/derek-kwan/) - Derek Kwan is an actor, singer, and creator working at the intersection of theatre, music and movement. He is interested in the confluence of many forms including opera, clown, and puppetry, and has been featured in productions in Canada, Taiwan, China, Japan and Thailand. He has been nominated for 3 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for
- [Colleen Murphy](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/colleen-murphy/) - Colleen Murphy is a two-time Governor General’s Literary Award Winner for Drama. She won for Pig Girl in 2007 and for The December Man (L’homme de décembre) in 2007. Twice she has won the Carol Bolt Award for Best Play. Other plays include The Society For The Destitute Presents Titus Bouffonius (winner of six 2018
- [Dean Burry](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/dean-burry/) - Composer and librettist Dean Burry was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland but grew up in the town of Gander. In 1998, while working as an educator with the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, he was commissioned to write The Brothers Grimm. The opera has been seen by over 165,000 children across Canada since 2001 and
- [Carla Huhtanen](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/carla-huhtanen/) - Soprano Carla Huhtanen is in demand internationally for her “soaring, translucent” voice, “winning stage presence,” and her diverse repertoire. She debuted in the UK as Lisetta in Garsington Opera’s La Gazzetta (Rossini) and returned as Serpetta in their production of Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera, a performance repeated at the Barbican Centre’s Mostly Mozart series. She
- [Kim Barber](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kim-barber/) - Canadian mezzo-soprano Kimberly Barber recently celebrated 30 years of continued activity on international operatic and concert stages (Paris, Chicago, New York City, London, Rome, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Montreal, Seattle and Toronto are among her stomping grounds) in a diverse and eclectic repertoire. This season sees her return to Toronto’s Tapestry Opera, creating the role of the
- [Zorana Sadiq](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/zorana-sadiq/) - “In this afternoon of role-playing, soprano Zorana Sadiq definitely won the musical Oscar.” (Boston Classical Review) Soprano Zorana Sadiq has performed extensively throughout Canada and the U.S. She “…brought a tremendous range of color and expression to Currier’s vocal writing…singing, chanting, nailing difficult leaps and awkward syncopations with what sounded like ease,” (The Arts Fuse)
- [Yvette Nolan](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/yvette-nolan/) - Yvette Nolan is a playwright, dramaturg, director and educator. Her plays include BLADE, Job’s Wife, Video, Annie Mae’s Movement, Scattering Jake, Two Old Women, the libretto Hilda Blake and the radio play Owen. She is the editor of Beyond the Pale: Dramatic Writing from First Nations Writers and Writers of Colour, and of the upcoming
- [Younggun Kim](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/younggun-kim/) - Younggun Kim is a pianist known for his blazing technical capacity and a lush sound supported by a natural phrasing sense (Timothy Gilligan, New York Concert Review). He has performed around North America and Europe. His performances this season include appearances with Toronto Concert Orchestra and recital engagements in Vancouver and Toronto. The winner of
- [Tim Albery](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/tim-albery/) - Best known for his productions of opera, English director Tim Albery comes from a theatrical family — the son of the impresario Donald Albery and grandson of the producer Sir Bronson Albery. He directed his first operatic production, Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, for a music festival at Batignano, Italy in 1983. From there
- [Taras Chmil](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/taras-chmil/) - Whether performing solo repertoire or in ensemble, Popular music or Opera, Tenor Taras Chmil’s North American acclaim continues to grow. 2017 has seen Taras sing Baptiste Lépine in the COC’s co-production of Louis Riel in Toronto and Ottawa, and Don José in SOLT’s Carmen. Past credits include Alfredo in La Traviata with Capitol Opera (Harrisburg),
- [Sean Guist](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sean-guist/) - Administrator by day and queer artist, producer and director by night, Sean curates Intrepid Theatre’s queer theatre festival, OUTstages, and programs queer performance cabarets. He holds his MFA (2012) in Directing and BFA in Performance from the University of Lethbridge. Recent credits include: directing Sunday in Sodom (playreading at The Belfry’s SPARK Festival), Tom at
- [Shirin Eskandani](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/shirin-eskandani/) - Hailed by Opera Today for her “pleasing and pliant voice” Iranian Canadian mezzo soprano, Shirin Eskandani, recently made her Metropolitan Opera stage debut as Mercedes in Carmen. She is the recipient of several prestigious awards including first place at the Gerda Lissner Foundation Vocal Competition and fourth place at the Licia Albanese-Puccini Competition. Her recent
- [Säye Skye](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/saye-skye/) - Säye Skye is a transgender Iranian rap artist and LGBTQ rights activist at the forefront of a new hip-hop movement that has its basis in social consciousness. With astonishing originality, his experimental raps challenge deep-rooted stereotypes of misogyny, discrimination, and queerphobia. Since age 13, he has been crafting songs and poems that resonate deeply with
- [Sara Schabas](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/sara-schabas/) - Canadian soprano Sara Schabas’ performances have been praised as “beautifully sung and a treat to watch” (Schmopera), “haunting and nuanced” (Mooney on Theatre) and “youth and beauty personified” (Oakwood Register). A recent graduate of Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts, Ms. Schabas has spent two summers as an opera fellow at the Aspen Music
- [Phoebe Tsang](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/phoebe-tsang/) - Phoebe Tsang was born in Hong Kong and grew up in the UK. The author of Contents of a Mermaid’s Purse (Tightrope Books, 2009), her work as a poet, and as a principal violinist for orchestras such as the Ontario Philharmonic, Canadian Sinfonietta, Sinfonia Toronto and the Toronto Philharmonia, has enabled both her artistic practices
- [Padideh Ahrarnejad](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/padideh-ahrarnejad/) - Padideh Ahrarnejad is a musician, arranger, composer, and educator. A graduate of the Tehran Art Music School and the Art University of Tehran, Padideh studied tar with major figures of Persian music,including Behrouz Het mati,Hossein Alizade and Hooshang Zarif. She received the award for best tar player at Fadjr Music Festival in Iran several times.
- [Norbert Palej](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/norbert-palej/) - Born in 1977, Norbert Palej grew up in communist Poland, then in the former West Germany. He studied composition in the USA – at the New England Conservatory, Juilliard, and Cornell. An award-winning and internationally performed composer, he now teaches at the University of Toronto. His works have been noted for their blend of intense
- [Neil Craighead](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/neil-craighead/) - Neil Craighead was born in Cape Town, South Africa, but grew up in Calgary. He began his love for singing with the Calgary Boys Choir under the tutelage of Gerald Wirth, a world class choral director and composer now with the Vienna Boys Choir. He studied voice throughout his youth and attended the after school
- [Nathan Carroll](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/nathan-carroll/) - Nathan has performed on stages across Canada, from Vancouver to Charlottetown. His credits include: Vimy (Western Canada Theatre), Buddy in The Buddy Holly Story (1000 Islands Playhouse/WCT), Once (Grand/MTC), Marathon of Hope, Honk! (Drayton), The Wizard of Oz (YPT), Chasse Galerie (Storefront), The Drawer Boy (Port Stanley), Once (Mirvish), Two Gentlemen of Verona/The Tempest (St.
- [Myles Laphen](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/myles-laphen/)
- [Michelle Olson](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/michelle-olson/) - Michelle is a member of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation (Yukon) and the Artistic Director of Raven Spirit Dance. She studied dance at the University of New Mexico, Banff Centre for the Arts in Aboriginal Dance and furthered her performance training with Full Circle First Nations as an Ensemble member. Michelle works in areas of
- [Michael Shannon](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/michael-shannon/) - Canadian pianist, Michael Shannon, is quickly earning a reputation as one of the most sought-after vocal coaches, répétiteurs, and recital partners in a new generation of Canadian opera professionals. A member of the Canadian Opera Company’s music staff and graduate of the COC Ensemble Studio, he has served as répétiteur/continuo player and vocal coach for
- [Meagan Musseau](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/meagan-musseau/) - Meagan Musseau is an interdisciplinary visual artist of Mi'kmaq and French ancestry from Elmastukwek within the Ktaqmkuk territory of Mi'kma'ki (Bay of Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador). She works with customary art practices and new media, such as beadwork, basketry, land-based action and installation to explore memory, language, and the relationship between land and body, object
- [Matthew Whitfield](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/matthew-whitfield/) - Considered ‘one of Canada’s most gifted musicians’ (Saugeen Times), Matthew Whitfield is an organist, pianist, and conductor who specializes in giving eclectic and exciting performances. Matthew explores repertoire from all centuries, particularly organ works by Schnittke, Ligeti, Cage, and Glass. He gave the North American premiere of Ted Dawson’s Six Preludes for Organ in August
- [Marion Newman](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/marion-newman/) - Kwagiulth and Stó:lo First Nations, English, Irish and Scottish mezzo-soprano Marion Newman “sings with rich, opulent tone, and her delivery pulses with the multiple meanings of her duplicitous existence.” (Opera News) and she has been noted as “a show stealer” (BBC Music Magazine). In her Irish debut with Cork’s Opera-2005 in the title role of
- [Maria Soulis](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/maria-soulis/) - Toronto-born mezzo-soprano Maria Soulis enjoys an exciting career in both Canada and Europe. She began her European career as a principal artist with the Regensburg Opera in Germany, later performing the roles of Adalgisa (Norma), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Nicklausse (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Orfeo (Orfeo), and Dido (Dido and Aeneas), La Périchole (La Périchole),
- [Magali Simard-Galdés](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/magali-simard-galdes/) - Canadian soprano Magali Simard-Galdés known for “effortlessly nailing each bright, leaping melody” is making critics hail that she is “certainly a voice to look out for in the years to come.” This season, Ms. Simard-Galdés made her U.S. début as Roxane in Cyrano with Opera Carolina. After her enormous success as Roxane, she has been
- [Marcia Johnson](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/marcia-johnson/) - Marcia Johnson is a Toronto-based actor-writer. She thrilled to be back at Tapestry after participating in Lib Lab 2016. She wrote the libretto for My Mother’s Ring, composed by Stephen A. Taylor and presented as part of Opera to Go in 2009. The two met at Lib-Lab 2007 where they had created a shorter version
- [Lori Blondeau](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/lori-blondeau/) - As a Cree/Saulteaux artist, Lori Blondeau’s artistic practice continues to explore the nfluence of popular media and culture (contemporary and historical) on Aboriginal self- dentity, self-image, and self-definition. Lori has been culturally producing as an artist, instructor, and curator for the last 20 years. She is currently exploring the impact of the colonization of traditional
- [Kit Vaughn Soden](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kit-vaughn-soden/) - Kit Vaughan Soden is a composer, researcher, and music educator based in Montreal, QC, Canada. He is currently pursuing a PhD in composition at McGill University, where he has studied with John Rea, Philippe Leroux, Melissa Hui, and Brian Cherney. Kit is inspired by the interactions and relationships between timbre and expressivity in music, and
- [Kianoush Khalilian](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/kianoush-khalilian/) - Kianoush Khalilian is a composer and a highly skilled player of the ney (Persian reed flute). He began his studies with very distinguished Iranian masters, including Hasan Nahid in 1990 in Tehran; five years later he ranked first in the nationwide Iranian school competition for ney performance. Kianoush has performed in concerts in Iran, Canada
- [Jordan Bennett](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jordan-bennett/) - Jordan Bennett is a Mi’kmaq visual from Stephenville Crossing, Ktaqamkuk (Newfoundland). He lives and works on his ancestral territory of Mi’kma’ki in Terence Bay, Nova Scotia with his partner in life and art Amy Malbeuf. Jordan's ongoing practice utilizes painting, sculpture, video, installation and sound to explore land, language, the act of visiting, familial histories
- [John Terauds](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/john-terauds/) - John Terauds is one of Canada’s most influential voices in classical music writing today. He is an organist, choir director and music teacher. He joined the star in 1988 and was the classical music critic from 2005 to 2012. He founded the popular music blog Musical Toronto, (now renamed Ludwig van Toronto) for whom he
- [John Harris](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/john-harris/) - John Harris is a composer and Artistic Director of the Red Note Ensemble. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Oxford, where he was Organ Scholar at Trinity College, and he took his Master’s degree in composition at the RSAMD in Glasgow. He has extensive experience as a composer for film and theatre, including
- [Joel Klein](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/joel-klein/) - Recently born-again tenor (previously baritone) Joel Klein has sung roles for Edmonton Opera, Vancouver Opera, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s New Works series, notably performing versions of the Barber of Seville (variously Dr. Bartolo and Figaro) more than 180 times. Switching primarily to Queer and cabaret performance in 2011, Joel developed the character of Maria
- [Jessica Murphy Moo](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jessica-murphy-moo/) - Jessica Murphy Moo is a writer, editor and teacher. She wrote the libretto for An American Dream, an opera that had its world premiere at Seattle Opera in August 2015, and which the company will be remounting in September 2017. In 2016, she was selected to attend Tapestry Opera’s Librettist-Composer Laboratory, also known as LIBLAB,
- [Jennifer Taverner](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jennifer-taverner/) - Soprano Jennifer Taverner has been described as “resplendent and captivating” (Ottawa Life) and is in high demand as a soloist with orchestras and opera companies across Canada. Her 2016/2017 season began with an engagement at the Canadian Opera Company covering the role of Ginevra in Handel’s Ariodante. Other recent engagements include Vivier’s Kopernikus with Against
- [Jeff Lillico](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jeff-lillico/) - For Stage: Soulpepper (30 productions, including Of Human Bondage & Spoon River at The Signature Theatre on 42nd St in NYC), Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Shaw Festival (five seasons), Stratford Festival, Canadian Stage, Mirvish, Factory Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times, Tarragon Theatre, Studio180, Musical Stage Company, Theatre Panik, Theatre20, National Arts Centre, Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre
- [Janaka Welihinda](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/janaka-welihinda/) - Praised for his “clear talent for comic acting” and “clear voice” (Opera Canada), baritone Janaka Welihinda is quickly establishing himself amongst audiences as a captivating young artist. Most recently, Mr. Welihinda made his professional debut with the Indian River Festival and Stratford Summer Music Festival as Papageno in Brent Krysa’s whimsical adaptation of The Magic
- [James McLean](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/james-mclean/) - A native Torontonian, James began his career with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis, and he has performed extensively with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Canadian Opera Company. He has been based in Germany for several years, and has firmly established himself as a lyric tenor, specializing in the
- [Jacqueline Woodley](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/jacqueline-woodley/) - Canadian soprano Jacqueline Woodley has been praised for her fearless versatility, changing styles fluidly from early music to contemporary, from opera to art song. Recent performances include her début at San Francisco Opera, singing Waldvogel (Siegfried) with Canadian Opera Company, her Montreal Symphony Orchestra debut under Kent Nagano; the roles of Adele (Die Fledermaus) and
- [Irina Medvedeva](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/irina-medvedeva/) - Soprano Irina Medvedeva is described as being a “flexible, supple, yet powerful soprano” (The Globe and Mail) and has been praised for having “a large voice with an astonishing range” (Opera Canada). Presently residing in Toronto Ms. Medvedeva’s recent engagements include a performance with Toronto Concert Orchestra, recital “Songs from Home” with pianist Markéta Ornova
- [Gina Hanzlik](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/gina-hanzlik/) - Performing with “a voice that is both brilliant in technique and deep in expressiveness” (Ludwig van Montreal) American soprano Gina Hanzlik comes to Canada by way of Detroit, MI where she was an urban educator. Recent credits include Cunegonde (Candide), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Madame Herz (The Impressario), and Sister Rose (Dead
- [Iman Habibi](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/iman-habibi/) - Iman Habibi, D.M.A. (University of Michigan), is an award-winning composer and pianist, and a member of the piano duo ensemble, Piano Pinnacle. Hailed as “a giant in talent”, he has been programmed by The Marilyn Horne Foundation, New York Festival of Song (New York), Vancouver and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras, and The Canadian Opera Company to
- [Geoffrey Sirett](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/geoffrey-sirett/) - Baritone Geoffrey Sirett continues to impress musicians and audiences in debut performances in opera, concert and recital repertoire. A native of Kingston, Ontario, Geoffrey has emerged as one of Canada’s finest young baritones, highly sought-after across the country for a wide range of repertoire. His charisma as an actor and a singer make him an
- [Giles Tompkins](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/giles-tompkins/) - Upcoming concert engagements in 2017/18 include Handel’s Dettingem Te Deum with Karen Schuessler Singers in London Ontario, Bach’s Peasant Cantata with Toronto Masque Theatre and Messiah with London Symphonia. Giles joins the cast of The Overcoat, a 2018 world premiere of James Rolfe’s new opera, co-produced by Tapestry Opera, Canadian Stage Company and Vancouver Opera,
- [Emily Lukasik](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/emily-lukasik/) - Select theatre credits: Chava in Fiddler on the Roof (Persephone Theatre); Belle in A Christmas Carol, Nightingale in Wilde Tales, Saint Joan, The Shaw Festival; Jo March in Little Women, Theatre New Brunswick; Réza in Once, Mirvish Productions (Dora Award for Outstanding Ensemble); Love’s Labour’s Lost, Dauntless City Theatre; world premieres of St Anne’s Reel,
- [Evan Korbut](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/evan-korbut/) - Evan Korbut is an Indigenous performer born in Sault Ste. Marie, ON. He began studying at Western University in 2007, completed his Bachelor’s degree in music (voice performance) in 2011, and completed his Master’s degree in music (voice) in 2014. Various credits include productions of Die Fledermaus as Eisenstein, The Merry Widow as Danilo, Cosi
- [Dominic Veilleux](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/dominic-veilleux/) - Baritone Dominic Veilleux is graduated from Conservatoire de musique de Québec, where he was seen as Guglielmo (Cosi fan tutte), Leporello (Don Giovanni), Brunner (Les trois valses) and lead roles (Alexina Louie’s Burnt toast). Recently, he sang the role of Leporello on tour with Jeunesses Musicales Canada. Other operatic roles include: Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s
- [Deborah Hui](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/deborah-hui/) - A native of Vancouver, BC, Deborah Hui enjoys a career as a freelance collaborative pianist and teacher in Toronto. Her festival performances have included the Tuscia Operafestival, the Vancouver International Song Institute, and the Colorado College Summer Festival. Additionally, she was a vocal coach at the Interlochen Arts Camp, and has recorded for Colorado Public
- [Deantha Edmunds](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/deantha-edmunds/) - Canada’s first and only Inuk soprano soloist and recording artist, Deantha Edmunds, is originally from Newfoundland and Labrador. She is a laureate of the prestigious Hnatyshyn Foundation REVEAL Indigenous Art Awards. In 2016 Edmunds was nominated for the ECMA Aboriginal Artist of the Year Award for her recording “Pillorikput Inuit: Inuktitut Arias for All Seasons.”
- [Daniel Solon](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/daniel-solon/) - Daniel Solon attended the University of Texas, Austin (BA English, Theatre and Dance minor), studied acting at The New School in NYC, received MFA Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media from the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, and MA Opera Making from Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London. Daniel is an alum
- [Clarence Frazer](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/clarence-frazer/) - Canadian baritone Clarence Frazer has earned praise for performances in a wide range of repertoire. He is an alumnus of Canadian Opera Company’s prestigious Ensemble Studio, and starred as Figaro with Pacific Opera Victoria in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Guglielmo in Against the Grain Theatre’s updated A Little Too Cozy, and Marcello with Saskatoon Opera’s
- [Darren Creech](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/darren-creech/) - An innovative artist, queer classical pianist Darren Creech “shows his belief in a new potential for the classical concert stage” (CBC Music). “Carving a niche as the only queer classical pianist to fiercely highlight his identity on stage” (National Sawdust Log), Darren was the Keynote Performer at McGill University’s Music Graduate Symposium and was awarded
- [Christopher Mokrzewski](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/christopher-mokrzewski/) - Conductor, pianist and vocal coach Christopher “Topher” Mokrzewski (pronounced mok-SHEV-ski) is a steadily rising figure in the worlds of Canadian opera, symphony and chamber music. He is Resident Conductor of Calgary Opera and Founding Music Director of Toronto’s acclaimed indie opera company, Against the Grain Theatre. A graduate of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio,
- [Chris Thornborrow](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/chris-thornborrow/) - Based in Toronto, Chris Thornborrow is a composer of chamber music, orchestral works, film-score, and opera. His music has been described as “complex and clear, with subtle playfulness” (Ludwig-Van Toronto), and “a rumbly evocative pleasure” (IndieWire). He received multiple SOCAN awards for audio/visual composers, the Toronto Emerging Composer Award honourable mention, and the Karen Kieser
- [Bobby Theodore](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/bobby-theodore/) - Bobby Theodore is a screenwriter, playwright, and translator. Nominated for a Governor General Award in 2000 for his translation of 15 Seconds by François Archambault, Bobby has now translated over 25 plays from French to English. For the stage, Bobby (with Ame Henderson) co-created 300 Tapes, a devised performance that premiered at the Theatre Centre
- [Cairan Ryan](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/cairan-ryan/) - Having been praised for his “exceptionally expressive instrument” (Bachtrack) and “clear, ringing forthright sound (The Montreal Gazette), Cairan Ryan has embarked on a promising young career. The 2015-16 season saw him make debuts with the Viva Voce ensemble in Montreal, singing J.S. Bach Cantatas 63 and 113, the Vero Beach Opera as Dr. Falke in
- [August Murphy-King](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/august-murphy-king/) - Described as ‘sublimely articulate,’ the music of award-winning Toronto-based composer August Murphy-King blends the expressive energy of popular music with the technical and structural complexities of more traditional concert music. He has participated in workshops with Array Music, the Orford Music Festival, the Tuckamore Chamber Festival, the Soundstreams Emerging Composer Workshop, and he placed second
- [Andrea Grant](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/andrea-grant/) - Andrea Grant is a full time member of the music staff of University of Toronto Opera, the Head of Music Staff for Wexford Festival Opera, in Wexford, Ireland, and a member of the music staff of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and the Canadian Opera Company. She has also worked with Opera Omaha, Calgary Opera,
- [Ali Massoudi](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/ali-massoudi/) - As an experienced musician, Ali Massoudi plays several percussion instruments and works with music scholars. During his career, he has had the opportunity to work with many famous musicians as well as musical ensembles and orchestras including concerts with the Tehran Symphony Orchestra conducted by Majid Entezami, Manouchehr Sahbai, Shahrdad Rohani, Nader Mortezapour during numerous
- [Alexis Gordon](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/alexis-gordon/) - Alexis hails from London, Ontario. Selected theatre credits include four seasons at The Stratford Festival: Virgilia in Coriolanus, The Fantasticks, The Tempest, Sarah Brown in Guys & Dolls, Anne in A Little Night Music, Julie in Carousel, Clara in Passion, The Sound of Music, Belle in A Christmas Carol (Grand Theatre), Sunday in the Park
- [Alex Dobson](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/alex-dobson/) - British-Canadian baritone Alexander Dobson has been praised for his musical and dramatic artistry on both opera and concert stages. His portrayal of Wozzeck conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin with Théâtre du Nouveau Monde and Orchestre Métropolitain was lauded for his “gripping embodiment of Wozzeck” (Journal Voir). Other roles of note include Guglielmo (Così Fan Tutte), Belcoré
- [Alain Coulombe](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/alain-coulombe/) - One of the most commanding singers of his generation, French-Canadian bass Alain Coulombe is a favourite of international critics and audiences alike. Recently, he was Der Doktor in Wozzeck at La Scala, Geronte di Ravoir in Manon Lescaut at the Dutch National Opera, Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival and Bishop Taché
- [Adam Fisher](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/adam-fisher/) - Canadian tenor Adam Fisher is rapidly gaining attention for his charismatic stage presence in a wide range of repertoire. Critics hailed his debut as Pedrillo in Opera Atelier’s production of Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio and his performance in City Opera Vancouver’s world premiere of Margaret Atwood and Tobin Stokes’ opera “Pauline” drew critical acclaim.
- [Aaron Sheppard](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/aaron-sheppard/) - Born and raised in St. John’s, Newfoundland, tenor Aaron Sheppard studied opera at McGill University in Montreal, where he received a bachelor of music. He is a past member of the Atelier lyrique, Opéra de Montréal’s young artists training program, and in the fall of 2015, he joins the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio. Since
- [Aaron Durand](https://tapestryopera.com/bios/aaron-durand/) - From 100 Mile House, Aaron is becoming widely known for his easygoing nature, “beautiful, fluid baritone” (Globe & Mail), and “sense of the comical and the ludicrous” (Calgary Herald). Durand has performed opera, art song, and musical theatre across Canada, China, and the Czech Republic. Highlights include Le nozze di Figaro with Vancouver Opera, Rocking

## Performances

- [10 Days in a Madhouse a new Canadian Opera](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/10-days-in-a-madhouse/) - Gripping psychological opera based on true events: trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly fakes madness to expose the truth from inside notorious Blackwell’s Asylum.
- [Women in Musical Leadership Masterclass](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/women-in-musical-leadership-masterclass-2/) - Join Tapestry Opera for the unique opportunity to see the Women in Musical Leadership program in action!
- [Maxime Alberti](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/maxime-alberti/) - Join internationally acclaimed French pianist Maxime Alberti for an evening of expressive artistry and musical discovery. Known for his luminous touch and captivating stage presence, Alberti brings a program that bridges continents and connects deeply with listeners.Presented in collaboration with Syrinx Concerts Toronto. syrinxconcerts.ca Tapestry Opera's Free Underground Concerts is a seven-part series offering the public
- [Two Piano Trios, 4 Hands](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/two-piano-trios-4-hands/) - Two Piano Trios, 4 Hands brings together pianists Vivian Chen and Noam Dekalo with violinist Julia Mirzoev and cellist Peter Eom for a program of masterful chamber music. Featuring trios by Mendelssohn and Debussy, along with a lively Hamelin tango for four hands, this concert promises virtuosic interplay, rich textures, and an evening of unforgettable
- [Ana Sokolović’s Love Songs](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/ana-sokolovics-love-songs/) - All photos by Dahlia Katz What happens when you can’t let go of lost love? A heartbroken woman embarks on a hauntingly beautiful journey, experiencing the love stories of different people in a desperate search for her lost love. Synopsis After the death of her beloved who was a dancer and the love of her
- [Silver Thread](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/silver-thread-presents-seeds-in-flight/) - Join Toronto's newest professional choral ensemble, Silver Thread, for a program which spans from Renaissance to Contemporary. With music by Benjamin Britten, Andrew Balfour, and Rosephanye Powell, this concert will also feature the works of young Toronto-based composers Sami Anguaya, Francesca Hauser, Kai Leung, and more! Tapestry Opera's Free Underground Concerts is a seven-part series offering
- [Duo NaKaNaKa](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/duo-nakanaka-piano-recital/) - Duo NaKaNaKa, joined by flutist Hiromi Tabata, invites audiences into a world of subtle dialogue and expressive interplay. Together, they traverse a wide-ranging repertoire—from Mozart and Schubert to Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Gershwin, and contemporary Japanese composers—promising an intimate, richly textured, and unforgettable musical experience. Tapestry Opera's Free Underground Concerts is a seven-part series offering the public
- [In The Cubes](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/the-musical-stage-company/) - IN THE CUBES: A CONCERTAn Insider look at the new Canadian musical IN REAL LIFE Presented by The Musical Stage Company as part of Tapestry’s Free Underground Concerts Monday, Feb 23rdNancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre (877 Yonge St.)Doors at 5:30 PMConcert at 6:00 PMJoin us for a celebration and an insider look at the
- [GentleFreak MainStage](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/danika-loren/) - GentleFreak MainStage: Slaying My Demon Lover A “demon lover” is a love that will not let go. Long after the relationship ends, the bond lingers, no longer a thread, but a chain, haunting new connections and clouding what matters most. This concert lingers in that liminal space where love poisons and possesses; where devotion becomes
- [LOL: Laughing Out Lonely](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/laughing-out-lonely/) - Please note: Venue change to Ada Slaight Hall, Daniels Spectrum. 585 Dundas Street East. The faceless existence of life on the internet is given a voice in this thrilling new solo opera by the award-winning composing team Matilde Böcher and Asger Kudahl. LOL: Laughing Out Lonely is a portrait of contemporary loneliness. With universal relevance
- [VC2 Cello Duo](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/vc2-cello-duo/) - Celebrating ten years of collaboration, Amahl Arulanandam and Bryan Holt of VC2 Cello Duo invite audiences to experience the expressive power of two cellos in harmony. Blending classical mastery with modern innovation, their performance promises an evening that’s as engaging as it is unforgettable. Tapestry Opera's Free Underground Concerts is a seven-part series offering the public
- [Tapestry Briefs: Under Where?](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tapestry-briefs-underwhere/) - A night of hilarious, absurd, and compelling new opera shorts Tapestry Briefs: Under Where? is a collection of ten hot-off-the-press opera shorts that take audiences on an immersive, tragic, absurd, and beautiful journey. This intimate production features the work of eight dynamic Canadian creators—composers Rebecca Gray, Saman Shahi, Roydon Tse, Keith Klassen, and Prokhor Protasoff,
- [Box Concerts](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/box-concerts/) - Tapestry Opera brings Box Concerts back for another vibrant summer, delivering free 30-minute drive-up concerts across the city in Summer 2025! 🎶
- [Gould's Wall](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/goulds-wall/) - Dare to climb the wall? A young, extraordinarily talented musician is striving for perfection in her art. Her path to greatness? A magnificent wall. Bursting with the compulsion to reach the top, she invokes Canadian icon, classical pianist Glenn Gould to guide her towards dizzying heights - but the path isn’t easy. Each brick
- [Obsidian in Concert](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/obsidian-in-concert/) - Discover and revel in the talent of Canada’s finest Black opera artists. Following the groundbreaking success of Of the Sea, Obsidian Theatre and Tapestry Opera reunite for a new artistic collaboration celebrating Black artistry in classical music and opera. 2 pm Digital Program 8 pm Digital Program On Saturday, June 14th, join us for one of
- [Queen of the Night Communion](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/queen-of-the-night-communion/) - Sneak into church after dark for an unexpected opera experience that turns sacred space into sonic rebellion. Opera's most fascinating characters - the mad, the misunderstood, the magnificent - come to life in this immersive musical journey. From Mozart to modern day, experience classical music unleashed from tradition. As voices echo through the grand
- [Launch Concert with Tapestry and Friends](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/in-concert-with-tapestry-and-friends/) - Be the first to experience live music in our shiny new theatre! We launch our new venue with a bang and have brought our friends along. To celebrate our new neighbourhood, we’ll showcase extraordinary talent in concert with our Bösendorfer Concert Grand Imperial grand piano and follow it up with a party for the ages.
- [Sanctuary Song](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/sanctuary-song/) - From the circus to sanctuary, an elephant journeys to freedom. Sanctuary Song explores the story of Sydney, an elephant on a remarkable journey to sanctuary.
- [Women in Musical Leadership Masterclass](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/women-in-musical-leadership-masterclass/) - Tapestry Opera, with lead orchestral partner Toronto Symphony Orchestra, presents a conducting masterclass with our Women In Musical Leadership conductors. Don't miss the opportunity to see the Women in Musical Leadership program in action as our WML conducting fellows lead the TSO, with Music Director Gustavo Gimeno providing coaching and guidance. Book your tickets and see Naomi Woo,
- [Quest](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/quest/) - Join us for Quest, a one-night-only operatic experience presented by Cultureland Opera Collective. This performance celebrates our first-year residency with Tapestry Opera at 877 Yonge Street. It features scenes from Cultureland’s new and developing operas, exploring themes of identity, migration, love, and transformation. Blending operatic expression with poetry and storytelling from the Middle East, Quest marks Cultureland's first
- [Jacqueline](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/jacqueline/) - Fresh off a hugely successful run at West Edge Opera in San Francisco, Jacqueline is an unmissable show and a powerful display of virtuosity. Just three performances - tickets on sale now! Book now Jacqueline explores the meteoric rise and tragic fall of Jacqueline du Pré through her relationship with her cello. Who is the
- [Iron Chef D'Orchestre](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/iron-chef-dorchestre/) - Jennifer Tung and Keith Klassen co-host Iron Chef d'Orchestre, a delicious concert inspired by Jennifer’s 15 years of working with Tapestry and Keith’s unique sense of humour. Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó joins in an evening of new ideas, sharing the excitement of creation. Also, introducing Randy, but we don't know much about Randy. With a
- [Le Kitchen Party](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/le-kitchen-party/) - Juliane Gallant hosts Le Kitchen Party, transforming Theatre Passe Muraille into an Acadian kitchen party, bringing warm and infectious music to Toronto. Juliane will share a mix of traditional and contemporary compositions with exceptional guest performers Jacques Arsenault, Pierre-André Doucet and Marie Andrée Gaudet, who will transport you to small-town Maritime Canada and fill your
- [TAP:EX Versus](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tapex-versus/) - Piano legend Robi Botos, Tapestry Opera, and Art Battle Canada reunite for an evening of inspirational creation with pianist Morgan-Paige and visual artists Julie Amlin and Enrique Bravo. Music and painting unfold together before our eyes, building off one another for an unforgettable experience. This magical evening promises a feast for eyes and ears. One
- [Songbook XII](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/songbook-xii/) - Kasahara and Eliakis headline rising star concert and the launch of COR! Songbook XII: Soprano Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 and longtime collaborator and pianist David Eliakis lead an all-Canadian program that includes some of Canada’s most exciting up-and-coming singers and pianists in a celebratory mixed program. Expect a vibrant selection of funny, provocative, and heart-warming music
- [Improvisation As Life](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/improvisation-as-life/) - Toronto’s most beloved jazz pianist Robi Botos brings the power of our Bösendorfer Imperial Grand to life. This year has been one of extended improvisation, a lesson in finding new inspiration when all plans fell into chaos. Botos, hailed as one of the most diverse multi-instrumentalists of this generation, dives into the improvisational spirit: working
- [Rocking Horse Winner](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/rocking-horse-winner/) - A DARK HORSE RETURNS In association with Crow’s Theatre, Tapestry Opera presents a reimagined production of the 2016 world-premiere Rocking Horse Winner. Winner of five Dora Mavor Moore Awards, including Outstanding Production and Outstanding Direction, Rocking Horse Winner is a modern adaptation of D. H. Lawrence’s masterful short story. This powerful one-act opera combines magical realism
- [Dragon's Tale](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/dragons-tale/) - Performed on Toronto’s waterfront, Dragon's Tale celebrates the origin of Dragon Boat racing. Dragon’s Tale dives into the rich and sometimes tense dynamics of first and second-generation immigrants, exploring the fable of Chinese poet Qu Yuan as a foil to the journey of a young Chinese-Canadian woman Xiao Liang and her ailing father. Undeniably, Dragon’s
- [R.U.R. A Torrent of Light](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/r-u-r-a-torrent-of-light/) - WINNER of SIX 2022 Dora Mavor Moore Awards! Sci-fi opera set in the near future The fictional tech company R.U.R., founded by couple Helena and Dom, dominates the A.I. software market and powers the now-ubiquitous androids that serve their human owners. As Dom becomes more focused on growing R.U.R’s profits, Helena’s creative research leads to
- [Of The Sea](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/of-the-sea/) - A mythical world rises from the depths of the sea Under the crushing power of the Atlantic Ocean, a mythical world rises from the depths Of The Sea. Tickets on sale now! Book now A father will do anything to save his daughter. Of the Sea follows the story of Maduka, his daughter Binyelum, and
- [Tapestry Briefs: Les shorts qui chantent](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tapestry-briefs-les-shorts-qui-chantent/) - Briefs are back and they're worth the wait! Throw the opera rule book out of the window and strap into your seats, Tapestry Briefs are back! Tim Albery and Music Director Carol-Anne Fraser bring you all-new provocative opera shorts with a bilingual twist, presented in Tapestry’s beautiful, tragic and absurd style. Tapestry Briefs - Les
- [A Joke Before the Gallows](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/a-joke-before-the-gallows/) - A musical story brimming with dark humour, A Joke Before the Gallows celebrates the dramatic music of Chopin Please note that the venue, 918 Bathurst is not currently a fully accessible venue. There are three steps up to the front door and a short set of stairs into the theatre. The washrooms are also only
- [Songbook XI](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/songbook-xi/) - Songbook is back for it’s eleventh edition! The fantastic baritone Jorell Williams ( called “magnificent” by the New York Times) headlines this concert, alongside pianist and Women in Musical Leadership Conductor Jennifer Tung. The pair are joined by up-and-coming opera stars of tomorrow, who perform selected pieces from Tapestry’s beautiful back-catalogue. Songbook XI tickets Tickets
- [Tap In: I Can't Breathe](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tap-in-i-cant-breathe/) - Artists give voice to current events Actor/writer Andrew Moodie and composer Darren Fung created their powerful opera-film ‘I Can’t Breathe’ in response to the murder of George Floyd and subsequent global protests. The pair join Tapestry Opera’s Artistic Director Michael Hidetoshi Mori to watch the film, and discuss engaging with Black stories and current events
- [S.O.S. Sketch Opera Singers](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/sketch-opera-singers/) - Laugh-out-loud opera Watch our rip-roaring sketch comedy show bursting with weird and wonderful sketches. All three episodes are available now. Watch S.O.S. Episode 3 Watch S.O.S. Episode 2 Watch S.O.S. Episode 1
- [Rocking Horse Winner Cast Recording](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/rocking-horse-winner-cast-recording/) - Buy the Rocking Horse Winner cast recording, a beautiful, moving and multi-award winning single act opera Rocking Horse Winner is the story of Ava and her son Paul. Their house, and a rocking horse, whisper words that only Paul can hear. When the voice of the house grows more urgent in whispering “there must be
- [Where Do I Go?](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/where-do-i-go/) - Pianist Morgan-Paige Melbourne and contemporary dancer Natasha Poon Woo share their masterful talents in a bold new short film Where Do I Go? Contemporary dance, spoken word and masterful piano intertwine in this breathtaking short. Morgan-Paige Melbourne creates a lush, dramatic world from her unique fusion of contemporary classical, pop, and electronic, told through original
- [Rocking Horse Winner](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/rocking-horse-winner-2016/) - Staged in 2016, Tapestry Opera's world premiere of Rocking Horse Winner in Toronto enthralled audiences and critics alike. The opera received 9 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations and 5 awards in 2017. The Cast Recording was created in 2020. A modern adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s short story, Rocking Horse Winner explores the relationship between Paul,
- [Digital Shorts](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/opera-shorts/) - Fun opera bites This innovative collective is shining a uniquely creative light on what opera can be. Presented by Tapestry in partnership with Red Truck, these tiny, hyper-present digital shorts are unlike anything else you’ve seen. Digital Short releases The Line - May 20, 2020 That's not six feet! Big World - July 30, 2020
- [Our Song D'Hiver](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/our-song-dhiver/) - Opera star Mireille Asselin hosts a warm, joyful celebration of her favourite music From Acadian to contemporary Canadian! Celebrated Canadian soprano Mireille Asselin and pianist Frédéric Lacroix showcase rich, diverse works from the Francophone world in this delightful bilingual fusion of recital and ‘kitchen concert’. Our Song D’Hiver features special guest artists invited by Mireille,
- [Love Songs - A Saxophony](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/love-songs-a-saxophony/) - What happens when you can’t let go of lost love? A heartbroken woman travels on a hauntingly beautiful journey, experiencing different people’s love stories in a desperate search for her lost love. Wife-husband duo, soprano Xin Wang and saxophonist Wallace Halladay perform the extraordinarily powerful music of award-winning composer Ana Sokolovic in this entrancing streamed
- [Shanawdithit](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/shanawdithit/) - “This new opera brings Shanawdithit's story out of colonial textbooks and into living history.” - CBC ArtsShanawdithit is a Canadian-Indigenous opera which premiered in 2019 and tells the story of Shanawdithit (1801-1829) who was thought to be the last member of the Beothuk Nation, located in present-day Newfoundland. Synopsis: In 1828, Shanawdithit was brought to
- [Songbook X](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/songbook-x/) - Tapestry’s Songbook X: Krisztina Szabo and Chris Foley in Livestream Concert opened Saturday, March 21 at 8pm EST/5pm PST. The show streamed again on Saturday April 4 on Facebook Live. The original Songbook X, an emerging artist public showcase, was cancelled, but Szabo and Foley graciously agreed to put together a full recital in less
- [The Line](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/the-line/) - Presenting “The Line”, in collaboration with Red Truck Artists Collective. This is the first of many digital commissions of all shapes and sizes investing in how opera can come to life on screen.
- [Iron Road in Concert](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/iron-road-in-concert/) - Live performance cancelled As a result of this unprecedented health crisis, the live performance of Iron Road in Concert has been cancelled, a sad but necessary measure to keep our artist and audience communities safe. Our hearts go out to the team and artists at Toronto Summer Music, who have cancelled the entire 2020 festival
- [Facing South](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/facing-south/) - Nominated for Best Production of an Opera – 2003 Dora Mavor Moore Awards. The Story: Characters- Sir Robert Peary (Baritone)Josephine Peary, Robert’s wife (Mezzo)Matthew Henson (Bass-baritone) Peary’s Afro-American assistantMinik (Tenor)The historical characters and story that form the basis for this opera represent a tragedy that is scarcely believable to our ears. At the turn of
- [Metallurgy](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tapex-metallurgy/) - Punk and operatic virtuosity collide in Tapestry’s latest exploration of opera evolution. Committed to experimentation and innovation, the annual Tap:Ex series explores modes through which opera might assume a twenty-first century rebirth. In its third year, Tapestry is collaborating with members of members of F-ed Up, the Polaris Prize-winning punk provocateurs, and two of Canada’s
- [Tasting Shorts](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tapestry-briefs-tasting-shorts/) - YOU’RE INVITED TO A TASTING! 10 world premiere opera shorts, 3 award-winning sauces, 2 cocktails, 2 sweets, 2 savouries, and a blind tasting in the Distillery District. Featuring food and drink pairings from Cacao 70, Spirit of York, Wildly Delicious, Beau’s Brewery and Greg’s Ice Cream curated by Tapestry’s artistic team. Tasting Shorts features Canadian
- [Augmented Opera](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tapex-augmented-opera/) - TAP:EX Augmented Opera, delves into the world of analog and digital storytelling augmentation, challenging our notion of what is real. TAP:EX Augmented Opera invites us to submerge ourselves in a night of experiential and experimental opera. Conceived by Tapestry Opera’s Artistic Director Michael Hidetoshi Mori, composer Benton Roark, and co-director Debi Wong, TAP:EX Augmented Opera
- [Forbidden](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tapex-forbidden/) - Committed to experimentation and innovation, Tapestry Opera’s Tap:Ex series explores the future of opera, boldly introducing new artists and cross-disciplinary hybrids. This fourth incarnation follows revolutionary experiments under the Tap:Ex banner previously combining opera and physical theatre (Revolutions, 2013), opera and turntablism (Tables Turned, 2014) and opera and punk music (Metallurgy, 2015). This season, Tap:Ex
- [Luminato 2018: Tables Turned](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/luminato-2018-tables-turned/) - Vocal maven Carla Huhtanen, soprano, joins forces with Montreal composer, turn table artist, and electronics specialist Nicole Lizée and genre-bending percussionist Ben Reimers for a boundary-breaking, multi-media concert. Lizee’s signature destabilization of classic film (selections from Alfred Hitchcock and The Sound of Music) and video recordings (Maria Callas) are projected alongside the performers, whose turn
- [Hook Up](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/hook-up/) - Three friends hit university — no parents, new friends, new rules, and a new normal. But freedom is complicated. Hook Up raises questions of consent, shame, and power in the lives of young adults navigating uncharted waters on their own. Featuring: Emily Lukasik, Alicia Ault, Nathan Carroll, Alexis Gordon and Jeff Lillico. CONTENT WARNING: EXPLICIT
- [The Book of My Shames](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tap-this-the-book-of-my-shames/) - In the premiere of his new solo show – part confessional comedy, part opera séance, part love letter to lost innocence – Canadian tenor, writer, and composer Isaiah Bell (Antinous in the world premiere of Rufus Wainwright and Daniel MacIvor’s Hadrian) traces the roots and ramifications of the war inside. The Book of My Shames
- [Songbook IX](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/songbook-ix/) - Canada’s brightest emerging artists perform alongside Soprano Jacqueline Woodley (M’Dea Undone, Oksana G., Tapestry Briefs: Winter Shorts) and pianist Andrea Grant (Wexford Musical Festival). A 3-day Masterclass, New Opera 101, culminates in three performances where the opera professionals of tomorrow stretch their voices alongside their mentors. Hear highlights from Tapestry’s 39-year collection of absurd, tragic,
- [Tables Turned](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tapex-tables-turned/) - OPERA SINGER MEETS DJ Vocal maven Carla Huhtanen, soprano, joins forces with Montreal composer, turn table artist, and electronics specialist Nicole Lizée for a boundary-breaking, multi-media concert. Lizee’s signature destabilization of classic film (selections from Alfred Hitchcock and The Sound of Music) and video recordings (Maria Callas) are projected alongside the performers, whose turn tables
- [The Overcoat](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/the-overcoat/) - IF CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN, THEY CAN UNDO HIM. Twenty years after it took the world by storm, the first-of-its-kind silent-theatre blockbuster The Overcoat is re-fashioned into a wholly original musical experience for the 21st century. Joined by award-winning composer James Rolfe, celebrated Canadian theatre innovator Morris Panych and his original creative team return to
- [Cocktails with Maria](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tap-this-a-queerated-opera-series-cocktails-with-maria/) - COCKTALES WITH MARIA: Drag Chanteuse / Contralto Profundo Maria Toilette works with her small motley crew (the Gutter Opera Collective) to present Isaiah Bell’s settings of Cocktales: salacious and tender 1st person re-tellings of early sexual experiences.
- [A Queerated Opera Series: Queer of the Night](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tap-this-a-queerated-opera-series-queer-of-the-night/) - QUEER OF THE NIGHT: Soprano Teiya Kasahara subverts the tropes of women in opera with their trademark butch couture and powerful coloratura in cooperation with collaborative pianist, David Eliakis.
- [Winter Shorts](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tapestry-briefs-winter-shorts/) - Back by popular demand, Tapestry Briefs has long delighted Tapestry audiences with bite-sized operas in many flavors. This year’s selections will range from the transcendent through the surreal peppered with surprising bursts of hilarity. So don your winter woolies and slip into some briefs this winter! Tapestry Briefs will showcase new works by the artists
- [Booster Shots](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tapestry-briefs-booster-shots/) - 1984: THE FOLDED PAPER by Nicolas Billon and Christopher ThornborrowOrwell’s iconic Winston Smith is secretly handed a love note from Julia. Not sure if it is real or a trap, he hides it, agonizing over what it could mean. BLIND WOMAN by David Yee and James RolfeA dancer who has lost her vision remembers herself
- [Revolutions](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tapex-revolutions/)
- [Queers Crash the Opera](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/tap-this-queers-crash-the-opera/) - QUEERS CRASH THE OPERA: A scintillating selection of queer-themed opera curated by music director David Eliakis. Features selections from the classics as well as Tapestry original works from the company’s 38-year history
- [Songbook VIII](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/songbook-viii/) - Canada’s brightest emerging artists perform alongside operatic masters. Hear highlights from Tapestry’s 38-year collection of absurd, tragic, and beautiful Canadian repertoire in the intimate Ernest Balmer Studio (Distillery District).
- [Songbook VII](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/songbook-vii/) - Canada’s brightest emerging artists perform alongside operatic masters. Hear highlights from Tapestry’s 37-year collection of absurd, tragic, and beautiful Canadian repertoire in the intimate Ernest Balmer Studio (Distillery District).
- [Songbook VI](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/songbook-vi/) - Canada’s sensational mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta (Metropolitan Opera, Oper Leipzig, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, et al.), conductor/pianist Jordan de Souza, and a roster of Canada’s brightest emerging artists perform a concert of new operatic works. Hear highlights from Tapestry’s 36-year collection of absurd, tragic, and beautiful Canadian repertoire in the intimate Ernest Balmer Studio (Distillery District).
- [Songbook V](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/songbook-v/) - Our annual song and scene recital showcasing showcasing Tapestry’s collection of absurd, tragic, and beautiful Canadian opera developed in our LibLab, Opera Briefs, Opera2Go, and mainstage productions. This concert features internationally acclaimed baritone Peter McGillivray, well as emerging artists from our New Opera 101 program.
- [The Shadow](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/the-shadow/) - Update: After its world premiere in 2009, The Shadow went on to be the best reviewed new Canadian opera that year, including major international reviews in the United States and United Kingdom.
- [Dark Star Requiem](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/dark-star-requiem/) - This dramatic oratorio on the history of HIV-AIDS featured the Elmer Iseler Singers and the Gryphon Trio, and premiered at Toronto’s Luminato festival in 2010. The work was recorded for broadcast on CBC Radio for World AIDS Day, December 1, 2010.
- [The Devil Inside](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/the-devil-inside/) - A bottle with the power to grant your heart’s desires could be yours. Sound appealing? There’s a catch. You can only sell it for less than you paid for it. Oh, and, if you die while owning it, your soul will go straight to hell. Renowned novelist Louise Welsh and acclaimed Scottish composer Stuart MacRae
- [Disaster Relief Benefit Concert](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/disaster-relief-benefit-concert/) - OPERA FOR DISASTER RELIEF: Toronto’s brightest young opera stars will unite in a performance of favourite arias and scenes, including selections from musical theatre. Featuring soprano Simone Osborne, mezzo-soprano Erica Iris Huang, tenors AsithaTennekoon and Keith Klassen, baritone Alexander Hajek and others, the two-hour concert will take place at 7 p.m., with tickets priced at
- [Oksana G.](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/oksana-g/) - Oksana G. is the story of Oksana, a young Ukrainian woman lured into the world of sex trafficking by a recruiter who unexpectedly falls in love with her. Oksana escapes to a refugee shelter in Brindisi, Italy, where she finds herself entangled in a battle to regain her own strength. With a fierce heroine battling
- [Naomi's Road](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/naomis-road/) - Set in Vancouver during the Second World War, Naomi’s Road follows a young Japanese-Canadian girl’s journey from Vancouver to an internment camp in the BC interior. Separated from their parents, all that remains of Naomi and her brother’s lives is a single suitcase and an uncertain future. Naomi’s Road is a unique, moving account of
- [M'dea Undone](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/mdea-undone/) - Dora Award-winning writer Marjorie Chan’s gripping recreation of the classic is brought to life by the lush orchestral and electronic soundscape of Scottish composer John Harris. Experience the unravelling of mythology’s most controversial heroine in a modern political context, set against the stunning industrial backdrop of Toronto’s reclaimed brick factory. Synopsis: Jason, an army captain
- [Iron Road](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/iron-road/) - Part of the Millennium project, Iron Road was the first Canadian opera to be bilingual in Cantonese and English. It premiered at the Elgin Theatre in 2001. It performed to a total audience of 8,110 in 9 performances in Toronto, April 2001, and was nominated for 9 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, winner of Outstanding New
- [Bandits in the Valley](https://tapestryopera.com/performances/bandits-in-the-valley/) - The place is Toronto’s Don Valley in the year 1880. Join George Taylor and a traveling Gilbert & Sullivan theatrical troupe The Vagabonds, in a celebration of the 25th anniversary of his paper mill. Meanwhile, Jeremiah, the leader of a local small-potatoes bandit group called The Rift Rafters has just discovered a long-hidden secret about

## Events

- [Holding Space for BIPOC opera artists in Canada](https://tapestryopera.com/events/holding-space-for-bipoc-opera-artists-in-canada-3/) - Amplified Opera and Tapestry Opera are inviting all IBPOC-identifying (Indigenous, Black, Person of Colour) opera artists in Canada to join them for a series of open conversations. The events will take place on Zoom, and will be a place for artists to share their experiences in an open forum, and gather information to help shape
- [Holding Space for BIPOC opera artists in Canada](https://tapestryopera.com/events/holding-space-for-bipoc-opera-artists-in-canada-2/) - Amplified Opera and Tapestry Opera are inviting all IBPOC-identifying (Indigenous, Black, Person of Colour) opera artists in Canada to join them for a series of open conversations. The events will take place on Zoom, and will be a place for artists to share their experiences in an open forum, and gather information to help shape
- [Holding Space for BIPOC opera artists in Canada](https://tapestryopera.com/events/holding-space-for-bipoc-opera-artists-in-canada/) - Amplified Opera and Tapestry Opera are inviting all IBPOC-identifying (Indigenous, Black, Person of Colour) opera artists in Canada to join them for a series of open conversations. The events will take place on Zoom, and will be a place for artists to share their experiences in an open forum, and gather information to help shape
- [40th Anniversary Party](https://tapestryopera.com/events/40th-anniversary-party/) - Tapestry’s turning 40 in style! Join us on Thursday, October 10th, 2019 to celebrate 40 tremendous years creating genre-altering operas. This fabulous evening showcases performances of Tapestry favourites, a dance-floor shredding DJ, and some unmissable surprises, in addition to a delectable menu prepared by stackt market in their industrial-chic space. The fundraiser dinner is followed
- [Artist Round Table](https://tapestryopera.com/events/artist-round-table/) - Join us to for an artist-only roundtable discussion on the current and future impact of Covid19 on artists and the sector. We know that these times are hitting artists particularly hard. We also know that transparency in planning, accountability to our communities, and consultation directly with artists will be vital to ensuring that the sector
- [Jacqueline VIP Opening Night Reception](https://tapestryopera.com/events/jacqueline-vip-opening-night-reception/) - Join composer Luna Pearl Woolf, librettist Royce Vavrek, and director Michael Hidetoshi Mori as we kick off the world premiere opera that celebrates the legacy of virtuoso Jacqueline du Pré. Tapestry donors ($1000+) enjoy an exclusive onsite catered pre-show event. Enjoy refreshments with the creators and raise a glass to this world premiere opera. Donate

## Programs

- [Women in Musical Leadership](https://tapestryopera.com/programs/women-in-musical-leadership/) - Women in Musical Leadership (WML) is a three-year program designed to collectively develop the next generation of women and non-binary conductors and music directors in Canada.
- [Free Underground Concerts](https://tapestryopera.com/programs/free-underground-concerts/) - Tapestry Opera’s Community Music Series brings free opera and music concerts to communities across Toronto.
- [Women in Musical Leadership Applications](https://tapestryopera.com/programs/women-in-musical-leadership/women-in-musical-leadership-applications/) - 2026 Applications Open! Applications for the 2026 WML Cohort open Monday, December 8, 2025Deadline Extended: Friday, February 6, 2026 at 11:59 pm Click here to apply We’re recruiting one Canadian conductor to join our national three-year conducting program, the ideal next step for artists seeking to develop and accelerate their careers as conductors and music
- [Artist Residency Program](https://tapestryopera.com/programs/artist-residency-program/) - Tapestry Opera Artist Residency Program Designed for artists and collectives who push the boundaries of opera, Artist Residencies provide essential support for emerging, underrepresented, and innovative voices to develop new works. By offering venue access, mentorship, and production resources, these residencies serve as a launching pad for the next generation of great opera creators. What
- [LIBLAB](https://tapestryopera.com/programs/liblab/) - Tapestry Opera’s Composer-Librettist Laboratory (LIBLAB) is Canada’s flagship opera creation intensive. Applications are now open!
- [Our program partners](https://tapestryopera.com/programs/women-in-musical-leadership/our-program-partners/) - The Women in Musical Leadership program creates opportunities. It enriches the talent pool through a unique infrastructure that gives conductors the necessary time, connections, support, and experience to establish themselves in the profession. The program is for six conductors in cohorts of 2, beginning a year apart. We’ve partnered with symphonies, orchestras, chamber ensembles, music
- [Support Women in Musical Leadership](https://tapestryopera.com/programs/women-in-musical-leadership/support-women-in-musical-leadership/) - Women in Musical Leadership's broader mission is to help change the longstanding gender imbalance in music direction and conducting in opera and classical music in Canada. Learn more about supporting the program as an organization or an individual. Women in Musical Leadership builds pathways to success for exceptional women and non-binary music leaders for generations. Help
- [Canadian Opera Resource](https://tapestryopera.com/programs/canadian-opera-resource/) - The Canadian Opera Resource (COR) is an encyclopedia, database, rich media resource, promotional tool, and one-stop-shop for all Canadian opera.
- [New Opera 101](https://tapestryopera.com/programs/new-opera-101/) - New Opera 101 is a masterclass intensive and concert showcase for emerging singers and collaborative pianists.

## Categories

- [General News](https://tapestryopera.com/category/general-news/)
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- [Press Release](https://tapestryopera.com/category/press-release/)
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- [Auditions](https://tapestryopera.com/category/auditions/)
- [Grant](https://tapestryopera.com/category/grant/)
- [Reviews](https://tapestryopera.com/category/reviews/)
- [Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre](https://tapestryopera.com/category/nancy-ed-jackman-performance-centre/)

## Tags

- [COVID19](https://tapestryopera.com/tag/covid19/)
- [Livestream](https://tapestryopera.com/tag/livestream/)
- [opera singer](https://tapestryopera.com/tag/opera-singer/)
- [met opera](https://tapestryopera.com/tag/met-opera/)
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- [classical music](https://tapestryopera.com/tag/classical-music/)
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- [Michael Mori](https://tapestryopera.com/tag/michael-mori/)
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- [news](https://tapestryopera.com/tag/news/)

## Positions

- [Artists](https://tapestryopera.com/position/artists/)
- [Singers](https://tapestryopera.com/position/singers/)
- [Creative Team](https://tapestryopera.com/position/creative-team/)
- [Musicians](https://tapestryopera.com/position/musicians/)
- [Soprano](https://tapestryopera.com/position/soprano/)
- [Mezzo-Soprano](https://tapestryopera.com/position/mezzo-soprano/)
- [Bass](https://tapestryopera.com/position/bass/)
- [Tenor](https://tapestryopera.com/position/tenor/)
- [Cello](https://tapestryopera.com/position/cello/)
- [Violin](https://tapestryopera.com/position/violin/)
- [Viola](https://tapestryopera.com/position/viola/)
- [Harp](https://tapestryopera.com/position/harp/)
- [Horn](https://tapestryopera.com/position/horn/)
- [Flute](https://tapestryopera.com/position/flute/)
- [Clarinet](https://tapestryopera.com/position/clarinet/)
- [Staff](https://tapestryopera.com/position/staff/)
- [Executive Team](https://tapestryopera.com/position/executive-team/)
- [Team](https://tapestryopera.com/position/team/)
- [Baritone](https://tapestryopera.com/position/baritone/)
- [Composer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/composer/)
- [Librettist](https://tapestryopera.com/position/librettist/)
- [Director](https://tapestryopera.com/position/director/)
- [Piano](https://tapestryopera.com/position/piano/)
- [Dancer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/dancer/)
- [Artistic Collaborator](https://tapestryopera.com/position/artistic-collaborator/)
- [Music Director](https://tapestryopera.com/position/music-director/)
- [Costume Designer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/costume-designer/)
- [Coach](https://tapestryopera.com/position/coach/)
- [Conductor](https://tapestryopera.com/position/conductor/)
- [Bass-Baritone](https://tapestryopera.com/position/bass-baritone/)
- [Photographer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/photographer/)
- [Percussion](https://tapestryopera.com/position/percussion-musicians/)
- [Persian Flute](https://tapestryopera.com/position/persian-flute/)
- [Rap Artist](https://tapestryopera.com/position/rap-artist/)
- [Creator](https://tapestryopera.com/position/creator/)
- [Lighting Designer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/lighting-designer/)
- [Videographer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/videographer/)
- [Choreographer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/choreographer/)
- [Sound Designer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/sound-designer/)
- [Associate Choreographer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/associate-choreographer/)
- [Assistant Choreographer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/assistant-choreographer/)
- [Bassist](https://tapestryopera.com/position/bassist/)
- [Stage Manager](https://tapestryopera.com/position/stage-manager/)
- [Translator](https://tapestryopera.com/position/translator/)
- [Projection](https://tapestryopera.com/position/projection/)
- [Spinto](https://tapestryopera.com/position/spinto/)
- [Assistant Stage Manager](https://tapestryopera.com/position/assistant-stage-manager/)
- [Movement Director](https://tapestryopera.com/position/movement-director/)
- [Assistant Set Designer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/assistant-set-designer/)
- [Assistant Director](https://tapestryopera.com/position/assistant-director/)
- [Tenor Trombone](https://tapestryopera.com/position/tenor-trombone/)
- [Oboe](https://tapestryopera.com/position/oboe/)
- [Bassoon](https://tapestryopera.com/position/bassoon/)
- [Countertenor](https://tapestryopera.com/position/countertenor/)
- [Production Manager](https://tapestryopera.com/position/production-manager/)
- [Head of Wardrobe](https://tapestryopera.com/position/head-of-wardrobe/)
- [Set Designer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/set-designer/)
- [Guzheng](https://tapestryopera.com/position/guzheng/)
- [Répétiteur](https://tapestryopera.com/position/repetiteur/)
- [Surtitlist](https://tapestryopera.com/position/surtitlist/)
- [Erhu](https://tapestryopera.com/position/erhu/)
- [Head of Props](https://tapestryopera.com/position/head-of-props/)
- [Trumpet](https://tapestryopera.com/position/trumpet/)
- [Trombone](https://tapestryopera.com/position/trombone/)
- [Double Bass](https://tapestryopera.com/position/double-bass/)
- [Production Assistant](https://tapestryopera.com/position/production-assistant/)
- [Visual Artist](https://tapestryopera.com/position/visual-artist/)
- [Performance Manager](https://tapestryopera.com/position/performance-manager/)
- [Wig & Wardrobe Coordinator](https://tapestryopera.com/position/wig-wardrobe-coordinator/)
- [Scenic Artist](https://tapestryopera.com/position/scenic-artist/)
- [Associate Production Manager](https://tapestryopera.com/position/associate-production-manager/)
- [Head Technician](https://tapestryopera.com/position/head-technician/)
- [Writer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/writer/)
- [Tap Dancer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/tap-dancer/)
- [Performer](https://tapestryopera.com/position/performer/)
- [Partner Organization](https://tapestryopera.com/position/partner-organization/)
- [Women in Musical Leadership](https://tapestryopera.com/position/women-in-musical-leadership/)
- [Conductor](https://tapestryopera.com/position/conductor-women-in-musical-leadership/)
- [Associate Conductor](https://tapestryopera.com/position/associate-conductor/)

## Series

- [TAP:EX](https://tapestryopera.com/series/tapex/)
- [Songbook](https://tapestryopera.com/series/songbook/)
- [Tap This!](https://tapestryopera.com/series/tap-this/)
- [Tapestry Briefs](https://tapestryopera.com/series/tapestry-briefs/)
- [A Queerated Opera Series](https://tapestryopera.com/series/a-queerated-opera-series/)
- [Digital Shorts](https://tapestryopera.com/series/digital-shorts/)
- [Red Truck Artist Collective](https://tapestryopera.com/series/red-truck-artist-collective/)
- [Box Concerts](https://tapestryopera.com/series/box-concerts/)
- [Livestream Concerts](https://tapestryopera.com/series/livestream-concerts/)
- [Free Underground Concerts](https://tapestryopera.com/series/free-underground-concerts/) - A seven-part series offering the public a diverse range of high-calibre musical performances, all free of charge.