Tapestry News and Reviews

There’s nothing else like it.  Other opera companies do some opera development from time to time but there is no ongoing process like this.  In fact I can’t think of any successful contemporary [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]