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.
Tapestry News
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 […]
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 […]
LILA PALMER, HISTORIAN, CHILDREN’S 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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
CHALLENGING AND HONEST STORYTELLING: KANIKA AMBROSE’S 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
JAVID JAH: A PROFILE OF YOUTH INSIDE OPERA’S 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 […]