TAPESTRY NEW OPERA'S COMPOSER-LIBRETTEST LABORATORY DEVOTED TO NEW OPERA WORKS

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Since 1995, Tapestry New Opera has been developing solutions to the need for nurturing new opera development with its annual Composer-Librettist Laboratory, the beginning of the company's creative development program and a launching point for operatic projects in Canada and beyond. It is also the model for the English National Opera Studio's All In Opera, as well as Pacific Opera's Victoria Composer-Librettist Workshop.

From the press release:

Tapestry Opera is pleased to announce the composers and librettists participating in the 2010 Composer-Librettist Laboratory, which will run from August 23rd to September 2nd at Toronto’s Rosedale United Church. The writers chosen for the 2010 Composer- Librettist Laboratory (affectionately called the LibLab) are Hannah Moscovitch, Anusree Roy, Michael Pollard, and Maja Ardal. Joining them will be composers Norbert Palej, Anna Höstman, Iman Habibi, and Gareth Williams. Also joining Tapestry in 2010-2011 is multi-talented theatre and opera artist Marjorie Chan, as the company’s new Writer in Residence, a role most recently assumed by Governor General’s Award Winner Colleen Murphy. Marjorie is a graduate of the LibLab (2003 and 2009) and librettist for the Dora Award-winning new opera Sanctuary Song which premiered with Tapestry and Theatre Direct for the 2008 Luminato Festival.


Here’s how it works: 4 composers and 4 writers are brought together for a 10-day period

of collaborative discovery through the creation of sixteen 5-minute scenes, each of which

are written, composed and performed within a 48 hour cycle that is repeated four times,

enabling each writer to work with each composer. Guiding the composers and librettists

throughout the process are dramaturg Michael Albano and musical dramaturg Wayne

Strongman (Tapestry’s Managing Artistic Director). At the disposal of the creative teams

will be some of Canada’s most respected performers, including soprano Carla Huhtanen,

mezzo soprano Kimberly Barber, tenor Keith Klassen, baritone Peter McGillivray, as

well collaborative pianist Christopher Foley.


For more information check out Tapestry New Opera website.

By Suzy Conn on July 28, 2010 9:37 AM | | Comments (0)


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