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Canadian opera company dedicated to creating and performing powerful, original, boundary-pushing Canadian opera. 10 Days in a Madhouse tickets: https://tapestryopera.com/performances/10-days-in-a-madhouse/
Photos by Dahlia Katz, featuring Alicia Ault, Nathan Carroll, Alexis Gordon, and Emily Lukasik.
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Explore Hook Up and other exciting pieces on the Canadian Opera Resource.
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Hook Up on COR: canadianoperaresource.com/content/hook...
It strikes a relevant and profound cord by integrating the intense social media lives of its three main characters through projections.
on young people's lives and relationships, on and off campus.
Hook Up (Chris Thornborrow & Julie Tepperman), premiered in 2019 by Tapestry Opera and Theatre Passe Muraille, combines humour and real-talk with complex issues and fully realized, complicated characters.
Meanwhile, Mindy’s best friend Cindy is ready to explore her newfound sexual freedom. The two characters' different reactions to a traumatic event speak to the dysfunctional ways sex, rape culture, and consent are taught (and not taught), and the impact of sexual violence...
Two friends start their first year of university, each with their own unique desires and inner conflicts. Mindy is excited to keep her high school friend circle together and finally get some privacy with her boyfriend, Tyler.
Flotsam & Jetsam: canadianoperaresource.com/content/flot...
Like an Old Tale: canadianoperaresource.com/content/like...
SLIP: canadianoperaresource.com/content/slip/
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COR main page: canadianoperaresource.com
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Boots: canadianoperaresource.com/content/boots/
Explore Juliet Palmer's works and other exciting pieces on the Canadian Opera Resource!
Photos by David Hou, featuring Christine Duncan, Vilma Vitols, Nicole Bellamy, and Susan MacPherson.
which reveals the inner world of an obsessive shoe collector, to "Flotsam & Jetsam," a meditation on the life and work of Australian diver and performer Annette Kellerman, Palmer's operas have been pushing the envelope of musical storytelling for decades.
From "SLIP," a site-specific piece written to be performed in a swimming pool or bath house, to "Like an Old Tale," a multicultural retelling of Shakespeare’s "The Winter’s Tale," to "Boots,"...
Today we're highlighting some of the operatic works of composer Juliet Palmer!
Explore Glimmer and other exciting pieces on the Canadian Opera Resource!
COR main page: canadianoperaresource.com
Glimmer on COR: canadianoperaresource.com/content/glim...
Photos by Dahlia Katz, featuring Danika Lorèn, Ryan McDonald, Anika Venkatesh, Hee-Soo Yoon, Brad Cherwin, and Terry Lim.
this strange and tragic timeline we find ourselves in. The result is manifold: a celebration of queer joy, an embracing of our silliest selves, a dissection of our neuroses, a quest for (self-)love, and a prayer to the cosmos.
Taking full advantage of an all-queer cast of performers, with whom the piece was developed organically through a series of discussions and workshops, the work intertwines the autobiographical and the fictitious in order to shape a kaleidoscopic vision of queer identity in dialogue with...
Co-produced by New Music Concerts and OperaQ, Glimmer attempts to address the urgent matters and seemingly irreconcilable coexisting realities at the core of queer existence through multiple frames and lenses.
We have a New Arrival to COR! Please welcome Glimmer, a 2025 multi-disciplinary new music piece created by Thierry Tidrow in collaboration with musicians Danika Lorèn, Ryan McDonald, Anika Venkatesh, Hee-Soo Yoon, Brad Cherwin, and Terry Lim.
Generously supported by the Province of Ontario, the City of Toronto, the Government of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council.
Video elements by Hoffworks
Tickets on sale now — link in bio.
A Tapestry Opera production co-presented with Luminato Festival and the Canadian Opera Company
In association with TO Live
In this gripping psychological opera based on true events from 1887, trailblazing reporter Nellie Bly fakes madness to expose the truth from inside New York’s notorious Blackwell’s Asylum. What she discovers is a world where women are silenced, sanity is questioned, and power decides who is believed
JUST ANNOUNCED:
10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE
By Rene Orth & Hannah Moscovitch
Is she insane — or just pretending?
As part of our Free Underground Concerts series, tickets are FREE, but registration is required! Book your seat today: tapestryopera.com/programs/fre...
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📅 Date: Monday, December 8, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre
This is a truly moving experience that highlights the excellence of contemporary choral music.
This beautiful program explores how we move through the world and the elements that inspire personal growth, featuring powerful works by composers like Andrew Balfour, Caroline Shaw, Toru Takemitsu, and Kai Leung.
What inspires you to grow? 🌱 Find the answer with Silver Thread's profound choral concert, Seeds In Flight.
📅 Date: November 24, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Tickets are FREE! Register soon—links are available on our website!
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Experience cutting-edge classical voice, opera, and improvisation from Queen Hezumuryango, Reilly Nelson, Jonelle Sills, Daevyd Pepper, Danika Lorèn and Leonard Ranallo.
Danika Lorèn is a multidisciplinary creative force known for their unique blend of classical tradition and contemporary innovation. They will be previewing two exciting new initiatives, including a sneak peek of the upcoming MainStage concert: Slaying My Demon Lover.
Get ready for an evening of bold fusion! 🔥
Join us for a special Free Underground Concert featuring the visionary Danika Lorèn and GentleFreak on Monday, November 24, 2025.
