Tapestry New Opera Works is the leading company in Canada dedicated to the development and production of original Canadian opera and music theatre.

Since 1995, Tapestry’s annual Composer-Librettist Laboratory (Lib-Lab) has introduced composers and writers, through a core programme of activities, to the essential ingredient for creating successful music theatre: meaningful collaboration.

On September 27 and 28, 2005, Tapestry opens the new season with Opera Briefs 5 –  staged readings from this year’s highly successful Lib-Lab. In February 2006, Tapestry premieres 5 new short operas by 5 new teams in the popular Opera to Go format at the Distillery District. Also in February, Christos Hatzis’s Constantinople has its UK première at Covent Garden, London. On April 9, 2006, Tapestry proudly presents the world première of a new Canadian opera for children in New York City: Elijah’s Kite, by James Rolfe and Camyar Chai, will be staged at the Manhattan School of Music (MSM), under the direction of Gordon Ostrowski, head of MSM’s opera division. Soon to be announced: the fall 2006 Toronto première of Elijah’s Kite.



Wayne Strongman, managing artistic director
55 Mill Street, Toronto ON  M5A 3C4
The Cannery (Building 58), Studio 316
416-537-6066   information@tapestrynewopera.com