
May 2019
Tapestry Opera/Opera on the Avalon | Shanawdithit
Shanawdithit is a landmark Canadian-Indigenous world premiere, opening in Toronto, May 16-25, 2019. Following three seasons of award-winning world premieres, Tapestry is proud to collaborate and raise an artistic platform for Indigenous artists to tell this vital Beothuk story to a contemporary public. Music by Dean Burry | Libretto by Yvette Nolan CAST: Shanawdithit – Marion Newman (Kwagiulth and Stó:lō) Cormack – Clarence Frazer Peyton, Man 1, Spirit Chorus – Asitha Tennekoon Kwe/Spirit chorus – Rebecca Cuddy (Métis) Spirit chorus/Mother – Deantha Edmunds (Inuk) Simms/Man…
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