{"id":38202,"date":"2016-09-01T13:41:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T17:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=38202"},"modified":"2016-09-01T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T17:41:07","slug":"the-scoop-tapestry-opera-launches-2016-17-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/09\/01\/the-scoop-tapestry-opera-launches-2016-17-season\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Tapestry Opera Launches 2016\u201317 Season With Naomi\u2019s Road And Oksana G"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A family of Japanese Canadians being relocated in British Columbia, 1942. Image: Library and Archives Canada\/C-046355.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tapestry Opera has announced it’s 2016\u201317 season with two operas and the return of the popular Tapestry Songbook series. For a company known for its varied and courageous programming, this season tackles some very heavy subjects, including Japanese-Canadian internment camps and human trafficking in the sex trade.<\/p>\n

Now in their 37-season season, Toronto’s original indie opera company begins with Naomi\u2019s Road<\/a><\/em>, a work based on the tragic Japanese-Canadian\u00a0internment camps in the BC interior and Alberta during WWII. The opera is adapted from a\u00a0novel by Joy Kogawa by librettist and director Ann Hodges and acclaimed composer Ramona Luengen. It runs from Nov. 16 \u2013 20, 2016, at St. David\u2019s Anglican Church, the fitting home of the last Japanese-Canadian Anglican parish in Toronto.<\/p>\n

Tapestry Songbook\u00ad<\/a><\/em> returns in February for selection of plumbs from the Tapestry catalogue with mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szab\u00f3 on Feb. 23 and 24, at Tapestry\u2019s Ernest Balmer Studio in the heart of the Distillery District.<\/p>\n

The final and biggest show of their season is the premiere of Oksana G<\/a><\/em>, which follows the story of Oksana, a young Ukrainian woman lured into the world of sex trafficking by a recruiter who unexpectedly falls in love with her. With music composed by Aaron Gervais, and text by award-winning playwright Colleen Murphy, Tapestry Opera’s Artistic Director Michael Mori calls it a remarkable journey,\u00a0“defined by loss, survival, perseverance, and ultimately, the rediscovery of self and strength in the face of the incredible evils of racism and human trafficking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oksana G\u00a0<\/em>will be staged by director Tom Diamond and conducted by Jordan de Souza, now with Komische Oper Berlin. Oksana G. runs from May 24 \u2013 30, 2017, at the Imperial Oil Opera Theatre of the Canadian Opera Company.<\/p>\n

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