{"id":45625,"date":"2017-05-30T23:14:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T03:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=45625"},"modified":"2017-05-30T23:14:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T03:14:57","slug":"the-scoop-2017-dora-award-nominees-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/05\/30\/the-scoop-2017-dora-award-nominees-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | 2017 Dora Award Nominees Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dora
The 38th annual Dora Mavor Moore Award nominees have been announced.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Toronto\u2019s opera scene will be well-represented at the upcoming Dora Awards. Today, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) unveiled this year\u2019s nominees, including 53 mentions for the Opera and Musical Theatre\/Opera divisions. Collectively, the Canadian Opera Company (COC) leads the pack with 27 nominations: eight for <\/em>G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung, <\/em>six for Norma, <\/em>five each for Ariodante <\/em>and Tosca<\/em>, and three for Louis Riel<\/em>. On the other hand, Tapestry Opera\u2019s production of Rocking Horse Winner<\/em> single-handedly garnered nine nominations, making it the most-decorated production in the two divisions.<\/p>\n

Tapestry Opera\u2019s artistic director, Michael Mori, was also the director of Rocking Horse Winner<\/em>. He commented on the potential significance of the opera\u2019s elevated tally: \u201cWe are incredibly humbled to have been nominated in 9 categories for last season\u2019s production of Rocking Horse Winner<\/em>. Seeing Rocking Horse Winner<\/em> recognized in company with the COC and Mirvish\u2019s celebrated Come from Away<\/em> speaks volumes to the talent that is working passionately in the alternative opera and new opera scenes. I hope that this is a sign that audiences are beginning to see contemporary opera as a living and dynamic art form with as broad a contemporary potential as the flourishing theatre scene in Canada. Personally, I am humbled to receive my first Dora nomination for direction in the good company of one of my mentors, Tim Albery. It takes a village to raise an opera and I salute co-commissioner Alex Reedijk at Scottish Opera, my predecessor Wayne Strongman, the powerful imagination of Anna Chatterton and Gareth Williams, conductor Jordan de Souza, designer Camie Ku [sic], and all of the amazing artists and administrators involved in conceiving and executing of Rocking Horse Winner<\/em>. Opera doesn\u2019t have to be what you thought it was to be powerful and transformative!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Librettist
Librettist Anna Chatterton and Director Michael Mori on the set of Tapestry Opera\u2019s Rocking Horse Winner. (Photo: Dahlia Katz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Dora Mavor Moore Awards are handed out yearly to Toronto\u2019s best productions in General Theatre, Independent Theatre, Musical Theatre, Dance, Opera, and Theatre for Young Audiences. The 2017 Awards Ceremony will be held June 26 at the Elgin Theatre, and will be hosted by Raoul Bhaneja.<\/p>\n

Detailed list of Opera Division and Musical Theatre\/Opera Division nominations:<\/p>\n

Ariodante<\/em><\/strong> (COC)<\/strong>
\n-Outstanding Production
\n-Outstanding Performance \u2013 Female (Jane Archibald)
\n-Outstanding Scenic Design (Ultz)
\n-Outstanding Costume Design (Ultz)
\n-Outstanding Choreography (Lucy Burge)<\/p>\n

G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung <\/em><\/strong>(COC)<\/strong>
\n-Outstanding Production
\n-Outstanding Performance \u2013 Female (Christine Goerke)
\n-Outstanding Performance \u2013 Male (Ain Anger)
\n-Outstanding Performance \u2013 Male (Andreas Schager)
\n-Outstanding Direction (Tim Albery)
\n-Outstanding Musical Direction (Johannes Debus)
\n-Outstanding Scenic Design (Michael Levine)
\n-Outstanding Lighting Design (David Finn)<\/p>\n

\u00a0Norma<\/em><\/strong> (COC)<\/strong>
\n–<\/em>Outstanding Production
\n-Outstanding Performance \u2013 Female (Sondra Radvanovsky)
\n-Outstanding Musical Direction (Stephen Lord)
\n-Outstanding Scenic Design (David Korins)
\n-Outstanding Costume Design (Jessica Jahn)
\n-Outstanding Lighting Design (Duane Schuler)<\/p>\n

Tosca<\/em><\/strong> (COC; co-production with Norwegian National Opera and Ballet<\/strong>)<\/strong>
\n-Outstanding Production
\n-Outstanding Performance \u2013 Female (Adrianne Pieczonka)
\n-Outstanding Performance \u2013 Male (Marcelo Puente)
\n-Outstanding Musical Direction (Keri-Lynn Wilson)
\n-Outstanding Costume Design (Kevin Knight)<\/p>\n

Louis Riel<\/em><\/strong> (COC; co-production with Canada’s National Arts Centre<\/strong>)<\/strong>
\n-Outstanding Performance \u2013 Male (Russell Braun)
\n-Outstanding Performance \u2013 Ensemble
\n-Outstanding Direction (Peter Hinton)<\/p>\n

Brundibar <\/em><\/strong>(Canadian Children\u2019s Opera Company)<\/strong>
\n-Outstanding Performance \u2013 Ensemble<\/p>\n

Dido and Aeneas<\/em><\/strong> (Opera Atelier)<\/strong>
\n-Outstanding Performance \u2013 Ensemble<\/p>\n

Rocking Horse Winner<\/strong> (Tapestry Opera; co-commission with Scottish Opera<\/strong>)<\/strong>
\n-Outstanding Production
\n-Outstanding Performance \u2013 Ensemble
\n-Outstanding Performance \u2013 Female (Carla Huhtanen)
\n-Outstanding Performance \u2013 Male (Asitha Tennekoon)
\n-Outstanding Direction (Michael Mori)
\n-Outstanding Musical Direction (Jordan de Souza)
\n-Outstanding New Musical\/Opera (written by Anna Chatterton; composed by Gareth Williams)
\n-Outstanding Scenic Design (Camellia Koo)
\n-Outstanding Lighting Design (Michelle Ramsay)<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all the nominees!<\/p>\n

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