{"id":72884,"date":"2021-11-03T20:57:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T00:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=72884"},"modified":"2021-11-03T20:58:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T00:58:06","slug":"the-scoop-tapestry-opera-firms-up-cast-for-upcoming-goulds-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/11\/03\/the-scoop-tapestry-opera-firms-up-cast-for-upcoming-goulds-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Tapestry Opera Firms Up Cast For Upcoming Gould&#8217;s Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_72885\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72885\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/tapestry-Opera-Goulds-Wall.jpg\" alt=\"Gould's Wall\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tapestry Opera&#8217;s <em>Gould&#8217;s Wall<\/em> runs January 12 &#8211; 16, 2022. (Courtesy photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Usually, we wouldn&#8217;t need to preface a story by telling you which opera singing acrobat will be playing the role of Glenn Gould, but here we are. This is opera, folks. Anything can happen.<\/p>\n<p>Tapestry Opera has released more details on what may be the zaniest new opera of the season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tapestryopera.com\/performances\/goulds-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Gould&#8217;s Wall<\/em><\/a> is a new operatic tribute to Glenn Gould&#8217;s and other artists&#8217; challenging pursuit of perfection, featuring performances suspended from The Royal Conservatory of Music&#8217;s Atrium. \u00a0Set to delight audiences in the new year with spectacular physical performances and beautiful orchestration.<\/p>\n<p>While it sounds wacky, it is backed by some great local talent.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Cast<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Interdisciplinary artist\u00a0<strong>Lauren Pearl<\/strong>(<em>Le Nozze di Figaro: Figaro&#8217;s Wedding<\/em>, Against the Grain Theatre;\u00a0<em>Po\u00e8mes pour M\u00ed,\u00a0<\/em>Canadian Opera Company) stars as the Climber, a young talented musician striving for perfection in her art<\/li>\n<li>Caribbean-Canadian tenor\u00a0<strong>Ryan Allen\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>What Brought Us Here,\u00a0<\/em>Calgary Opera;\u00a0<em>The Book of Mormon<\/em>, Broadway;\u00a0<em>Titans<\/em>, HBO Max) stars as Canadian icon and classical pianist\u00a0<strong>Glenn Gould<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Alberta-born soprano\u00a0<strong>Caitlin Wood<\/strong>(<em>The Overcoat<\/em>, Tapestry Opera and Canadian Stage) plays the Housewife and Saskatchewan-born Juno<\/li>\n<li>Dora award-winning mezzo-soprano <strong>Andrea Ludwig<\/strong> plays the Mother<\/li>\n<li>Tenor\u00a0<strong>Keith Klassen<\/strong>(<em>Rocking Horse Winner<\/em>, Tapestry Opera;\u00a0<em>The Overcoat<\/em>, Tapestry Opera) plays Bernstein\/The Man<\/li>\n<li>Baritone <strong>Justin Welsh<\/strong> plays Guerrero \u2014 Gould&#8217;s famous mentor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alice Malakhov <\/strong>plays The Girl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The opera is written by long-time Tapestry collaborators <strong>Liza Balkan<\/strong> (libretto) and <strong>Brian Current<\/strong> (music). <strong>Philip Akin\u00a0<\/strong>will make his operatic debut as director, with <strong>Rachel Forbes <\/strong>doing set and costumes\u00a0alongside lighting designer <strong>Michelle Ramsay.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tapestry Opera&#8217;s upcoming production, <em>Gould&#8217;s Wall, takes place at RCM&#8217;s Atrium this January 12\u201316, 2022, as part of the Conservatory&#8217;s 21C Music Festival. Details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/event\/tapestry-opera-rcm-goulds-wall\/2022-01-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[HERE].<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tapestry Opera has released details on what may be the zaniest new opera of the season, Gould&#8217;s Wall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":72885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[38476,39,43],"tags":[4699],"yst_prominent_words":[30058,7140,10183,9021,10182,10707,7065,6616,9913,32446,8982,22330,21379,11520,11447,11425,10215],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/tapestry-Opera-Goulds-Wall.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-iXy","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72884"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72892,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72884\/revisions\/72892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72884"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=72884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}