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Toronto: The emerging artsists for Tapestry’s “Songbook IX” running March 29-30 have been announced

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Meet the performers for Songbook IX! The 13 future Canadian opera stars are Elisabeth Boudreault, Lindsay Connolly, Brianna DeSantis, Ryan Downey, Gabrielle French, Rebecca Gray, Lauren Halasz, Rachel Krehm, Brittany Rae, Anne-Marie Ramos, Jennifer Routhier (seen above from left to right). Our emerging pianists are Ryoko Hou and Qiao YiMiao Mu.

These young artists will just have emerged from an intensive 3-day masterclass with leading soprano Jacqueline Woodley, pianist Andrea Grant, and director Michael Hidetoshi Mori in Tapestry's New Opera 101 program.

Tapestry Songbook IX performances are March 29 at 8PM and March 30 at 4PM& 8PM at the Ernest Balmer Studio, 9 Trinity Street, in the historical Distillery District.

The repertoire includes Tapestry favourites including songs from Iron Road, Sanctuary Song, M'Dea Undone, Tapestry Briefs, and the award-winning Rocking Horse Winner among others. 

For tickets, visit tapestryopera.com.