Most new Canadian operas get an initial run (if they are lucky) and then disappear.  Luna Pearl Woolf and Royce Vavrek’s Jacqueline is unusual in that following it’s premiere at Tapestry Opera in Toronto in 2020 it also played in San Francisco in 2024 and is now back in Toronto for a revival at Tapestry; once again directed by Michael Mori.  There’s even, we are told, a fourth run at a yet to be disclosed company in the works.  In some ways it’s not such a surprise.  In these cash strapped times the appeal of a very good full length opera that only requires two soloists; no orchestra, no chorus, ought to be obvious!

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