Elephants and Circuses

Tapestry Opera are currently presenting a production of Sanctuary Song (music by Abigail Richardson-Schulte, words by Marjorie Chan).  It’s a piece that premiered in 2008 and this revival, directed by Michae Mori, represents Tapestry’s first major production in the new Nancy and Ed Jackman Performance Centre.

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Another Day

The latest commission from the Canadian Art Song Project is Another Day by Abigail Richardson-Schulte.  It’s a setting of six poems by schoolchildren on the theme of refugees and human rights.  It’s now available on video performed by soprano Anna-Sophie Neher with Carl Matthieu Neher at the piano.

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