SC Talk: Michael Mori, Artistic Director, Tapestry Opera “Sacrilege or Survival—Opera in Adaptive Mediums”
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June 30, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Speaker: Michael Mori, Artistic Director, Tapestry Opera “Sacrilege or Survival—Opera in Adaptive Mediums”
Introducer and Host: Michael Hutcheon
Abstract: Responding to crises with optimism AND informed experimentation, successes from opera sketch TV to medieval carts! Tapestry Opera’s General Director Michael Hidetoshi Mori speaks on distilling the heart of the art form of opera to release its potential in new (and old) mediums… and how the successes weigh against an opera sector narrative that dismisses the non-grandiose.
Bio: Michael Hidetoshi Mori is a leading international voice in socially and artistically progressive opera and music theatre. An award-winning Canadian/American stage director, the General Director of Tapestry Opera in Toronto, and the Chair of the Board of the Association for Opera in Canada, he is frequently sought after as a director, dramaturge, producer and speaker.
Michael is a specialist in developing and devising new work and has brought more than ten new operas to world premiere in the last five years alone. In 2017, for the world premiere production of Rocking Horse Winner, Michael won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Direction and helped Rocking Horse Winner garner a total of 5 awards at Canada’s most prestigious theatre awards, including best production making it the most awarded show in Toronto in 2017. As a performer and music director, Michael has been nominated for a Juno Award and was awarded the West Coast Music Award for Classical Music with the Vancouver-based ensemble musica intima.
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