Name: Shanawdithit
Start: 2019-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Imperial Oil Opera Theatre

Organization

Admin

Tapestry Opera

Opera on the Avalon

Conductor

Rosemary Thomson

Stage director

Michael Hidetoshi Mori

Yvette Nolan

Lighting designer

Michelle Ramsay

Costume designer

Kinoo Arcentales

Set designer

Camellia Koo

Video designer

Cam Davis

Stage Manager

Kristin McCollum

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Marion Newman

Shanawdithit

Baritone

Clarence Frazer

William Cormack

Tenor

Asitha Tennekoon

Peyton, Man 1, Spirit Chorus

Rebecca Cuddy

Kwe, Spirit Chorus

Soprano

Deantha Edmunds

Mother, Spirit Chorus

Evan Korbut

Simms, Man 2, Spirit Chorus

Dancer

Aria Evans

Demasduit, Dancer, Spirit Chorus

Choreographer

Michelle Olson

Toronto

Canada

Imperial Oil Opera Theatre

Public

Private

Santiago Martin Bermejo

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Countertenor

Bass

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Shanawdithit is a landmark Canadian-Indigenous world premiere, opening in Toronto, May 16-25, 2019. Following three seasons of award-winning world premieres, Tapestry is proud to collaborate and raise an artistic platform for Indigenous artists to tell this vital Beothuk story to a contemporary public.

Music by Dean Burry | Libretto by Yvette Nolan

CAST:
Shanawdithit – Marion Newman (Kwagiulth and Stó:lō)
Cormack – Clarence Frazer
Peyton, Man 1, Spirit Chorus – Asitha Tennekoon
Kwe/Spirit chorus – Rebecca Cuddy (Métis)
Spirit chorus/Mother – Deantha Edmunds (Inuk)
Simms/Man 2/Spirit Chorus – Evan Korbut (Ojibway)
Demasduit, Dancer, Spirit Chorus – Aria Evans (Mi’kmaq/Black/settler heritage)

ARTISTIC COLLABORATORS:
Michelle Olson – Choreographer (Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation)
Lori Blondeau – Visual Artist (Cree/Saulteaux/Métis)
Jordan Bennett – Visual Artist (Mi’kmaq)
Jerry Evans – Visual Artist (Mi’kmaq)
Meagan Musseau – Visual Artist (Mi’kmaq)

CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION:

Co-Directors – Michael Hidetoshi Mori and Yvette Nolan
Music Director – Rosemary Thomson
Set Designer – Camellia Koo (in conjunction with Artistic Collaborators)
Lighting Designer – Michelle Ramsay
Costume Designer – Kinoo Arcentales
Projection Designer – Cam Davis
Production Manager – Charissa Wilcox
Stage Manager – Kristin McCollum
Assistant Stage Manager – Lesley Bradley

English

Shanawdithit by Burry, Fra (2019/2019), I regi av Michael Hidetoshi Mori, Yvette Nolan,, Dirigent Rosemary Thomson, Imperial Oil Opera Theatre, Toronto, Canada

Forestillingkreditter (Ensemble & produksjonsteam )

Cast

Mannskap

Medprodusent

Program, Informasjon & Sammendrag

Bilder

Videre lesning

Forestillingsdatoer og spillesteder

Sted