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North American Works Directory Listing
| Composer: |
Chan Ka Nin
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| Librettist: |
Mark Brownell
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| Other Artistic Personnel: |
Tom Diamond, stage director; Wayne Strongman, music director; Daby Lyne, set and costume designer; Bonnie Beecher, lighting designer; Xing Bang Fu, choreographer; George K. Wong, Chinese lyricist and translator
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| Original Cast: |
Lai Gwan - Zhu Ge Zeng, James Nichol - Stuart Howe, The Bookman - Zheng Zhou, Ama - Grace Chan, Ah Lum - Jovanni Sy, Ah Charn - Henry Li,
Donald Smith - Martin Houtman, Sir John A. - Curtis Sullivan, A Herder - Brian Duyn
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| Premiere Date: |
April 21, 2001
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| Producing Company: |
Tapestry New Opera Works
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| Description: |
In 1886, Chinese workers were hired to build the final and most treacherous stage of the Canadian Pacific Railway. A Chinese bookman and his daughter come to North America to make their fortune. Their lives and dreams intersect with those of Nichol, the project's foreman, whose lifelong ambition has been the union of Canada by a national railway.
As the characters grapple with love and violent death, they discover that they are defined by their culture and their circumstance.
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| Chorus: |
SATB Chorus
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| Orchestration: |
37 players, including Erhu, Yangqin, Guzheng
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| Ballet/Dance: |
5 Dancers
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| Musical Style: |
Grand opera/musical
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| Contact: |
Wayne Strongman, Tapestry New Opera Works
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| Address: |
55 Mill Street, Building #58
The Cannery, Studio 316
Toronto, ON M5A 3C4 Canada
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| Phone: |
416-537-6066
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The Opera Fund Awardee Information
| Award Category: |
2003
Canadian Opera Creation Fund
Documentation
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| Project Name: |
IRON ROAD
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| Awardee: |
Tapestry New Opera Works
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| Director: |
Tom Diamond
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| Conductor: |
Wayne Strongman
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| Designer: |
Dany Lyne
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Schedule of Performances Listings
Iron Road
( Nin)
Wednesday, April 18, 2001 - Tapestry New Opera Works
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