A classic, re-tailored
Morris Panych is blunt about his relationship to opera. “I know nothing about opera! But there are certain things I love.”
The acclaimed Canadian theatre artist is the creator of The Overcoat, a movement-based dramatic work featuring the music of Dmitri Shostakovich, based on a short story by Gogol. It premiered at the Vancouver Playhouse in 1998. Twenty years later, it’s been turned into an opera with composer James Rolfe, thanks to a unique partnership between Toronto’s Tapestry Opera, Canadian Stage and Vancouver Opera.
“It’s kind of fascinating,” Panych says, “you get to a place in your career and go, I’ve tried a lot of things! Why don’t I try this?”
premiered in Toronto in late March and is being presented by Vancouver Opera for a late spring run, from Apr. 28th to May
