Michael Hidetoshi Mori

Michael Hidetoshi Mori

Michael Hidetoshi Mori is an award-winning stage director and the Artistic Director of Tapestry Opera in Toronto. In 2016, CBC named Michael and Tapestry Opera as one of ten artists changing the artistic landscape of Canada. Recently, for the world premiere production of Rocking Horse Winner (2016), Michael won the Dora Mavor Moore award for outstanding direction and helped the production garner a total of five awards at Toronto’s prestigious theatre awards, including best production. 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. A highlight among Michael’s most innovative projects is Tapestry Explorations (Tap:Ex), an annual staged concert experience that collides opera with other artistic forms. From incorporating opera with new elements such as physical theatre, turntablism, punk rock, Persian music, hip hop, and body politics, this series pushes the edge of the evolution of opera.