Tessa Maki

Tessa is an interdisciplinary artist originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Tessa earned her undergraduate degree form Queen's University at the Dan School of Drama and Music in 2021 and recently completed her masters at the Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto. Tessa has worked across Thunder Bay, Kingston, and Toronto as a singer, actor, and researcher both in educational and community events. Her research interests include theatre-making with isolated populations, applied theatre, young people, and rurality.

Reviews June 13, 2023

REVIEW: Pomegranate at COC

By Tessa Maki

From ancient Pompeii to an iconic 1980s lesbian bar downtown Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company’s Pomegranate follows an epic love story of two young women in search of solace and self-acceptance.

Man kneeling on stage looking up into spotlight in ragged clothes, surrounded by several people standing and kneeling around him, arms extended into the air.

Reviews March 30, 2023

REVIEW: Of the Sea at Obsidian Theatre/Tapestry Opera/TO Live

By Tessa Maki

Of The Sea is more than just refreshing — the production is critical to creating change in the Canadian operatic world.

Reviews October 18, 2022

REVIEW: The Flying Dutchman at Canadian Opera Company

By Tessa Maki

COC’s Flying Dutchman brings to shore multiple levels of intrigue.

Reviews September 25, 2022

REVIEW: The Queen In Me at Nightwood Theatre/Canadian Opera Company/Amplified Opera/Theatre Gargantua

By Tessa Maki

The Queen in Me cautions the operatic industry that trans people, nonbinary people, and cis women are tired of playing double agents in their lives and careers.

Tessa Maki

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