Michael Patrick Albano

Michael Patrick Albano is an educator, librettist and freelance director as well as Associate Professor Emeritus of the opera programme at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, where he has staged over 50 operas. An accomplished writer, he has written over 20 librettos including six for children, among them The Very Last Green Thing, The Thunder of Horses, and The Enchantment of Dreams. Mr Albano’s interest in the development of new opera has led to a graduate course in operatic composition at the University of Toronto as well as his involvement for many years as a dramaturg for the Tapestry New Opera Works annual composer/librettist laboratory.

Future engagements: The Essential Hamlet, Figaro in 81 minutes,Fall River, and The Legend of Lizzie Borden which will receive its world premiere in Toronto, Canada in November of 2026.