Opera Atelier has announced its 2018-2019 season featuring two operatic gems. 

The season opens with a French Baroque double bill featuring Charpentier’s “Actéon” and Rameau’s “Pygmalion.” The operas will star Colin Ainsworth in both title roles, alongside Mireille Asselin (Diana & Amour), Allyson McHardy (Juno & Céphise), Jesse Blumberg, Christopher Enns, Meghan Lindsay, Cynthia Smithers and Anna Sharpe. Marshall Pynkoski directs the production with a choreography by Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg.

Performance Dates: Oct. 25 – Nov. 3, 2018

Following its Toronto dates, the double bill will tour to the Royal Opera House in Versailles, marking Opera Atelier’s fifth appearance since the company’s debut there in 2012. The production will also tour to a prestigious US venue, which will be announced in the coming months. At the Versailles, Opera Atelier will present an expanded version of Harmonia Sacra, the staged and choreographed performance that premieres in Toronto next month. Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra will be joining Opera Atelier on the tour.

In the spring the company will present Mozart’s “Idomeneo” featuring Canadian superstar Measha Brueggergosman as Elettra and Ainsworth who makes his debut in the title role.  They are joined by Wallis Giunta (Idamante), Meghan Lindsay (Ilia), Olivier Laquerre (Arbace), Douglas Williams (Neptune), and  Bradley Christensen (Priest). Marshall Pynkoski directs the production with a choreography by Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg.