On October 28, 2021, Opera Atelier will present the film premiere of “Angel.” Composer Edwin Huizinga’s commissioned work comes in association with OA Associate Composer/Associate Conductor Christopher Bagan. The first version of this work was presented in 2017 at the Royal Chapel in Versailles, where the company was invited to participate in the official Canada 150 celebrations in France. “Angel,” {…}
Opera Atelier announced that it received a major grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant in support of its education programming throughout the past season. In sum, the company was given an $83,000 Resilient Communities Fund grant to help create greater accessibility for its free online “Making of an Opera” education program for Ontario Youth. Via the grant, Opera Atelier {…}
Canadian company Opera Atelier has announced its 2021-22 season. The new season will feature a wide range of performances and film productions, including Edwin Huizinga’s “Angel.” The 70-minute film is based on Milton’s “Paradise Lost” and poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke and includes music by Huizinga as well as Jean-Phillipe Rameau, Matthew Locke, William Boyce, and Max Richter’s “Recomposed by {…}
Opera Atelier has announced a new date for the online presentation of Handel’s “The Resurrection.” The fully staged and filmed production will be presented at St. Lawrence Hall in strict compliance with provincial health and safety regulations. The work will be streamed on May 27 and will be available until June 10, 2021. “The Resurrection” marks the Canadian premiere of {…}
Opera Atelier is set to premiere “The Making of The Resurrection,” a documentary short focusing on the company’s upcoming production of Handel’s “The Resurrection.” The documentary, which can be streamed on the company’s website and YouTube channel, features interviews with the Creative team as they work to create the Handel opera under Ontario’s COVID-19 protocols. “Our production of Handel’s ‘The {…}
Opera Atelier has announced that Canadian Soprano Measha Brueggergosman has been named Artist In Residence for the company’s reimagined 2020-21 season. Brueggergosman has performed with the Canadian company where she first appeared in 2008 as Elettra in Mozart’s “Idomeneo.” She has performed with L’Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, The San Francisco Symphony, the BBC Symphony, Dresden Semperoper, the {…}
Opera Atelier has announced that it will now release “Something Rich & Strange” on Dec. 12, 2020. The company was set to premiere the production earlier this year but was forced to cancel live performances due to concerns over COVID-19. “The COVID-19 protocols Opera Atelier has been working under have acted as a genuine catalyst for creation – pushing us {…}
Opera Atelier has announced the postponement of its production of “Something Rich & Strange.” The company was set to present the work starting on Oct. 28, 2020, at the Koerner Hall at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning; this was to be the company’s debut in the venue. However, ongoing concerns over COVID-19 nixed the plan. “The important new {…}
Opera Atelier has announced that its 35th Anniversary season is set to launch with a new work, titled “Something Rich & Strange.” Premiering on October 28, 2020, the new work is inspired by the famous quote from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” It will employ Baroque arias and dances to explore themes of sleep, dreams, and vision; featuring music by Handel, Lully, {…}
Opera Atelier has announced a reimagined 35th anniversary season, titled “A Season of Visions and Dreams.” During the new season, the company will present two fully-staged and live-streamed productions at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning. The first work on the program will be “Something Rich and Strange.” This new work will explore themes of visions and the supernatural {…}
Opera Atelier has announced that it will be releasing “Together / Apart Part II,” a 20-minute virtual performance celebrating the work of Resident photographer Bruce Zinger. The video, which will be released on July 28, 2020 at 8 p.m. ET, will focus on the work for Opera Atelier’s 2016 production of “Dido and Aeneas.” Among the artists featured are Wallis {…}