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 {…}
Opera Atelier has announced that it will present “Together / Apart,” a one-hour virtual showcase on May 20, 2020 at 8 p.m. EDT. The performance will feature 14 performers including soprano Measha Brueggergosman singing Mozart; Laird Mackintosh from “Phantom of the Opera;” and mezzo-Soprano Wallis Giunta singing “Non so più” from “The Marriage of Figaro.” Other artists include soprano Meghan {…}
Opera Atelier is set to mount Handel’s “The Resurrection” as its finale to the 2019-20 season. The production, which kicks off on April 11, 2020, will be the Canadian premiere of the opera. It will be conducted by David Fallis with soprano Carla Huhtanen, soprano Meghan Lindsay, mezzo-soprano Allyson McHardy, tenor Isaiah Bell, and bass Stephen Hegedus starring. The Artists of the Atelier Ballet will also appear in the {…}
Opera Atelier has announced that the company’s Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski C.M. and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg C.M. have been awarded the extraordinary recognition of Officers of the Order of Arts and Letters (Officiers de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the French Republic. This will be the first time a Canadian couple receives the distinction simultaneously. The award will {…}
Opéra Atelier has unveiled its 2020-21 season, which features a classic repertory staple and a unique double bill. The season kicks off with Mozart and Shikaneder’s “The Magic Flute,” which will star Colin Ainsworth, Gustav Andreassen, Mireille Asselin, Holly Flack, Carla Huhtanen, Olivier Laquerre, Danielle MacMillan, Laura Pudwell, Karine White, and Douglas Williams. David Fallis will conduct the production by {…}
Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Co-Artistic Directors of Opera Atelier, Executive Director Alexandra Skoczylas, and the Board of Directors have announced “Campaign for Creation: Opera Atelier’s Fund for Our Future.” Opera Atelier’s first major capital campaign officially launched with the single largest individual gift in the company’s 30-year history, totaling $500,000 from longtime patron Vivian Elizabeth Pilar. Opera Atelier’s {…}
Opera Atelier opens its 2019-20 season with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” The revival will be the first time the company’ acclaimed production has been remounted for Toronto audiences since its 2011 premiere. “Don Giovanni” is set to star Douglas Williams as Don Giovanni, Colin Ainsworth as Don Ottavio, Gustav Andreassen as the Commendatore, Mireille Asselin as Zerlina, Stephen Hegedus as Leporello, {…}
Opera Atelier has announced that Founding Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski C.M. and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg C.M. will stage and choreograph Grétry’s opera “Richard Coeur-de-lion.” The production will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Royal Opera House at Versailles at Château de Versailles. The event marks an immense recognition for Pynkoski and Lajeunesse Zingg who were selected as the only non-French artists {…}
Opera Atelier has announced its 2019-20 season, which is entitled “A Season of Saints / A Season of Sinners.” The company will kick off the year with a production of “Don Giovanni.” The Mozart work will star Douglas Williams, Carla Huhtanen, Colin Ainsworth, Meghan Lindsay, Stephen Hegedus, Olivier Laquerre, Mireille Asselin, and Gustav Andreassen. “Our audience has made it clear {…}