Tag Archives: David Fallis

Opera Atelier present their new Pelléas et Mélisande

Posted on April 16, 2026 by barczablog

Wednesday night saw the premiere of Pelléas et Mélisande in a new orchestration by Christopher Bagan, conducted by David Fallis at Koerner Hall. Opera Atelier commissioned Bagan to reduce the scope of Debussy’s opera from a post-Wagnerian orchestra (70 + … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Antonin Rondepierre, Baroque, Christopher Bagan, classical-music, Claude Debussy, Cynthia Akemi-Smithers, David Fallis, Douglas Williams, Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Marshall Pynkoski, Measha Brueggergosman-Lee, Meghan Lindsay, music, opera, Opera Atelier, Pelléas et Mélisande, Philippe Sly, Symbolist | Leave a comment

Opera Atelier’s beautiful Magic Flute returns to the Elgin Theatre

Posted on October 16, 2025 by barczablog

Opera Atelier are back with the Magic Flute for their fall season at the Elgin Theatre, doing what they do best, in the first of four performances at the Elgin Theatre Wednesday October 15th. Accompanied by Tafelmusik Orchestra who play … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Blaise Rantoanina, Carla Huhtanen, Colin Ainsworth, Danielle MacMillan, David Fallis, Dora Rust d'Eye, Douglas Williams, Elgin Theatre, Emanuel Schikaneder, Gerard Gauci, historically informed performance, Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Karine White, Laura Pudwell, Marshall Pynkoski, Meghan Lindsay, Michael Gianfrancesco, Nathaniel Dett Chorale, Opera Atelier, Pelleas et Melisande, Rainelle Krause, Stephen Hegedus, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, The Magic Flute, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Leave a comment

Opera Atelier bring David and Jonathan to Toronto

Posted on April 10, 2025 by barczablog

Opera Atelier brought their opulent 2022 Versailles production of Marc Antoine Charpentier’s 1688 opera/ballet David and Jonathan to Koerner Hall in Toronto. Artistic Director Marshall Pynkoski reminded us last night in his pre-show speech that the company began forty years … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Opera, Reviews | Tagged 1 Samuel 28, Christopher Dunham, Colin Ainsworth, David Fallis, David Witczak, Gerard Gauci, Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Koerner Hall, Marc Antoine Charpentier, Marshall Pynkoski, Mireille Asselin, Mireille Lebel, Opera Atelier, opera/ballet, Stephen Hegedus, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir | Leave a comment

Adam Klein reflects on the beginning of his operatic career

Posted on January 2, 2024 by barczablog

How do we begin? It’s a good question to ask on January 1st. I am a big fan of tenor Adam Klein. I saw him play Loge in the Robert Lepage production of Das Rheingold, just about the only singer who … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Architecture & Design, Interviews, Opera | Tagged Adam Klein, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Claude Debussy, Das Rheingold, David Fallis, David Wright, Eric Solstein, Gene Boucher, Harold C Schonberg, Judith Blegen, Louis Quilico, Maurice Maeterlinck, Metropolitan Opera, Patricia Windrow, Paul-Émile Débert, Pelléas et Mélisande, Robert Lepage, Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Stewart, Winterreise | Leave a comment

Resurrection Again

Posted on April 10, 2023 by barczablog

Handel’s oratorio The Resurrection received its belated Canadian premiere in Opera Atelier’s production brought to Koerner Hall, an early work long neglected. Although the production had been prepared in 2021 it had to be filmed because in-person performance wasn’t possible … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Opera, Reviews, Spirituality & Religion | Tagged Allyson McHardy, Carla Huhtanen, Colin Ainsworth, David Fallis, Douglas Williams, George Frideric Handel, Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Koerner Hall, Marshall Pynkoski, Meghan Lindsay, Opera Atelier, Resurrection, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Leave a comment

L’Amant anonyme

Posted on March 20, 2023 by barczablog

Voicebox Opera in Concert presented the last performance of their season series dedicated to Mozart and the operas of his time, L’Amant anonyme by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges aka Joseph Boulogne, sometimes called “The Black Mozart”. His life story … Continue reading →

Posted in Opera, Reviews | Tagged Alexander Cappellazzo, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, David Fallis, Dion Mazerolle, Holly Chaplin, Robert Cooper, The Black Mozart, Voicebox Opera in Concert | 2 Comments

Opera Atelier’s Resurrection

Posted on June 2, 2021 by barczablog

When you study theatre history one of the first things you may encounter is the quem quaeritis trope. It’s so short that I can quote it in its entirety, a tiny four line drama re-enacted at Easter in churches. Angels: … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Architecture & Design, Cinema, video & DVDs, Dance, theatre & musicals, Music and musicology, Opera, Reviews, Spirituality & Religion | Tagged Allyson McHardy, Carla Huhtanen, Colin Ainsworth, David Fallis, Douglas Williams, George Frideric Handel, Gerard Gauci, Jeanette Lajeunesse Zingg, Marshall Pynkoski, Meghan Lindsay, Messiah, Opera Atelier, quem quaeritis trope, Resurrection | Leave a comment

Neighbourhood impacts

Posted on September 14, 2020 by barczablog

I was looking in the Canadian Opera Company’s latest publication, a shiny offering that arrived in the mail less than an hour ago, with the title “Audience Impact Report.” Speaking of impacts the mailing included the obligatory return envelope & … Continue reading →

Posted in Opera, Personal ruminations & essays, Popular music & culture, University life | Tagged Alex Fallis, Arthur Scace, Canadian Opera Company, David Fallis, Louise Morgan, Opera Atelier, philanthropy, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Schools, UTS | Leave a comment

TSO Messiah via Mozart

Posted on December 21, 2019 by barczablog

Tonight I heard something different from the Toronto Symphony. The TSO’s annual Messiah in Roy Thomson Hall with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir may seem like a ritual, but it actually varies from year to year. Every time we get different … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Alexander Shelley, David Fallis, Emily D'Angelo, George Frideric Handel, Isaiah Bell, Jane Archibald, Messiah, Mozart, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Roy Thomson Hall, Russell Braun, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra | 1 Comment

New & Improved Don Giovanni

Posted on November 3, 2019 by barczablog

I saw Opera Atelier’s revival of Don Giovanni that’s running at the Ed Mirvish Theatre. I loved it last time & it continues to thrill me as though it weren’t an opera I’ve known since childhood. But it feels new. … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Music and musicology, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Carla Huhtanen, Colin Ainsworth, David Fallis, Douglas Williams, Ed Mirvish Theatre, Gerrard Gauci, Gustav Andreassen, Marshall Pynkoski, Martha Mann, Meghan Lindsay, Mireille Asselin, Olivier LaQuerre, Opera Atelier, Stephen Hegedus, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Leave a comment