Tag Archives: Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg

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

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

Bold Angel from Opera Atelier

Posted on October 31, 2021 by barczablog

Opera Atelier’s new film of Angel –fully-staged and filmed at St. Lawrence Hall—will be streaming until Friday, November 12. Angel is a bold experiment. I’m not sure how to describe the work, an interesting mixture of styles and idioms that … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Architecture & Design, Cinema, video & DVDs, Dance, theatre & musicals, Music and musicology, Opera, Reviews, Spirituality & Religion | Tagged Antonio Vivaldi, Christopher Bagan, Colin Ainsworth, Douglas Williams, Edward Huizinga, Elisa Citterio, Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, John Milton, Marshall Pynkoski, Max Richter, Measha Brueggergosman, Meghan Lindsay, Mireille Asselin, Opera Atelier, Paradise Lost, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Leave a comment

No stranger

Posted on November 29, 2018 by barczablog

Two photographs by Bruce Zinger from the “Opera Atelier Takes Canada to the World” campaign show Artists of Atelier Ballet and OA dancer Tyler Gledhill as their “Canadian Icon in Red”. Between the glimpses of Chicago or Versailles which is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Opera, Personal ruminations & essays, Press Releases and Announcements | Tagged Edwin Huizinga, Inception, Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Marshall Pynkoski, Opera Atelier, Tyler Gledhill | 2 Comments

Graceful Orpheus will move you

Posted on April 12, 2015 by barczablog

I can’t think of a performing arts troupe with a more recognizable style than Opera Atelier. For the first twenty years of their existence (give or take a few seasons), they straight-jacketed themselves with the idea of authenticity, portraying themselves … Continue reading →

Posted in Opera, Reviews | Tagged Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Marshall Pynkoski, Meghan Lindsay, Mireille Lebel, Opera Atelier, Peggy Kriha Dye | 3 Comments

Perfecting Persée

Posted on April 28, 2014 by barczablog

This morning I wondered, hm will I have anything to say? This is Opera Atelier’s third Persée this millennium. And now I have so much to say that I’ll probably have to split it into at least two separate posts. … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Carla Huhtanen, Chris Enns, Curtis Sullivan, David Fallis, Debussy, Gerard Gauci, Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Lawrence Wiliford, Lully, Marshall Pynkoski, Mireille Asselin, Olivier LaQuerre, Peggy Kriha Dye, Pelleas et Melisande, Persee | Leave a comment

Opera Atelier Abduction from the Seraglio

Posted on October 25, 2013 by barczablog

I had a wonderful time at the dress rehearsal for Opera Atelier’s new Abduction from the Seraglio. It’s a remount but as usual they probed more deeply this time, accentuating the comic elements of the work. Anyone who’s seen this … Continue reading →

Posted in Opera, Reviews | Tagged Abduction from the Seraglio, Ambur Braid, David Fallis, Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Lawrence Wiliford, Marshall Pynkoski, Opera Atelier, Tafelmusik Orchestra | Leave a comment

Ten Questions for Marshall Pynkoski

Posted on October 10, 2013 by barczablog

Marshall Pynkoski is one of Toronto’s greatest artists, even if he has been completely misunderstood. Since its inception in 1985, Opera Atelier has been a kind of lightning rod in Toronto for the conversation about historically informed performance. With co-artistic … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews, Opera | Tagged Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Marshall Pynkoski, Mozart, Opera Atelier, The Abduction from the Seraglio | 4 Comments

Persée

Posted on July 17, 2012 by barczablog

On the weekend I sampled some French culture, visiting the francophone town of Lafontaine Ontario for their Festival du Loup¸ followed by a visit to the nearby town of Midland and the Shrine to 17th Century Jesuit Martyrs. Today I … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Armide, Colin Ainsworth, Curtis Sullivan, Glimmerglass, Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Lully, Persee | Leave a comment