Tag Archives: Marshall Pynkoski

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

Mother Sorrow: workshop December 9th

Posted on December 11, 2022 by barczablog

I was privileged to observe an open rehearsal of a new creation titled “Mother Sorrow.” The creative team is large, but I should mention director & choreographer Jennifer Nichols, Composer and music director Adam Scime and librettist (combining new words … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Architecture & Design, Books & Literature, Dance, theatre & musicals, Music and musicology, Opera, Personal ruminations & essays | Tagged Adam Scime, Benoit Bolduc, Brayden Cairns, Christian Masucci Facchini, David James Brock, Evelyn Hart, Gabor Mate, Gioachino Rossini, Jarrett Siddall, Jennifer Nichols, Lindsay McIntyre, Marshall Pynkoski, Messiah, Mozart's Requiem, Nicholas McClung, Opera Atelier, Pergolesi, Rodney Diverlus, Stabat Mater, theatre history, Tyler Gledhill | 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

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

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

Opera Atelier Don Giovanni: Toronto context

Posted on October 28, 2019 by barczablog

Two down, one to go as far as the big operas are concerned. Robert Wilson’s Turandot and David McVicar’s Rusalka, a pair of fairy-tale operas in visually brilliant productions have finished at the Canadian Opera Company, while Opera Atelier are … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Opera, Personal ruminations & essays | Tagged David McVicar, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Don Giovanni, Joseph So, Marshall Pynkoski, Opera Atelier, Robert Wilson, Rusalka, Turandot | Leave a comment

Idomeneo: Marshall Law

Posted on April 5, 2019 by barczablog

The question running through my head as I watched tonight’s opening of Opera Atelier’s Idomeneo at the Ed Mirvish Theatre was: “who is the star?” In this their first performance in a new venue I could say “it’s the space”. … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Music and musicology, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Colin Ainsworth, David Fallis, Douglas Williams, Idomeneo, Marshall Pynkoski, Measha Bruggergosman, Meghan Lindsay, Mozart, Opera Atelier, Wallis Giunta | Leave a comment

The Angel Speaks

Posted on February 22, 2019 by barczablog

Tonight I was present at the North American Premiere of The Angel Speaks, a program of several works in several styles from Opera Atelier in a single performance for a small audience at the Royal Ontario Museum. Would we call … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Opera, Reviews, Spirituality & Religion | Tagged Edwin Huizinga, Erik Satie, Henry Purcell, Jesse Blumberg, Marshall Pynkoski, minimalism, Mireille Asselin, Opera Atelier, Philip Glass, Rainer Maria Rilke, Royal Ontario Museum, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Tyler Gledhill, William Boyce | 1 Comment