Tag Archives: Opera Atelier

Another look at Roméo et Juliette as a departure point for reflections on criticism & dramaturgy

Posted on October 19, 2025 by barczablog

This has been a bit of a bewildering week, astonishing contrasts. I repeat my self-fulfilling mantra “I am a lucky guy,” grateful for what I’ve experienced. Wednesday was Opera Atelier’s Magic Flute, Thursday Tapestry Briefs Under Where, Friday was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Essays, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Against the Grain, Amy Lane, Charles Gounod, Colin Ainsworth, criticism, dramaturgy, Eugene Onegin, Hector Berlioz, Holly Chaplin, Kseniia Proshina, Magic Flute, Opera Atelier, Opera Revue, Orfeo ed Euridice, Romeo and Juliet, Tapestry Briefs, testimony | 2 Comments

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

Edwin Huizinga: Songs and Serenades at Sweetwater Music Festival

Posted on August 14, 2024 by barczablog

Edwin Huizinga is one of those people doing many things in different places. I first encountered him as part of Tafelmusik. I heard Edwin’s original composition in Opera Atelier’s The Angel Speaks in 2019, when he played his baroque violin. … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews, Music and musicology, Press Releases and Announcements | Tagged Alison Mackay, Bruno Weil, Christopher Bagan, Edwin Huizinga, Grey Bruce, Jeanne Lamon, Mark Fewer, Measha Bruegergosman-Lee, Natasha Bood, Oberlin College, Opera Atelier, Sweetwater Music Festival, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Leave a comment

Black Panther in concert with the Toronto Symphony

Posted on June 30, 2023 by barczablog

This was a Toronto Symphony performance like no other. The idea of presenting a film with live accompaniment isn’t new, indeed that’s how they used to do it in the old days. At one time –thinking of the silent era– … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, video & DVDs, Music and musicology, Reviews | Tagged Academy Award, Black Panther, Ludwig Göransson, Marvel, Massamba Diop, Opera Atelier, Stan Lee, Steven Reineke, talking drum | 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

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