Tag Archives: Stephen Hegedus

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

2021 TSO Messiah

Posted on December 16, 2021 by barczablog

As Kevin Bazzana observes in his Toronto Symphony Orchestra program note, “there is no one definitive Messiah.” It’s an ironic turn of phrase considering the religious implications one might give that phrase. Indeed when I look at the bizarre mockeries … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Reviews, Spirituality & Religion | Tagged Anna-Sophie Neher, George Frideric Handel, Messiah, Rihab Chaieb, Roy Thomson Hall, Simon Rivard, Spencer Britten, Stephen Hegedus, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra | 2 Comments

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

The Little Match Girl Passion

Posted on June 8, 2018 by barczablog

Tonight was the second & concluding performance for Soundstreams presentation of David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion, paired on the program with the world premiere of James Rolfe’s song cycle I Think We Are Angels at Crow’s Theatre. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Opera, Reviews | Tagged accordion, Andrea Ludwig, Colin Ainsworth, David Lang, I Think We Are Angels, James Rolfe, Michael Bridge, Soundstreams, Stephen Hegedus, The Little Match Girl Passion, Vania Chan | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Stephen Hegedus

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

Opera Atelier bring David and Jonathan to Toronto

2021 TSO Messiah

New & Improved Don Giovanni

The Little Match Girl Passion

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