Opera Atelier 2023/24

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Opera Atelier have announced a two show Toronto season for 2023/24.  The fall show is Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice which will play at the Elgin Theatre from October 26th to November 1st.  This is the 1774 version with Orphée sung by an haut-contre.  Colin Ainsworth should be just about ideal.  He’s partnered by Mireille Asselin, also pretty much ideal as Eurydice.  Anna Julia David sings Amour.  The orchestra is Tafelmusik and the chorus will consist of Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and the Nathaniel Dett Chorale.

4. Tenor Colin Ainsworth as Orpheus and Artists of Atelier Ballet in the Elysian Fields in Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

The second show is a reprise of 2022’s pastiche All is Love with music by, among others, Purcell, Handel, Lully and Hahn, all on the theme of Love, who will ne personified by dancer Eric da Siklva.  Singers featured are Measha Brueggergosman-Lee, Colin Ainsworth, Jesse Blumberg, Anna-Julia David, Meghan Lindsay, Danielle MacMillan, Cynthia Akemi-Smithers, and Douglas Williams.  David Fallis conducts with the same orchestra and chorus.  This one plays at Koerner Hall on April  11th to 14th 2024.  Subscriptions are now on sale at OperaAtelier.com/Subscribe

2. Soprano Meghan Lindsay and soprano Cynthia Akemi-Smithers in Purcell's Two Daughters of this Aged Stream. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

Photo credits: Bruce Zinger

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