First day of Don Giovanni rehearsals and things are already thrilling. So many of our singers are creating their roles for the first time and this coupled with a new conductor (Stefano Montanari of Tafelmusik fame) makes me feel certain this will be a Don Giovanni unlike any we have produced in the past. How [...]
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Check out this great video online…
Dear Friends, Let me encourage all of you to visit www.torontowide.com to see the excerpts of dress rehearsal for our beautiful new production of Figaro. It looks and sounds just gorgeous! Second last show tonight. Too sad!
The search for Andrew Kelley
Although I have little use for computers, I am nonetheless amazed at the impact they can have on my life when I least expect it. Let me explain. Years ago Jeannette and I had the pleasure of making a music video with Rhombus media. The filming took place over a three week period in Amsterdam. [...]
Rehearsals continue
Peggy Kriha Dye is singing the role of Poppea for the first time. She has a long history with Opera Atelier. I first met her in Houston when Patrick Sommers (the Music director of Houston Grand Opera) insisted she sing the role of Drusilla. Having never met Peggy, I resisted his casting as I thought I [...]
Things to look forward to…
We are seriously into Poppea rehearsals. It always amazing me that every time you return to a great work it is as though you are exploring it for the first time. This production of Poppea is an excellent example. We first created this production in conjunction with Houston Grand Opera as a vehicle for [...]
Off to New York fashion week…
I’m very excited! Jeannette and I have received our official invitations to CHADO, Ralph Rucci’s fashion show which will close fashion week in New York. This much coveted invitation to the Fall/Winter 2009 collection comes to us courtesy of Canada’s spectacular high priestess of fashion, Jeanne Beker. Jeanne has been coming to OA shows [...]
OA artist coming to town…
I’ve just spent the morning and early afternoon watching our archival video of Opera Atelier’s 2003 production of Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride. Despite my familiarity with the production I am still astonished by the brave and committed performances of our three principal characters, Kristina Szabo (Iphigénie), Daniel Belcher (Oreste), and Colin Ainsworth (Pylade). They broke [...]