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!… Read more
We have now completed two performances of Figaro and I could not be happier! The performers have lost none of their edge and the production continues to grow and change every time the artists step onto the stage.
The reviews are fantastic but what really thrills me are the number of non official reviews which people are writing as blogs to share with other members of the blogosphere. Because these writers do not have the same restrictions put on them as critics for major newspapers they consequently are frequently able to record their impressions in greater detail than any newspaper … Read more
Opera Atelier’s new production of The Marriage of Figaro is visually stunning (both Gerard Gauci’s set design and Martha Mann’s costumes are dazzling), funny, irreverent, contemporary and wonderfully choreographed and acted – a great night of music and laughter.
Ian Kyer… Read more
I am delighted to welcome our guest blogger designer, Rosemarie Umetsu. Here are her thoughts on this astonishing production of Figaro.
Opera Atelier’s Figaro established last night that one can never have too much of a good thing. The arguably ‘perfect’ opera buffa soars to heights that are a feast for the senses, soul and spirit through the cutting edge direction by Marshall Pynokoski in collaboration with a brilliant cast and crew of Artists.
The curtain rose, and I felt a jolt of having been transported on to a Ben van Os Baroque dreamscape. Except, set designer Gerard Gauci … Read more
I can’t believe it is already dress rehearsal. This is the big event we all anxiously await but end up dreading once it arrives. Is it ever possible to feel well prepared for dress? I dont think so. Nevertheless, we have an incredibly beautiful, funny irreverent show on our hands which has taken on a life of its own.
Part of the frustration of waiting for dress rehearsal to arrive is tied in with the fact that we are forced to do technical rehearsals with only a piano for accompaniment. Our accompanists are spectacular but nothing can save the sound … Read more