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October 22 – 31, 2015

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Opera Atelier’s 30th Anniversary photo by Bruce Zinger.

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Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Jeanne Lamon, Director

Violin IJeanne Lamon (Solo Violin I)Geneviève Gilardeau (Solo Violin II)Patricia AhernEdwin HuizingaJulia WedmanCristina Zacharias

ViolaStefano MarcocchiBrandon ChuiThomas GeorgiPatrick G. JordanShannon KnightsChristopher Verrette

Viola da gambaFelix Deak

VioloncelloChristina Mahler (continuo)Margaret GayKerri McGonigle

Basse de violonDavid Morris

RecorderAlison MelvilleColin Savage

OboeJohn AbbergerMarco Cera

BassoonDominic TeresiAnna Marsh

PercussionEd Reifel

LuteLucas HarrisDaniel Swenberg

HarpsichordCharlotte NedigerAvi Stein

Artists of Atelier Ballet

Levi BladMeredith ClintonJustin De Luna (apprentice)Tyler GledhillJuri HiraokaElizabeth KalashnikovaJeremy NasmithJennifer NicholsJulia SedwickMichael SpendloveEdward TraczBrett VansickleMagdalena VaskoDominic WhoAngel Wong Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg Manon Ens-Lapointe (supernumerary)Carianne Shakes (supernumerary)

Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

Ivars Taurins, Director

SopranoMichele DeBoerBrenda EnnsFrancine LabelleCarrie LoringMeghan MooreSusan Suchard

AltoSimon HoneymanValeria KondrashovPeter MahonRichard Whittall

TenorPaul JeffreyWill JohnsonRobert KinarCory Knight

BassKeith LamPaul OrosGraham RobinsonDennis Zimmer

presents

Marshall Pynkoski Director David Fallis Conductor Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg Choreographer Gerard Gauci Set Designer Dora Rust D’Eye Costume Designer Bonnie Beecher Lighting Designer Jennifer Parr Fight Director Arwen MacDonell Production Stage Manager

the cast

Colin Ainsworth Renaud Daniel Belcher La Haine / Aronte Peggy Kriha Dye Armide Aaron Ferguson Chevalier Danois Stephen Hegedus Hidraot Carla Huhtanen Phénice / Lucinde Olivier LaQuerre Artémidore / Chevalier Ubalde Meghan Lindsay Sidonie / Nymphe des Eaux

Sung in French with English surtitles.

Performance time is approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes including one intermission.

A Tragédie en Musique in Five Acts, Libretto by Philippe Quinault based on Torquato Tasso’s Jerusalem Delivered

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Marshall Pynkoski & Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Co-Artistic Directors

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dear friends,

It hardly seems possible that this season will mark Opera Atelier’s 30th anniversary. Our memories of OA’s first productions at the Royal Ontario Museum and the Art Gallery of Ontario are so vivid, and the nerves and excitement of those early days are so palpable, that they truly seem like yesterday.Could we ever have dreamed that Opera Atelier would grow into a company with one of the busiest international touring schedules in Canada? The answer is yes! We always believed that the repertoire we loved best could make a significant impact on the world stage and Opera Atelier’s recent triumphs at the Glimmerglass Festival, the Royal Opera House at Versailles, the Salzburg Festival, and La Scala have confirmed our earliest intuitions.But we have never lost sight of the fact that it is thanks to the generosity, imagination, and support of our loyal audience members that we have had the privilege of exploring the theatre of our dreams for the past thirty years.As we enter our fourth decade of creation, we invite you to continue with us on this thrilling journey of discovery. We have only just scratched the surface. Together we have the capacity to realize the most ravishing theatre imaginable.

• Marshall Pynkoski & Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg Co-Artistic Directors

Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg in the lobby of La Scala Opera House in Milan. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

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Welcome to Opera Atelier’s 30th Anniversary Season and this incredible production of Lully’s Armide We are so glad to have you here celebrating with us. You, our loyal audience, have helped to make the past three decades possible. On behalf of everyone at Opera Atelier, thank you.

We also extend our deepest appreciation to the many individuals, corpora-tions, and foundations who have donated to Opera Atelier so generously. To the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts, thank you for your continued belief in us. Thanks also go to the

Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund for their financial assistance during this anniversary season.

Finally, please join me in saluting our visionary leaders, Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg. Their artistry, unwavering dedication, and perseverance have made Opera Atelier the world leader in the rediscovery and revitalization of period opera and ballet. What an incredible achievement, and aren’t we lucky to be a part of it?

Congratulations Marshall and Jeannette.

– Alexandra Skoczylas, Executive Director

Message from the executive director

Welcome to Opera Atelier’s 30th Anniversary Season! Thank you for joining us for OA’s production of Lully’s Armide. It has been a great thrill for all of us at OA to revisit this landmark production, and we are delighted to share it with you today.

Following our run here at the beautiful Elgin theatre, Armide will travel to the Royal Opera House at the Palace of Versailles. To put the magnitude of this undertaking in perspective, our entire company will travel to France includ-ing all of our soloists, the entire corps of Artists of Atelier Ballet, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, our entire creative team, and technical staff in addition to

tens of thousands of pounds of sets, props, and costumes. This tour will be the third time OA has been invited to present its unique interpretation of French Tragédie Lyrique in the home of the Sun King.

There is no other opera or ballet company in Canada with so extensive an international touring schedule and we are proud to have the opportunity to act as Canada’s cultural ambassadors on the world stage.

This tour will help cement Opera Atelier’s reputation as one of the world’s foremost producers of period opera and ballet, in the same season in which this remarkable company — under the visionary leadership of its founding Artistic Directors — celebrates its 30th Anniversary Season.

Thank you for joining us.

– John MacKinlay, Board President & Chair

Welcome from the Chairman of the Board

The company of Armide takes a bow in Versailles (2012). Photo by Bruce Zinger.

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Over the past 30 years, Opera Atelier has played in major venues in an astonishing 12 countries around the globe. We are thrilled

that our 30th anniversary season marks the beginning of a recurring engagement for Opera

Atelier at the Palace of Versailles. Please support this prestigious opportunity to showcase more than 50 of Canada’s greatest singers, dancers

and instrumentalists on the world stage.

Please help us! Please consider making a donation to our tour today.

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Chevalier Danois Aaron Ferguson, Tenor

For Opera Atelier: Euryale and Amphimedon in Persée, Monostatos in The Magic Flute (Toronto, Penn State, Opera Columbus), Le Chevalier Danois in Armide (Toronto, Opéra de Versailles, Glimmerglass Festival).

Elsewhere: Jean Valjean in Les Misérables (Rainbow stage); Petit Jaques/Merlan in L’Affaire Tailleferre (Opera de Limoges); Basilio/Curzio in Il Nozze di Figaro (Opera Lyra Ottawa). Blind in Die Fledermaus (Edmonton Opera); Goro in Madama Butterfly (Opera de Quebec); Gastone in La Traviata (Opera Highlands); Constable Locke in The Music Man (Royal Opera of Muscat/Glimmerglass Festival); Blind in Die Fledermaus, Basilio/Curzio in The Marriage of Figaro, Nika Magadoff in The Consul, Borsa in Rigoletto, Monostatos in The Magic Flute, Spoletta in Tosca and Le Doyen in Cendrillon (l’Opéra de Montréal); The Gala (Opéra de Québec); Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Banff Centre); Apollo in Semele (Pacific Opera Victoria); Messiah (Orchestra London); The Bear (Toronto Symphony Orchestra); Mass in C Minor (Victoria Symphony); Magnificat (l’Orchestre Métropolitain); Carmina Burana (Vancouver Chamber Singers).

Upcoming: Prince Casimir in La Princesse de Trebizonde (Opera de Limoges).

Et cetera: An alumnus of the Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra Montréal and the Glimmerglass Festival young artist program, Aaron is also a competitive jiu jitsu grappler.

Hidraot Stephen Hegedus, Bass-Baritone For Opera Atelier: Persée.

Elsewhere: Leporello in Don Giovanni, Colline in La Bohème, Angelotti in Tosca (Vancouver Opera); Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro (Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Chile); Talbot in Maria Stuarda (Pacific Opera Victoria); Albert in Werther (L’Opéra de

Montréal); Figaro in Figaro’s Wedding (Against the Grain Theatre). He has been heard with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Les Violons du Roy, The Oratorio Society of New York (Carnegie Hall), the Grant Park (Chicago) and Lanaudière festivals and with the symphonies of Houston, Seattle, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, San Antonio, Edmonton, Québec and Winnipeg.

Upcoming: Handel’s Messiah with the Minnesota Orchestra and Against the Grain Theatre, Theseus (Midsummer Night’s Dream) with Pacific Opera Victoria, St. Matthew Passion with the Vancouver Bach Choir and the Hungarian-Finnish Connection with the RCM, Toronto.

Et cetera: An alumnus of L’Atelier Lyrique and St. Michael’s Choir School, Stephen holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and a Master’s Degree in Operatic Performance from the University of Toronto. He speaks Hungarian, French and English.

Renaud Colin Ainsworth, Tenor

For Opera Atelier: Tamino in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Renaud in Lully’s Armide, Orphée in Gluck’s Orphée et Euridice, Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Actéon in Charpentier’s Actéon, and Mercure in Lully’s Persée.

Elsewhere: Royal Opera House (London), Greek National Opera, Vancouver Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, the Edinburgh Festival, Opéra Francais de New York, Pacific Opera Victoria, Glimmerglass Opera, Calgary Opera, and such orchestras as the Vancouver Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Philharmonia Baroque (San Francisco), Montreal Symphony, Orchestre Métropolitain, Chicago’s Music of the Baroque, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Opera Columbus, and the American Symphony Orchestra.

Et cetera: www.colinainsworth.com, @ColinAinsworth.

La Haine / Aronte Daniel Belcher, Baritone For Opera Atelier: Orfeo in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo at Houston Grand Opera (1999), Don Giovanni on Japan Tour (2000), Papageno in The Magic Flute (2001), Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro (2000), Orestes in Iphigénie en Tauride (2004), Don Giovanni on Seoul, Korea Tour (2004), Orfeo in L’Orfeo (2006).

Elsewhere: 2010 Grammy Award for Kaija Saariaho’s L’Amour de Loin; Prior Walter in Angels in America (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris); Papageno in The Magic Flute (San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera); Ned Keene in Peter Grimes (Grand Théâtre de Genève); Robert Kennedy in World Premiere of Waiting for Miss Monroe (The Netherlands Opera); Mercutio in Romeo et Juliette (ABAO-OLBE Bilbao, Houston Grand Opera); Jaufre Rudel in L’Amour de Loin (Stockholm, Berlin, Paris, and Trondheim, Norway); Figaro in The Barber of Seville (Portland Opera, New National Theatre, Tokyo); Dandini in La Cenerentola (San Francisco Opera, Opera Colorado, Opera Philadelphia); Taddeo in L’Italiana in Algeri (Houston Grand Opera, Opera Philadelphia); John Brooke in Little Women (Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera); Brian Castner in World Premiere of The Long Walk (Opera Saratoga).

Upcoming: Ondine recording of Kaija Saariaho’s Sombre; Lord Bellingham in the World Premiere of The Scarlet Letter (Opera Colorado); Danilo in The Merry Widow (Utah Opera); Ping in Turandot (Opera Philadelphia); Father Palmer in Silent Night (Michigan Opera Theatre); The Mikado (Chautauqua Opera).

Et cetera: Assistant Professor of Voice at The Florida State University.

Armide Peggy Kriha Dye, Soprano For Opera Atelier: Many roles including Armide in Armide (Toronto, Versailles, Glimmerglass Festival), Poppea in L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, Ilia in Idomeneo, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni.

Elsewhere: Peggy created the role of Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire written and conducted by André Previn at the San Francisco Opera, repeating the role with the Pittsburgh Symphony and again with The Washington National Opera. Over the course of her career, she has also performed with the Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, Shanghai Opera, and many others. She also recently worked with Opera Atelier’s Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg on their production of Lucio Silla at the Salzburg Festival.

Et cetera: She has been reviewed as “heart-rending”, “sympathetic”, “sexy”, “hilarious” and “complex”. Currently, Peggy is the Artistic Director of Opera Columbus.

Artist Biographies

Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski & Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg are proud to be the sponsors of French Diction Coach Charles Di Meglio. Not only has Charles been the diction coach for all of Opera Atelier’s French productions since 2009, he is also the esteemed Artistic Director of his own theatre company in Paris, Compagnie Oghma, specializing in French and English renaissance and baroque repertoire.

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Conductor David Fallis For Opera Atelier: Handel’s Alcina, Acis and Galatea, Il pastor fido, La Resurrezione; Lully’s Persée, Armide; Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Abduction from the Seraglio, La Clemenza di Tito; Monteverdi’s Orfeo, L’incoronazione di Poppea, Il Ritorno d’Ulisse; Weber’s Der Freischütz (The Marksman); Purcell’s Dido and

Aeneas; Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice; Rameau’s Pygmalion; Charpentier’s Actéon.Elsewhere: Luminato Festival, Toronto Consort, Soundstreams Canada, Glimmerglass Festival, Houston Grand Opera, Utah Opera, Opera Columbus, Wolftrap Theater, Elora Festival, Orchestra London, Symphony Nova Scotia, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Symphony New Brunswick, Festival Vancouver, and more.Upcoming: The Soul of Naples with the Toronto Consort; Praetorius Christmas Vespers with Early Music Vancouver in Vancouver, Portland, Seattle and Victoria; Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 with Toronto Consort.Et cetera: Historical Music Producer for two Showtime TV series: The Tudors, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and The Borgias, starring Jeremy Irons. Currently consulting on The Vikings and Penny Dreadful. Directs Choir 21, dedicated to contemporary choral music.

Set Designer Gerard GauciFor Opera Atelier: Resident set designer Gerard Gauci has worked with the company since its inception. Over the years he has designed sets for all of Opera Atelier’s rep-ertoire including Alicna, Orfeo, The Coronation of Poppea, Persée, Medée, Iphigénie en Tauride, Idomeneo, The Marriage of Figaro, La Clemenza di Tito, Don Giovanni, Armide and

Der Freischütz (The Marksman). In 2014 Gauci received a Dora Award nomination for outstanding scenic design for Persée.Elsewhere: Gauci has an extensive history of exhibiting his paintings in public and private galleries in Toronto, Montréal and across Canada. In 2010 he designed the exhibition “Drama and Desire” at the Art Gallery of Ontario featuring theatrically inspired works by Ingres, David, Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec. This past September he exhibited his designs for Armide at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto.Et cetera: Gauci also pursues a career as a painter, exhibiting at the Galerie de Bellefeuille in Montréal. (Photo by Jim Allen.)

Lighting Designer Bonnie Beecher For Opera Atelier: Armide is Bonnie’s eleventh production with Opera Atelier. Elsewhere: Bonnie has designed over 250 productions for theatre, opera and dance both in Canada and internationally. Canadian companies include Canadian Stage, The Canadian Opera, Stratford, The Shaw Festival, Tarragon Theatre, Soulpepper, Ballet

British Columbia, and The National Ballet of Canada. International work includes productions for The Dutch National Ballett, Pacific Northwest Ballet, New Zealand Opera, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The American Ballet Theatre, The Stuttgart Ballett, and over 12 new productions for the Kevin O’Day Ballett – Mannheim in Germany.Et cetera: Bonnie has received 14 Dora nominations and has won the award twice.

Artist Biographies (continued)

Phénice / Lucinde Carla Huhtanen, Soprano For Opera Atelier: Many roles including First Lady, Papagena, Ännchen, Susanna, Blonde, Zerlina, Papagena, Minerva, Drusilla, Actéon.

Elsewhere: Carla began her career in Italy and France singing at Teatro La Fenice (Venice) in Gershwin’s Lady, Be Good! and Cherubini’s Anacreon. She sang Angelica in

Händel’s Orlando and the title role in Purcell’s Fairy Queen in Marseille, also performing in Aix, Tarascon, Toulon, Avignon and Chartres. Carla sang Lisetta in La Gazzetta and Serpetta in La Finta Giardiniera with the UK’s Garsington Opera and with London’s Mostly Mozart series at the Barbican. Other highlights include Bernstein’s Candide with the BBC Concert Orchestra, and the Israel Philharmonic, and a concert tour of the UK and Germany with the Royal Philharmonic.

Upcoming: Performances with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in April, Grand Philharmonic, Music on Main (Vancouver), and Canadian Art Song Project.

Et cetera: A friend of new music, Carla performs with Soundstreams, 21C Festival, New Music Concerts and Tapestry. carlahuhtanen.com

Artémidore / Chevalier Ubalde Olivier LaQuerre, Bass-Baritone For Opera Atelier: Médée, Iphigénie en Tauride, Don Giovanni, Persée, Armide, Orfeo, Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, Idomeneo, L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Le Nozze di Figaro, The Magic Flute.

Elsewhere: Canadian Opera Company, Cleveland Opera, Boston Early Music Festival, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Opéra de Québec, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Symphony Nova Scotia, etc.

Et cetera: Olivier Laquerre is a laureate of the Paris and the Verviers (Belgium) international voice compe-titions, and has been in great demand as a soloist since winning the Joseph-Rouleau Award (First Prize) at the Jeunesses Musicales national voice competition. He performed with some of the best orchestras and vocal ensembles in North America. He is a regular guest soloist at the Boston Early Music Festival, with whom he has recorded four CDs under the CPO label (Germany).

Sidonie / Nymphe des Eaux Meghan Lindsay, Soprano For Opera Atelier: Amour in Orpheus and Eurydice, Alcina in Alcina, Nymphe Guerriere and Venus in Persée (Toronto, Versailles), Agathe in Der Freischütz (The Marksman), Sidonie/Nymphe des Eaux in Armide (Toronto, Versailles, Glimmerglass Festival), Donna Anna in Don Giovanni.

Elsewhere: Meghan recently performed the title role of Luisa Miller (Opera Nova Scotia); Mimi in La Bohème (The Northern Lights Festival); and made her recording debut with Grammy nominated early music ensemble, Ars Lyrica, with Scarlatti’s La Sposa dei Cantici. Meghan is an alumna of the Glimmerglass Festival and Opera Studio Nederland. Other recent credits include: International debut as Eurydice in Pierre Audi’s production of Monteverdi’s Orfeo; Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte (Opera Studio Nederland); Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro (Opera on the Avalon); Richard Danielpour’s Sonnets to Orpheus under the baton of Paul Nadler.

Upcoming: Giunia in Opera Atelier’s Lucio Silla, April 7-16, 2016.

Production Staff

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Fight Director Jennifer Parr For Opera Atelier: Opera Atelier’s Fight Director since 1989: The Loves of Mars & Venus, Venus & Adonis, Don Giovanni, Marriage of Figaro, Medée, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Iphigénie en Tauride, and Persée (also on film). With OA’s artistic directors, she has also taught at Le Centre de la Musique Baroque de Versailles.

Elsewhere: MA in Renaissance Theatre (Warwick), resident director & production stage manager for the Chicago Symphony’s Beyond The Score productions in Canada since 2011 with the Toronto, Winnipeg, Quebec, and Montreal Symphony Orchestras. Also as a stage director: acclaimed all-female production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar at the Red Sandcastle Theatre, Canadian premiere (in concert) Brian Current’s opera Airline Icarus. World premieres: Dean Burry’s Pandora’s Locker, Dunleavy & Alexander’s The Last Wife. Other directing credits include: Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte (Royal Conservatory); Richard 3, Queens 4 (Richard III Project); and many more.Et cetera: Film and television fight credits include Fight Director for Le Mozart Noir, and appearing on the Discovery Channel as the famous female pirate captain Anne Bonny.

Assistant Fight Director Jeremy Nasmith For Opera Atelier: Dancer/Singer in every production since Opera Atelier’s inception in 1986, including Cupid in La Dafne, Persée Double, Dragon (The Magic Flute, Persée), and all but two of OA’s tours to Asia, Europe and the U.S.Elsewhere: National Ballet of Canada, Amadeus Choir, Salzburg Festival, Mozart-

woche, Glimmerglass, ProArteDanza, Architanz (Tokyo), Hit & Run, various film & TV credits including The Listener and Reign.Upcoming: Armide in the Château de Versailles with Opera Atelier.Et cetera: Mr. Nasmith continues to be in demand as a ballet teacher for Ballet Jörgen Canada, Dance Teq, and The Next Step TV Series. In 2014, he partnered with Dance Teq to open Dance Teq Centre, downtown Toronto’s newest multi-studio class and rehearsal venue.

Production Stage Manager Arwen MacDonell For Opera Atelier: Armide marks Arwen’s 30th production with Opera Atelier. Others include: Alcina, Persée (Toronto and Versailles), Armide (Toronto, Versailles, Glimmerglass Festival), Idomeneo, The Magic Flute, Orfeo, Don Giovanni, L’incoronazione di Poppea, The Marriage of Figaro; tours to Europe, Singapore, Korea and Japan.

Elsewhere: Eurydice, Angels in America Parts I & II, Parfumerie, Ghosts, The Glass Menagerie, Awake and Sing!, Mary Stuart, Salt-Water Moon (Soulpepper); Proud (Proud Productions); I, Claudia (Crow’s Theatre/Edinburgh Fringe); The Africa Trilogy (Volcano/Luminato); The Dishwashers, Rune Arlidge, The Domino Heart, Side Man, The Good Life, Midnight Sun (Tarragon Theatre); Vida!, The Drowsy Chaperone (Mirvish Productions); The Triumph of Love, Cymbeline, The Fellini Radio Plays (Stratford Festival).Et cetera: Arwen is very proud to be a part of Opera Atelier’s 30th Season, and is dedicating her work to her wonderful grandparents, Drs. Ása and Jack MacDonell.

Production Staff (continued)

Assistant Stage Manager Jessica Severin For Opera Atelier: As Stage Manager: Abduction from the Seraglio, The Marriage of Figaro. As Assistant Stage Manager: Persée (Toronto, Versailles), Armide (Toronto, Versailles and Glimmerglass), Don Giovanni, Abduction from the Seraglio, The Return of Ulysses.

Elsewhere: Once, Billy Elliot, A Couple of Blaguards, Hairspray, The Lion King (Mirvish Productions); Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata (Acting Up Stage/NAC/ATP/Citadel); This Wide Night (Summerworks); Parfumerie, La Ronde, A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Window on Toronto, Loot, Awake and Sing!, Ring Round the Moon, Mary Stuart, The Caretaker, The Government Inspector, Our Town (Soulpepper); Miss Caledonia, The Patient Hour (Tarragon); The Importance of Being Earnest, Educating Rita, Suds!, Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Thousand Islands Playhouse); and productions with Theatre Smith Gilmour, Nightwood, George Brown Theatre School, Obsidian, Tapestry New Opera, Nuit Blanche, and Drayton Entertainment.Et cetera: Jessica is a graduate of the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.

Assistant Stage Manager Monika Seiler For Opera Atelier: Alcina, Persée, The Marriage of Figaro, Idomeneo.Elsewhere: Niágara – A Pan-American Story (Pan-Am Games 2015); Love for Love, The Country Wife, A Fond Husband (GBTS); Race (Canadian Stage); Intermezzi, Songbook 8: Brent Carver, Electro/Acoustic, The War of the Worlds (Art of Time Ensemble); She’s

A Daisy! (Totem Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Citadel); Beckett: Feck It! (Queen of Puddings/Canadian Stage); Topdog/Underdog (Obsidian/Shaw Festival); Jake and the Kid (Globe); A Christmas Carol, What the Butler Saw (Soulpepper); Eugene Onegin (Opera Lyra); Strong Poison, Pride & Prejudice, Rope’s End (Manitoba Theatre Centre).Et cetera: Monika is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. Monika would like to thank her parents… ”Von Anfang bis Ende.”

Opera Atelier’s landmark production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute (2013). Photo by Bruce Zinger.14

Artists of Atelier Ballet

Magdalena VaskoFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Lully’s Armide, 2005.

Juri HiraokaFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Charpentier’s Medee, 2002.

Brett VansickleFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio, 2013.

Edward TraczFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Charpentier’s Médée, 2002.

Elizabeth Kalashnikova First performance with Opera Atelier: Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio, 2013.

Levi BladFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Gluck’s Orpheus and Euridice, 2015.

Dominic WhoFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Gluck’s Orpheus and Euridice, 2015.

Jeremy NasmithFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Monteverdi’s Orfeo, 1986.

Julia SedwickFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Handel’s Acis and Galatea, 2010.

Jennifer NicholsFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Mozart’s Idomeneo, 2008.

Michael SpendloveFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Mozart’s Idomeneo, 2008.

Marshall Pynkoski & Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg

Director Marshall PynkoskiMarshall Pynkoski’s fascination with music, theatre and dance of the 17th and 18th cen-turies began in classes with the late Leonard Crainford and John Marshall, respec-tively Chairman and Major Examiner, Royal Academy of Dancing in London. His further studies with Florentina Lojekova (Master Artist of Czech Republic) and David

Moroni (the Royal Winnipeg Ballet) were pivotal in his decision to pursue a career in ballet.

Early in Mr. Pynkoski’s professional career, he had the opportunity to undertake in-depth studies of Baroque opera and ballet in Paris. His studies continued with renowned Baroque dramaturge Professor Dene Barnett at Flinders University in South Australia.

In 1985 he founded Opera Atelier with his partner Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg and he has since directed a wide range of period productions of Baroque and early Classical opera and ballet in close collaboration with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. He has acted as guest instructor at the Centre for Baroque Studies, Versailles under conductor Marc Minkowski with whom he premiered North America’s first period pro-ductions of The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni. Mr. Pynkoski has collaborated with many of the finest artists in the world of early music and his productions of opera and ballet have toured throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

He is a recipient of numerous awards including the Toronto Arts Award, the Ruby Award for outstand-ing contribution to opera in Canada, and the TIME Magazine award for Classical music. He was named Chevalier dans L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France following his international tour of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre. In 2013 Mr. Pynkoski had his Salzburg Festval debut with Mozart’s Lucio Silla, and most recently he made his directorial debut at La Scala in Milan.

Choreographer Jeannette Lajeunesse ZinggCanadian choreographer Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg has performed and choreo-graphed internationally for more than two decades. She received her training in London, Copenhagen and Paris. She credits her teachers with instilling in her a love and respect for the history of classical ballet. Through her most important teacher/

mentors — John Marshall and Florentina Lojekova — she can trace a direct line to such dance luminaries as Idzikowski, Fokine, Espinoza, Perrot and Vestris.

As a young dancer, she relocated to Paris where she undertook in-depth studies of Baroque dancing from original source material. These studies were supplemented by intensive training in North America by Wendy Hilton and Sandra Caverly — experts in Baroque dancing and Bournonville technique respectively. Since then, Ms Zingg has choreographed and performed in more than 70 productions for Opera Atelier, which she founded in 1985 with her partner, Marshall Pynkoski.

Opera Atelier productions have been performed in Versailles, at the BBC Proms, Houston Grand Opera and the Glimmerglass Festival. Opera Atelier has also introduced period productions of Mozart to audi-ences in Japan, Singapore and Korea.

Ms Zingg has received numerous awards including the prestigious Toronto Arts Award, the Opera Canada Ruby Award for outstanding achievement in the field of opera in Canada in addition to having been named by TIME Magazine as one of Canada’s most influential artists in the field of Classical music. She has collaborated with conductors Marc Minkowski, Christopher Hogwood, Andrew Parrott, David Fallis and Stefano Montanari and choreographed for dancers from the National Ballet of Canada, The Scapino Ballet, The Dutch National Ballet, La Scala Ballet, and Opera Atelier. She has also choreographed and performed in numerous film projects including Rhombus Media’s “Master Peter’s Puppet Show”, “Romeos and Juliets” and “The Sorceress” opposite Dame Kiri te Kanawa. In 2013 Ms Zingg had her Salzburg Festival debut with Mozart’s Lucio Silla, and most recently she made her choreographic debut at La Scala in Milan.

Tyler GledhillFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio, 2008.

Meredith ClintonFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio, 2013.

Angel WongFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, 2009.

Justin De Luna (apprentice)

Opera Atelier debut.

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Jeanne Lamon, Chief Artistic AdvisorMusic Director of Tafelmusik from 1981 to 2014, Jeanne Lamon has been praised

by critics in Europe and North America for her strong musical leadership. She has won numerous awards, including honorary doctorates from York University, Mount Saint Vincent University, and University of Toronto, and the prestigious Molson Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts. Jeanne Lamon was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2000, and a Member of the Order of Ontario in 2014. She is in demand as guest direc-tor of symphony orchestras in North America and abroad. She is passionate about teaching young professionals, which she does as Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto and through Tafelmusik’s artist training programmes. Jeanne Lamon stepped down as full-time Music Director of Tafelmusik in 2014. She is currently serving as Chief Artistic Advisor, and will direct various Tafelmusik season programmes and tours until her successor is appointed.

Ivars Taurins, Director, Tafelmusik Chamber ChoirEqually at home conducting symphonic and choral reper-

toire, Ivars Taurins is the founding director of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, and was also violist of the Tafelmusik Orchestra for its first 23 years. Under his direction, the choir has been praised for its clarity, nuance, and brilliance. He appears as guest director with orchestras and choirs across Canada, from Victoria to Halifax, and works regu-larly with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he was Principal Baroque Conductor from 2001–2011. A sought-after lecturer and teacher, Ivars Taurins teaches orchestral conducting and directs the Collegium Musicum at the University of Toronto, and teaches at the Glenn Gould School, where this year he will be directing Handel’s Alcina.

Tafelmusik Baroque ORCHESTRA

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Chamber ChoirHailed as “one of the world’s top baroque orches-tras” by Gramophone Magazine, Tafelmusik was founded in 1979 by Kenneth Solway and Susan Graves. At the heart of this Toronto-based ensem-ble is a group of talented and dynamic permanent members, each of whom is a specialist in historical performance practice.

The Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, specializing in baroque and classical performance practice and vocal technique, was formed in 1981 as a comple-ment to the Tafelmusik Orchestra. Under the direc-tion of Ivars Taurins, the choir has been described as “the best period-performance choir anywhere in the world” by The Globe and Mail.

Delighting audiences worldwide for more than three decades, Tafelmusik reaches millions of people through its touring, critically-acclaimed recordings, broadcasts, new media, and artistic/community partnerships. The vitality of Tafelmusik’s vision clearly resonates with its audiences in Toronto, where the orchestra performs more than 50 con-certs every year. For 35 years Canada’s most active touring orchestra has maintained a strong pres-ence on the world stage, performing in over 350 cities in 32 countries.

Tafelmusik has released over 80 CDs and has been awarded numerous international recording prizes, including nine JUNO Awards. Tafelmusik has cre-ated its own label, Tafelmusik Media, and has released a number of new and past recordings.

Tafelmusik’s 2015/2016 season highlights include Bach Christmas Oratorio (Dec 3–6), Beethoven 9th Symphony with Bruno Weil at Koerner Hall (Feb 4–7), Bach’s Goldberg Variations with Benjamin Alard (Mar 31–Apr 3, 5), Zelenka and Bach with German soprano Dorothee Mields (Apr 28–May 1), and a new multi-media creation from Alison Mackay, Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House (May 19, 20, 22 and 24). And of course, don’t forget the Messiah at Koerner Hall (Dec 16–19) and the Sing-Along Messiah (Dec 20)!

The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir have enjoyed collaborating with Opera Atelier since its very first production in 1985.

Visit www.tafelmusik.org for more concert information.

About Opera Atelier

Opera Atelier holds a unique place in the North American theatre community, specializing in opera, ballet and drama from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. These productions draw upon the aesthetics and ideals of the period, featuring soloists of international acclaim, period ballet, original instruments, elaborate stage decor, exquisite costumes and an imaginative energy that sets Opera Atelier apart.

Opera Atelier is not in the business of “reconstruction,” rather, each production is a new creative effort and takes its own place in history. Opera Atelier strives to create productions that would have been recognized and respected in their own time while providing a thrilling theatrical experience for modern audiences.

Under the direction of founders Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Opera Atelier has been acclaimed throughout Canada, Houston, Cleveland, Columbus, New York, Stuttgart, Halle, Bremen, London (BBC Proms), Paris, Versailles, Montreux, Citta di Castello, Singapore, Japan and Seoul, Korea. Opera Atelier has collaborated with some of early music’s most distinguished artists including Andrew Parrott, Trevor Pinnock, Hervé Niquet, Marc Minkowski and many others.

Cast Members of Lully’s Persée in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

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Armide - Synopsis

The action concerns the Muslim Warrior Princess Armide and the Christian Knight Renaud. Although a virgin, Armide’s greatest power lies in her sexual allure, which reduces men to a state of hopeless submission. Armide herself is protected by the fact that she herself has never experi-enced desire. Renaud also draws his strength from an almost mystic virginity which renders him impervious to Armide’s allure.

Act IDamascus is decorated to celebrate the Muslim victory over the Crusaders. Armide however is obsessed by the fact she has been unable to subdue Renaud. Her ladies in waiting express surprise and frustration at her agitation over a single warrior. Armide in turn recounts a recur-ring dream in which Renaud annihilates her.

Hidraot (the King of Damascus) encourages Armide to secure the kingdom by choosing a husband. She declares she will only consider joining herself to the man capable of Renaud’s destruction.

The celebration in Damascus is interrupted by the entrance of the Muslim warrior, Aronte. He informs them that the captive Christian army has been miraculously rescued by Renaud. Armide and Hidraot swear vengeance.

Act IIIn the desert, Renaud has separated himself from his fellow warriors. Artémidore (previ-ously rescued by Renaud) appears and warns Renaud that he is near Armide’s territory. Renaud assures Artémidore that he is imperv-ious to her charms.

Armide and Hidraot enter and transform the desert into an oasis. Renaud is lulled into a mag-ical sleep while demons (disguised as beautiful young men and women) render him helpless.

Armide enters to kill the sleeping Renaud. However, when she sees him for the first time she succumbs to her own spell. Armide attempts to convince herself that rather than murdering him, her greatest triumph would be to humiliate Renaud by taking him as her lover. Demons carry him away to her palace.

Act IIIArmide grapples with her love for Renaud. Desperate to free herself, she conjures Hatred to exorcize Love from her heart. Hatred performs a satanic liturgy in which Love is tormented. At the last moment Armide is unable to go through with the exorcism. Furious, Hatred proclaims that he will abandon Armide to Love and never again answer her prayers.

Act IVIn a comic scene, two of Renaud’s companions pass through the desert in an effort to find him. Armed with a magic sceptre and mirror, the Knights resist Armide’s temptations and con-tinue on their quest to find her palace.

Act VWithin the palace, Armide and Renaud declare their passion for each other. Renaud is left to be entertained by Pleasures and Lovers while Armide leaves to consult the Underworld.

The Knights appear during Armide’s absence and break her spell over Renaud. She returns as Renaud prepares to escape and begs him to stay or to take her with him. Renaud refuses her entreaties and she collapses. Renaud explains to an unconscious Armide that although her spell has been broken, he does nevertheless feel love and pity for her. Armide awakens alone, and in an agony of torment she destroys everything within her grasp. Love, however, proves to be more powerful even than Hatred. Armide is left suspended in an agony of hope-less love and desire.

Armide examines the conflict between the Muslim and Christian worlds during the First Crusade of 1099 AD and relates that conflict in the context of an utterly human story. Despite the constant presence of exoticism and magic, the opera’s drama remains startling in its raw emotionalism.

During the course of the opera, the iconic characters of the Muslim warrior princess Armide and the Christian knight Renaud are transformed into human beings with identi-cal weaknesses, fears and foibles. For me, it is the humanity with which both protagonists are depicted that makes the opera so astonishing. There are no victors in Armide. By the end of the opera, we are left with two shattered lives and protagonists (Christian and Muslim) who will never again be able to view their traditional enemy in the same light.

It is my great pleasure to revisit Armide with the extraordinary company that made it such a landmark production for us in 2012, when we made our debut at the Palace of Versailles.

Works of genius like Armide have the power to touch us again and again. As we change and grow as human beings, and as our life experi-ence shapes us, the great works of art with which we are familiar seem to change as well. They introduce us to new aspects of ourselves and new ways of thinking.

To paraphrase a writer, who wrote in relation to Shakespeare: “it is not that we are never finished with Shakespeare, but rather, that Shakespeare is not yet finished with us.”

Similarly, Armide is not yet finished with any of us at Opera Atelier — not by a long shot. Our decision to revisit Lully’s masterpiece is grounded in what this opera offers our artists, and the transformative impact it can have on our audience.

• Marshall Pynkoski

Director’s Notes

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Set DesigN NotesChoreographer’s Notes

Armide (1686) represents the work of Lully and Quinault as a perfectly integrated form includ-ing music, drama, dancing and design. Opera Atelier’s production is true to our mandate in that it is period-sensitive yet newly imagined. Lully, who was an excellent dancer himself, pro-vides the choreographer with beautiful evoca-tive music which is a great pleasure to work with.

The dancer’s role in French Baroque opera is to act as a framework of movement and as a visualization of the music, enhancing the piece through grace, virtuosity and a stylish display of highly trained physiques, gorgeously cos-tumed. Festive scenes with dances and choral singing alternate with dramatic scenes as when Armide’s initial triumphant celebration is inter-rupted by the messenger bringing news that Renaud has released her prisoners. The dra-matic situation created by this juxtaposition greatly enhances the emotional impact of the story as it unfolds.

The opening dances “March and Sarabandes for the People of Damascus” are created accord-ing to the “Noble Style” developed in the Royal Academy established by Louis XIV in 1661. This style is sophisticated and elegant, subtle and refined, and has been preserved in many pictures, manuals and in a form of dance notation. The courtiers at Versailles would have deeply appreci-ated this style as they were proficient dancers themselves. The inclusion of martial arts underlines the military aspect of the scene. Once we enter Armide’s magic world of lovely fairies and demons representing the pleasures of the senses, the style becomes more free with athletic jumps and ges-tures which distort the “noble” carriage. In the 17th century the dancers of the Commedia dell’Arte were very popular in France, with their acrobatic movements and characteristic poses. The crucial character of Love is portrayed by a dancer, with choreography that matches his wings as he floats lightly until the character of Hatred (a singer) appears at Armide’s bidding to exorcise love from her heart. Where Love was accompanied by beautiful spirits, dancing lightly, Hatred has a retinue of leaping demons.

Lully chose the traditional final Passacaille to accompany Armide’s visionary creatures’ last enter-tainment for Renaud, and the dances are once again in a more formal style. A pair of happy lovers opens the Passacaille, followed by dancers representing Music, then Food and Wine, then Poetry, and finally Love. These characters attempt to seduce Renaud into staying forever in their kingdom of earthly delights. The charming idea of dancers carrying, or even wearing, literal symbols of the character which they depict was very popular in 17th century France and offers the present-day audience a delightful glimpse into the past.

• Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg

Armide is a story of the 11th century First Crusade penned as an epic poem by Torquato Tasso in the Italian Renaissance and transformed by Jean Baptiste Lully and Philippe Quinault in 17th century France into the tragédie lyrique we present tonight. The designs for Armide grew out of the real-ization that independently throughout this period the conflicting cultures in the story developed the book as a sophisticated art form that communicated much of its message through exquisitely rendered illustrations and elaborate calligraphy. In Europe the devotional Book of Hours featured breathtaking illuminations illustrating biblical texts, prayers and psalms while in the Middle East artists and scribes were creating the glittering, jewel-toned miniatures that beautify the books of history, legend and poetry that are among the highpoints of artistic achievement in the Islamic world. These miniatures, so full of intricate pattern and burnished gold became the inspiration for a set design that treats the stage as an immense book, each scene another page in a story of conflict, enchantment and thwarted love.

As a departure from my designs for past shows I decided to abandon the forced perspective and trompe l’oeil paint effects so often seen on the baroque stage in favour of brilliant passages of flat colour, stylized pattern and Islamic calligraphy (the only European elements are the Christian icons and military standards captured as trophies by Armide’s armies in the first act). I was fortunate to work closely with a master Persian calligrapher who translated passages of the libretto for Armide into elegantly composed panels of graphic script that became integral parts of the design. Even the house curtain became a “title page” on which a great tughra (the calligraphic emblem traditionally affixed to Ottoman decrees) announces the names of Armide, Lully and Quinault written in Persian.

While the designs for Armide are created in a Baroque spirit, their stylization would have seemed strange to 17th century European eyes. Today in a globalized world where information about for-eign cultures can be had at the click of a button and the conflict in the Middle East continues unabated, this layering of a Middle Eastern aesthetic on a western framework seems to me the right choice for an opera that treats both cultures as equals and in which the struggle between the two produces no clear victor.

• Gerard Gauci

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…those dancers who have lent their artistry to our productions for 10 years and more.


First performance with Opera Atelier, 1986 First performance with Opera Atelier, 2002Photo by Bruce Zinger.

Jeremy Nasmith Juri HiraokaPhoto by Bruce Zinger.

Photo by Bruce Zinger. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

First performance with Opera Atelier, 2002Edward Tracz

First performance with Opera Atelier, 2005Magdalena Vasko



Education and Outreach

For 30 years, Opera Atelier has demonstrated its commitment to artist and youth training, which has grown to include all aspects of performance.

*limited seating, first come first serve only.

The School of Atelier Ballet (SAB) offers classes led by professional dancers in a caring, cre-ative atmosphere year-round, six days a week. Instruction in ballet, modern dance and histori-cal dance is affordable and enjoyable for both aspiring professionals and recreational dancers. SAB also provides an intensive summer program in which students study various forms of dance. Students from the SAB also participate in vari-ous outreach performances throughout the year across the city of Toronto through the Dance Through Time program, which traces the history of dance from the Renaissance right through to the Romantic era (15th to 19th centuries), and pro-vides educational and entertaining commentary that puts each dance in a historical context.

Opera Atelier’s Making of an Opera (MOAO) has influenced hundreds of teachers and thou-sands of students across the GTA over the last 15 years. Designed for high school students, workshops and demonstrations include histori-cal perspectives, set and costume design, wigs and makeup, careers in the arts, music, dance and stage fighting. This informative and hands-on learning experience culminates in attendance at a dress rehearsal performance.

OA’s numerous outreach performances and workshops give opera-lovers of all ages the opportunity to hear, learn about, and discuss all aspects of the production with guest soloists and members of the Opera Atelier creative team.

Each evening during our productions, we also offer interesting and informative pre-perfor-mance chats. Pre-performance chats are held 45 minutes before each performance on the lower level at the Elgin Lounge, where speakers will discuss the production and answer audience questions.

For more information on our education and out-reach programs please visit operaatelier.com.

School of Atelier Ballet. Photo by Claire Lucht 2014.

Opera Atelier’s Period Performance Lab will take place twice a year for all singers and dancers involved in Opera Atelier productions. Thanks to the ongoing support from the Hal Jackman Foundation, Opera Atelier’s Period Performance Lab will allow us to continue to train Canadian artists in repertoire and techniques they would never otherwise encounter, and our singers and dancers will be challenged to broaden their tech-nique in new ways.

Future sessions will be open to a select number of young opera and ballet professionals, who will be

invited to attend and audit sessions with our main stage cast and to work first-hand with Opera Atelier’s artistic team. Each Opera Atelier Period Performance Lab will conclude with an open rehearsal offered to the public* free-of-charge.

There is no other opera or ballet company in Canada that provides such in-depth prepara-tion for virtually every piece of repertoire. Opera Atelier’s Period Performance Lab will ensure the continuation of this invaluable training opportu-nity for Canadian singers and dancers.

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Opera Atelier is pleased to announce the launch of the Period Performance Lab artist training program.

With sincere gratitude, we salute

Jerry & Joan Lozinskifor supporting Marshall Pynkoski

as Co-Artistic Director.

Marshall is actively involved in arts education programs here and within the community, and the Lozinskis are proud to support his work.

Opera Atelier would also like to acknowledge Jerry & Joan’s four-year commitment to the company. Their pledge will help solidify

a bright and exciting future for Opera Atelier.

THANK YOU!

Royal Opera House of Versailles (2012). Photo by Bruce Zinger.

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Opera Atelier applauds

Brayton Polka for supporting our partnership with the critically acclaimed

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.Thank you for becoming our official Orchestra Sponsor!

The company of The Magic Flute and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

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With sincere gratitude we salute

Vivian Elizabeth Pilar

THANK YOU VIVIAN!

In addition to her long-standing and continuing sponsorship of the Artists of Atelier Ballet,

Vivian is also sponsoring Aaron Ferguson as Chevalier Danois.

for her generosity and dedication to Opera Atelier.

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Opera Atelier’s work is generously supported by loyal and dedicated patrons who share our passion and enthusiasm for period productions of opera and ballet. We are deeply appreciative of their commitment to our vision. For information on the Friends or Baroque Court programs, or to make a gift to Opera Atelier, please call Dan Hickey at 416.703.3767 x226.

ARTIST SPONSORSMarshall Pynkoski Co-Artistic Director and Educator generously sponsored by Jerry & Joan Lozinski.

Artists of Atelier Ballet generously sponsored by Vivian Elizabeth Pilar.

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra generously sponsored by Brayton Polka.

Peggy Kriha Dye generously sponsored by The Patrick Hodgson Family Foundation.

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Daniel Belcher generously sponsored by Walter M. and Lisa Balfour Bowen and their children to mark the occasion of their 45th wedding anniversary.

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Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Choreographer generously sponsored by Vivian Elizabeth Pilar.

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ONTARIO HERITAGE TRUSTChairman Thomas H. B. SymonsChief Executive Officer Beth HannaDirector, Heritage Programs and Operations Sean FraserActing Director, Corporate Businesses and Services Paul Dempsey

The Elgin And Winter Garden Theatre Centre

The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre is owned and operated by the Ontario Heritage Trust (OHT), a not-for-profit agency of the Ontario Min-istry of Tourism, Sport and Culture. The OHT is dedicated to preserving, protecting and promoting Ontario’s diverse heritage. The OHT is financially supported, in part, through generous corporate sponsors and private donors.

ELGIN AND WINTER GARDEN VOLUNTEERSThe OHT is grateful to the hundreds of volunteers who donate their time and efforts to the promotion and preservation of the theatres. Volunteers are involved in guided tours, events and special pro-grams. If you wish to become a volunteer go to www.heritagetrust.on.ca/ewg for more information and to download an application form.

Please Note: Latecomers may not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance and only at the dis-cretion of management. The use of cameras, record-ing equipment, radios or any playback devices is not permitted in the theatres. Patrons are asked to ensure that watch alarms and cell phones do not sound during the performance. No food or beverage, with the exception of water, is permitted in the theatres. Smoking is not permitted in the Theatre Centre. Hearing Enhancement: The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre is equipped with a hearing enhancement system. Please ask the usher staff for assistance.

Lost and Found Articles: Call (416) 314-2885 and leave a message with your name, telephone number and article description.Public Tours: Guided tours of the Centre take place Thursday afternoons at 5 p.m. and Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. No reservation is required and tickets can be purchased 30 minutes prior to the tour in the lobby. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors. Group tours are available by special arrange-ment, call (416) 314-2871 for more information.

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PRODUCTION STAFF

Resident Music Director David FallisAssistant Conductor Peter TiefenbachApprentice Stage Manager Théa PelStage Management Intern Lucia CorakTour Manager Natasha Bean-Smith

Repetiteurs Sara-Anne Churchill Borys Medicky Wesley ShenHead of Wardrobe Michael LegouffeMake-up Designer & Artist Barbara SzablowskiCobbler Jitterbug Boy

Wig Mistress Jacqueline Robertson-CullDiction Coach Charles Di MeglioScenic Painting Scenic Drop StudiosWeapons Fantastic Creations

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Executive Director Alexandra SkoczylasDirector of Development Dan HickeyDirector of Finance & Administration Trini Mitra

Production Manager William H. Zachary BrumanSenior Manager of Communications & Education Bronwen BradleyAudience Services Coordinator Holly CoishDevelopment Coordinator Monica CalzarettoDevelopment & Marketing Coordinator Kirsten HeringProduction Assistant Nic Vincent

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Co-Artistic Director Marshall PynkoskiCo-Artistic Director Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg

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