{"id":111949,"date":"2025-02-18T15:21:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T20:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=111949"},"modified":"2025-02-18T15:21:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T20:21:41","slug":"scrutiny-opera-atelier-announces-program-40th-season-mozart-debussy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2025\/02\/18\/scrutiny-opera-atelier-announces-program-40th-season-mozart-debussy\/","title":{"rendered":"SCRUTINY | Opera Atelier Announces Program For 40th Season: Mozart & Debussy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Opera Atelier\u2019s production of Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande, 2024 (Photo: Bruce Zinger)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For 2025-26, Opera Atelier, Toronto\u2019s Baroque opera specialists, offer both the familiar and the new. Mozart\u2019s The Magic Flute, an OA audience favourite, returns to open the season, followed by the Canadian premiere of a new production of Debussy\u2019s Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to open our season in Toronto\u2019s historic Elgin Theatre with the company\u2019s period production of Mozart\u2019s The Magic Flute, part of our 40th anniversary celebrations,\u201d says Opera Atelier Founding Co-artistic Director Marshall Pynkoski in a statement. \u201cOpera Atelier\u2019s Magic Flute remains North America\u2019s first and only period production of the Opera and has proven to be a cherished piece of music theatre that appeals to children, adults, first-time opera goers and opera aficionados alike.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tenor Colin Ainsworth as Tamino and baritone Olivier Laquerre as Papageno in Opera Atelier’s 2013 production of The Magic Flute (Photo: Bruce Zinger)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mozart: The Magic Flute<\/h2>\n

Opera Atelier\u2019s production, using Andrew Porter\u2019s English translation, takes Mozart\u2019s original intentions as its inspiration. The composer\u2019s goal was to create a comic opera that would appeal to everyone, and uses both sung and spoken dialogue.<\/p>\n

The story centres around Prince Tamino and the bird-man Papageno, and their quest to free the princess Pamina from the Queen of the Night. Sung in Andrew Porter\u2019s delightful English translation, Opera Atelier\u2019s production pays tribute to Mozart\u2019s intention to create an accessible comic masterpiece.<\/p>\n

Opera Atelier\u2019s production was redesigned in 2013 by Gerard Gauci, and features a slew of 18th century special effects, includng dragons, flying machines, and more.<\/p>\n

The Cast<\/h3>\n

Audience favourites return in this crowd pleaser.<\/p>\n