{"id":71637,"date":"2021-07-20T13:01:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T17:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=71637"},"modified":"2021-07-20T13:12:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T17:12:32","slug":"scoop-opera-atelier-delays-return-full-concerts-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/07\/20\/scoop-opera-atelier-delays-return-full-concerts-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Opera Atelier Delays Return To Full Concerts Until 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Richard Coeur-de-Lion at the Royal Opera House Versailles. (Photo: Agathe Poupeney)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Toronto\u2019s Opera Atelier has announced details for their upcoming 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n

Despite concert venues opening across Ontario amid Step 3 of the province\u2019s re-opening plan, OA will be holding in-theatre performances off until the Spring of 2022.<\/p>\n

Full details on the return to in-person performances will be announced in January 2022.<\/p>\n

While an earlier return to live concerts may be disappointing for opera fans, the good news is last season\u2019s popular film version of Handel\u2019s The Resurrection<\/em><\/a> returns for two weeks starting July 29, 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a new film version of 2019\u2019s Angel Speaks<\/em> on the way.<\/p>\n

Edwin Huizinga\u2019s Angel<\/em> begins streaming Thursday, October 28, 2021, at 7 p.m. The 70-minute fully-staged production from Toronto\u2019s St. Lawrence Hall will be available through November 12, 2021.<\/p>\n

The film will also include music by Jean-Philippe Rameau, William Boyce, Matthew Locke, and excerpts from Max Richter\u2019s Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi \u2014 The Four Seasons<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Angel Speaks<\/em> premiered in Versailles in 2017 as part of the Canada 150 celebrations in France. This new film version includes stage direction by Marshall Pynkoski for Artists of Atelier Ballet with choreography by Jeannette Zingg and Tyler Gledhill. The production will showcase new sets and art direction from Gerard Gauci, and costumes by Michael Gianfrancesco and Michael Legouffe.<\/p>\n

Angel<\/em> will be conducted by Opera Atelier Music Director David Fallis, with Tafelmusik\u2019s Elisa Citterio on violin.
\nThe film includes performances by sopranos Measha Brueggergosman, Mireille Asselin and Meghan Lindsay, tenor Colin Ainsworth, baritones Jesse Blumberg and John Tibbetts (Opera Atelier debut), and bass-baritone Douglas Williams.<\/p>\n

Tickets go on sale<\/a> Friday, October 1, 2021. A pre-sale for Opera Atelier subscribers is available on Monday, September 27, 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n

What They\u2019re Saying<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cHuizinga\u2019s stunning commission has enjoyed enormous success since its premiere in 2017 in France, expanding on a yearly basis with additional performances in Toronto, at Chicago\u2019s Harris Theater for Music and Dance, and in Versailles,\u201d said Opera Atelier\u2019s Marshall Pynkoski.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt long last, we are able to realize this project in its entirety with a stellar international roster of artists, led by Opera Atelier\u2019s Artist In Residence \u2014 soprano Measha Brueggergosman, the Artists of Atelier Ballet, and Tafelmusik. The film premiere will include excerpts from John Milton\u2019s Paradise Lost, interwoven with Rainer Maria Rilke\u2019s mystic poetry in a new translation commissioned by Opera Atelier from American Playwright Grace Andreacchi.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other Opera Atelier news<\/strong><\/h3>\n