October 22 – 31 2015

October 22 – 31, 2015 

Season Underwriter 

Season Presenting Sponsor 

Production Sponsor 

Season Supported by

Message from the mayor of toronto 

Michael Wekerle’s support of Opera Atelier is 

truly outstanding. From everyone at Opera Atelier, 

THANK YOU! 

Opera Atelier’s 30th Anniversary 

photo by Bruce Zinger. 

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Marshall Pynkoski & Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Co-Artistic Directors 

presents 

Jean-Baptiste Lully 

A Tragédie en Musique in Five Acts, Libretto by Philippe Quinault 

based on Torquato Tasso’s Jerusalem Delivered 

Sung in French with English surtitles. 

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

Artists of 

Atelier Ballet 

Levi Blad 

Meredith Clinton 

Justin De Luna (apprentice) 

Tyler Gledhill 

Juri Hiraoka 

Elizabeth Kalashnikova 

Jeremy Nasmith 

Jennifer Nichols 

Julia Sedwick 

Michael Spendlove 

Edward Tracz 

Brett Vansickle 

Magdalena Vasko 

Dominic Who 

Angel Wong 

Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg 

Manon Ens-Lapointe 

(supernumerary) 

Carianne Shakes 

(supernumerary) 

Tafelmusik 

Chamber Choir 

Ivars Taurins, Director 

Soprano 

Michele DeBoer 

Brenda Enns 

Francine Labelle 

Carrie Loring 

Meghan Moore 

Susan Suchard 

Alto 

Simon Honeyman 

Valeria Kondrashov 

Peter Mahon 

Richard Whittall 

Tenor 

Paul Jeffrey 

Will Johnson 

Robert Kinar 

Cory Knight 

Bass 

Keith Lam 

Paul Oros 

Graham Robinson 

Dennis Zimmer 

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra 

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 

Jeanne Lamon, Director 

Violin I 

Jeanne Lamon (Solo Violin I) 

Geneviève Gilardeau (Solo Violin II) 

Patricia Ahern 

Edwin Huizinga 

Julia Wedman 

Cristina Zacharias 

Viola 

Stefano Marcocchi 

Brandon Chui 

Thomas Georgi 

Patrick G. Jordan 

Shannon Knights 

Christopher Verrette 


Viola da gamba 

Felix Deak 

Violoncello 

Christina Mahler (continuo) 

Margaret Gay 

Kerri McGonigle 

Basse de violon 

David Morris 

Recorder 

Alison Melville 

Colin Savage 

Oboe 

John Abberger 

Marco Cera 



Bassoon 

Dominic Teresi 

Anna Marsh 

Percussion 

Ed Reifel 

Lute 

Lucas Harris 

Daniel Swenberg 

Harpsichord 

Charlotte Nediger 

Avi Stein 

Season Supported by 

an Ontario government agency 

un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario 

This event has been financially assisted by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund of the Government of Ontario through 

the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, administered by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund Corporation. 

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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 from the Chairman of the Board 

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 including 

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 

Message from the executive director 

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, corporations, 

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. 

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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 

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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. 

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The company of Armide takes 

a bow in Versailles (2012). 

Photo by Bruce Zinger. 

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Artist Biogr aphies 

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, Sopr ano 

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. 

 

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. 

Hidr aot 

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. 

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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Artist Biogr aphies (continued) 

Phénice / Lucinde 

Carla Huhtanen, Sopr ano 

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 competitions, 

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, Sopr ano 

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 

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 Gauci 

For 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 repertoire 

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. 

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Production Staff (continued) 

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 


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, Mozartwoche, 

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. 

 

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 

Monik a 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.” 

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. 

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Opera Atelier’s landmark production of Mozart’s 

The Magic Flute (2013). Photo by Bruce Zinger.

Marshall Pynkoski & Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg 

Artists of Atelier Ballet 

Director 

Marshall Pynkoski 

Levi 

Blad 

Elizabeth 

Kalashnikova 

Edward 

Tr acz 

Marshall Pynkoski’s fascination with music, theatre and dance of the 17 th and 18 th centuries 

began in classes with the late Leonard Crainford and John Marshall, respectively 

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 productions 

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 outstanding 

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. 

Choreogr apher 


Canadian choreographer Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg has performed and choreographed 

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 audiences 

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. 

First performance 

with Opera Atelier: 

Gluck’s Orpheus and 

Euridice, 2015. 

Meredith 

Clinton 



Mozart’s Abduction 

from the Seraglio, 

2013. 

Justin 

De Luna 

(apprentice) 

Opera Atelier 

debut. 

Tyler 

Gledhill 





2008. 

Juri 

Hir aok a 



Charpentier’s 

Medee, 2002. 





2013. 

Jeremy 

Nasmith 



Monteverdi’s Orfeo, 

1986. 

Jennifer 

Nichols 



Mozart’s Idomeneo, 

2008. 

Julia 

Sedwick 



Handel’s Acis and 

Galatea, 2010. 

Michael 

Spendlove 



Mozart’s Idomeneo, 

2008. 



Charpentier’s 

Médée, 2002. 

Brett 

Vansickle 





2013. 

Magdalena 

Vasko 



Lully’s Armide, 2005. 

Dominic 

Who 



Gluck’s Orpheus and 

Euridice, 2015. 

Angel 

Wong 



Gluck’s Iphigénie en 

Tauride, 2009. 

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Tafelmusik Baroque ORCHESTRA 

About Opera Atelier 

Opera Atelier holds a unique place in the North American theatre community, 

specializing in opera, ballet and drama from the 17 th , 18 th and 19 th 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. 

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Cast Members of Lully’s Persée in the Hall of 

Mirrors, Versailles. Photo by Bruce Zinger. 

Tafelmusik 

Baroque Orchestra 

& Chamber Choir 

Hailed as “one of the world’s top baroque orchestras” 

by Gramophone Magazine, Tafelmusik was 

founded in 1979 by Kenneth Solway and Susan 

Graves. At the heart of this Toronto-based ensemble 

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 complement 

to the Tafelmusik Orchestra. Under the direction 

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 concerts 

every year. For 35 years Canada’s most active 

touring orchestra has maintained a strong presence 

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 created 

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. 

Jeanne Lamon, 

Chief Artistic 

Advisor 

Music 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 director 

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 Choir 

Equally at home conducting 

symphonic and choral repertoire, 

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 regularly 

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. 

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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 experienced 

desire. Renaud also draws his strength from an almost mystic virginity which renders him 

impervious to Armide’s allure. 

Act I 

Act III 

Damascus 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 recurring 

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 II 

In the desert, Renaud has separated himself 

from his fellow warriors. Artémidore (previously 

rescued by Renaud) appears and warns 

Renaud that he is near Armide’s territory. 

Renaud assures Artémidore that he is impervious 

to her charms. 

Armide and Hidraot enter and transform the 

desert into an oasis. Renaud is lulled into a magical 

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. 

Armide 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 IV 

In 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 continue 

on their quest to find her palace. 

Act V 

Within 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 hopeless 

love and desire. 

Director’s Notes 

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 identical 

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 experience 

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 

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Photo of Artists of Atelier Ballet Tyler Gledhill 

and Nyda Kwasowsky by Bruce Zinger.

Choreogr apher’s Notes 

Armide (1686) represents the work of Lully and 

Quinault as a perfectly integrated form including 

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, provides 

the choreographer with beautiful evocative 

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 costumed. 

Festive scenes with dances and choral 

singing alternate with dramatic scenes as when 

Armide’s initial triumphant celebration is interrupted 

by the messenger bringing news that 

Renaud has released her prisoners. The dramatic 

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 according 

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 appreciated 

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 gestures 

which distort the “noble” carriage. In the 17 th 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 entertainment 

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 17 th century France and offers the present-day 

audience a delightful glimpse into the past. 

• Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg 

Set DesigN Notes 

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 realization 

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 foreign 

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. 




Juri Hiraoka 

First performance with Opera Atelier, 1986 First performance with Opera Atelier, 2002 


Photo by Bruce Zinger.





Edward Tr acz 

First performance with Opera Atelier, 2002 


Magdalena Vasko 

First performance with Opera Atelier, 2005 

Photo by Bruce Zinger.

Education and Outreach 

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

For 30 years, Opera Atelier has demonstrated its 

commitment to artist and youth training, which has 

grown to include all aspects of performance. 

The School of Atelier Ballet (SAB) offers classes 

led by professional dancers in a caring, creative 

atmosphere year-round, six days a week. 

Instruction in ballet, modern dance and historical 

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 various 

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 (15 th to 19 th centuries), and provides 

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 thousands 

of students across the GTA over the last 

15 years. Designed for high school students, 

workshops and demonstrations include historical 

perspectives, set and costume design, wigs 

and makeup, careers in the arts, music, dance 

and stage fighting. This informative and handson 

learning experience culminates in attendance 

at a dress rehearsal performance. 

Opera Atelier is pleased to announce the launch of 

the Period Performance Lab artist training program. 

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 technique 

in new ways. 

Future sessions will be open to a select number of 

young opera and ballet professionals, who will be 

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School of Atelier Ballet. 

Photo by Claire Lucht 2014. 

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-performance 

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 outreach 

programs please visit operaatelier.com. 

Period Performance 

Lab Sponsor: 

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 preparation 

for virtually every piece of repertoire. Opera 

Atelier’s Period Performance Lab will ensure the 

continuation of this invaluable training opportunity 

for Canadian singers and dancers. 

*limited seating, first come first serve only. 

With sincere gratitude, 

we salute 

Jerry & Joan Lozinski 

for 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!

Corpor ate & Foundation Supporters 

Corporate & Foundation Supporters 


Operatix Sponsor 

15-16 Season Presenting Sponsor 

Young Artist Development Sponsor 


Making of an Opera Sponsor 

Artist Travel Sponsor 

The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation 

Production Partners 

The Sharp Foundation 

Corporate Donors 

Delaney Capital Management 

Foresters 

Habib Canadian Bank 

Power Corporation of Canada 

Staff Your Event 

St. Lawrence Market Complex 

at the St. Lawrence Hall 

Education Supporters 

J.P. Bickell Foundation 

The McLean Foundation 

Foundation Support 

The Bennett Family Foundation 

The Dalglish Family Foundation 

The Lloyd & Gladys Fogler Foundation 

The Murray Frum Foundation 

Patrick Hodgson Family Foundation 

Keith Foundation at the Strategic Charitable 

Giving Foundation 

Barrie D. Rose and Family 

Judith Teller Foundation 

Twigge-Molecey Family Foundation 

on behalf of Benefaction 

The Henry White Kinnear Foundation 

Piano Sponsor 

Robert Lowrey Piano Inc. 

Beverage Sponsor 

Second Cup, Jarvis and King 

Student Access Program Sponsor Period Performance Lab Sponsor Archives and Storage Sponsor 

Opera Atelier applauds 

Brayton Polka 

for supporting our partnership 

with the critically acclaimed 

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. 

Thank you for becoming our official Orchestra Sponsor! 

Cosmetics Sponsor 

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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 

for her generosity and dedication to 

Opera Atelier. 

In addition to her long-standing and continuing sponsorship 

of the Artists of Atelier Ballet, 

Vivian is also sponsoring Aaron Ferguson as Chevalier Danois. 

Individual Giving All donor lists as of October 1, 2015 

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 SPONSORS 

Marshall 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. 

Colin Ainsworth generously 

sponsored by Mr. Greig S. Dunn & 

Mr. Robert Maclennan. 

Daniel Belcher generously 

sponsored by Walter M. and Lisa 

Balfour Bowen and their children 

to mark the occasion of their 

45 th wedding anniversary. 

Meghan Lindsay generously 

sponsored by Tom Logan. 

Carla Huhtanen generously 

sponsored by Katalin Schäfer. 

Stephen Hegedus generously 

sponsored by Jack Whiteside. 

Aaron Ferguson generously 


Olivier LaQuerre generously 

sponsored by William & Jan Lambert. 

Tafelmusik Chamber Choir 

generously sponsored by 

Nick and Barb Zelenczuk. 

Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, 

Choreographer generously 


THANK YOU VIVIAN! 

THE SUN KING ($200,000) 

Mr. Michael A. Wekerle* 

SUN KING ($20,000+) 

Mr. David Broadhurst * 

Bill & Catherine Graham *** 

Anna L. Guthrie *** 

The Patrick Hodgson 

Family Foundation 

Mr. & Mrs. William Lambert *** 

Mr. Thomas Logan ** 

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry & Joan Lozinski ** 

Vivian Elizabeth Pilar *** 

Mr. Brayton Polka * 

Ms Katalin Schäfer** 

VICEROY ($10,000 – $19,999) 

Walter M. & Lisa Balfour Bowen*** 

David Allan & Cynthia Young* 

Mr. Greig S. Dunn & 

Mr. Robert Maclennan*** 

Mr. & Ms Ken & Sharon Giffen** 

David Green, Daphne Wagner, Lita & 

Mikey Green, Youth Education 

and Outreach Supporters 

John & Judith Grant *** 

Gordon & Pamela Henderson* 

Thomas Keirstead & Deidre Lynch* 

Ms Connie Leon 

Mr. John MacKinlay * 

Marshall Pynkoski & 


Mr. Jack Whiteside ** 

Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Zelenczuk*** 

Mr. Bruce Zinger*** 

MARQUIS ($5,000 – $9,999) 

Diane Blake & Stephen Smith 

Mr. J. Harold Buttle* 

Ms Johanna Metcalf ** 

Tim and Frances Price** 

Ms Darla Rhyne**** 

Anonymous, Youth Education 

and Outreach Supporters**** 

IMPRESARIOS ($2,500 – $4,999) 

Ms Anne Baumann* 

Dr. Thomas Beechy*** 

Ms Marcia Lewis Brown 

Ms Alberta G. Cefis*** 

Mrs. & Mr. Vreni & Marc Ducommun 

Robert Glover & Martha McOuat 

Mr. David Harquail* 

Mr. Phillip Khaiat & Ms Carolynne 

Hallitt, Youth Education and 

Outreach Supporters *** 

Arif & Hazel Manuel* 

Ms Suzanne McCuaig* 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Susan Mathia** 

Peter M. Partridge**** 

Dr. Jolie Ringash & Dr.Glen Bandiera 

Mr. James H. Stonehouse** 

Ms Ingrid Tanner* 

Rick & Virginia Walker 

Mr. Frank Whittaker** 

PATRON ($1,500 – $2,499) 

Ms Jane Adams 

Patricia & Sheldon Barretto 

Ms Moira Bartram * 

Ms Lori Bianchini 

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Mr. John Clifford * 

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen & Linda Cook *** 

Dean Artists 

Ms Catherine Dunne* 

Mr. Thomas Evans ** 

Ms Elda Fares* 

Al & Jane Forest 

Rev. Brian D. Freeland **** 

Dan Hickey & Lisa Vanderlip 

Ms Lindsay Histrop 

Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Hélène Hunt * 

Ron Lalonde & Jane Humphreys * 

Mr. Kazik Jedrzejczak *** 

Mr. Arnost Kolin 

Tina Leslie** 

Mr. Stephen Moranis & 

Dr. Monica Caverson 

Mr. Roger D. Moore*** 

Ms Sheila Phillips ** 

Mr. & Mrs. Ian & Annie Sale * 

Alexandra Skoczylas & Shaun Little 

S.K. Upjohn *** 

Nicole Vermond & Andre Langevin 

Ms Linda Young* 

* five to nine years of support ** 10 to 14 years of support *** 15 to 19 years of support **** 20 or more years of support 

The Company of Armide (2012). Photo by Bruce Zinger. 

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Individual Giving(continued) 

MAESTRO ($1,000 - $1,499) 

C. Bergeron 

Mr. David Fallis & 

Ms Alison MacKay** 

Tyler Gledhill 

Dr. Richard Isaac* 

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Brian Bucknall * 

Dr. Emilie Newell* 

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

Olivier LaQuerre in Armide (2012). Photo by Bruce Zinger. 


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for sponsoring 

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& Their Children 

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to mark the occasion of their 

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Krešimir Špicer in Alcina (2014). 



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for sponsoring Carla Huhtanen 


Nick & Barb 

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the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir 

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Carla Huhtanen in Abduction from the Seraglio (2013). 



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The Elgin And Winter Garden Theatre Centre 

Special Thanks! 

189 YONGE STREET 

TORONTO, ON M5B 1M4 

General Manager 

Brett Randall 

Marketing and 

Communications Manager 

Ellen Flowers 

Administrative Assistant 

Lena Polyvyannaya 

Production Manager 

Dana Johnston 

Front Of House Manager 

Lori MacLean 

House Manager 

Kelly Mudie 

Usher Supervisors 

Bryce Dudley, Arnie Lappin, 

Randall Pierce, Jason Singh 

Manager, Bookings And Events 

Kevin Harris 

Box Office Manager 

Sasha Miszczyk 

Box Office Staff 

Cecilia Aguilera 

Patrick Crowther 

Operations Manager 

Derek Dresser 

Operations Staff 

John Kolesnyk 

Jeff Snow 

Marc Washington 

Production and 

Operations Assistant 

Grant Hawkins 

Box office services 

provided by Ticketmaster. 

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 Ministry 

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. 

(416) 314-2901 

www.heritagetrust.on.ca/ewg 

I.A.T.S.E. DEPT. HEADS – Local 58 

Head Carpenter 

Jim Nutt 

Head Electrician 

Lars Tilander 

Head of Properties 

Mark Fisher 

Head of Sound 

Aaron Hanna 

ONTARIO HERITAGE TRUST 

Chairman 

Thomas H. B. Symons 

Chief Executive Officer 

Beth Hanna 

Director, Heritage Programs 

and Operations 

Sean Fraser 

Acting Director, Corporate 

Businesses and Services 

Paul Dempsey 

ELGIN AND WINTER GARDEN VOLUNTEERS 

The 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 programs. 

If you wish to become a volunteer go to www. 

heritagetrust.on.ca/ewg for more information and to 

download an application form. 

All the staff at The Elgin 

& Winter Garden Theatres 

Greig S. Dunn 

Alex Eddington 

Anna Guthrie 

Opera Atelier’s wonderful 

group of volunteers 

John MacKinlay 

Bob Marshall 

Anne-Marie Mediwake 

Mendl & Zev Schwartz, 

Incredible Printing 

Lary Willows, Staff Your Event 

Opera AtelieR board & Staff 

FOUNDING DIRECTORS 

Co-Artistic Director 

Marshall Pynkoski 

Co-Artistic Director 


ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 

Executive Director 

Alexandra Skoczylas 

Director of Development 

Dan Hickey 

Director of Finance 

& Administration 

Trini Mitra 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

President and Chair 

John MacKinlay 

Treasurer 

Sharon Giffen 

Jane Adams 

Anne Baumann 

Eric Dingman 

Production Manager 

William H. Zachary Bruman 

Senior Manager of 

Communications & Education 

Bronwen Bradley 

Audience Services Coordinator 

Holly Coish 

Development Coordinator 

Monica Calzaretto 

Development & Marketing 

Coordinator 

Kirsten Hering 

Production Assistant 

Nic Vincent 

Jack Rennie 

Nada Ristich, 

BMO Financial Group 

Connie Leon 

St. Lawrence Hall 

Elda Fares 

Jan Lambert 

Robert Mathia 

Steven Rosenhek 

James Stonehouse 

Rani Turna 

Bruce Zinger 

Resident Photographer 

Bruce Zinger 

Archival Videographer 

John Kerr 

Graphic Design 

Ted Rouse, Takedanger Design 

Please Note: Latecomers may not be admitted until a 

suitable break in the performance and only at the discretion 

of management. The use of cameras, recording 

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 arrangement, 

call (416) 314-2871 for more information. 

Like us on facebook.com/elginwintergardentheatres 

PRODUCTION STAFF 

Resident Music Director 

David Fallis 

Assistant Conductor 

Peter Tiefenbach 

Apprentice Stage Manager 

Théa Pel 

Stage Management Intern 

Lucia Corak 

Tour Manager 

Natasha Bean-Smith 

Repetiteurs 

Sara-Anne Churchill 

Borys Medicky 

Wesley Shen 

Head of Wardrobe 

Michael Legouffe 

Make-up Designer & Artist 

Barbara Szablowski 

Cobbler 

Jitterbug Boy 

Wig Mistress 

Jacqueline Robertson-Cull 

Diction Coach 

Charles Di Meglio 

Scenic Painting 

Scenic Drop Studios 

Weapons 

Fantastic Creations 

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