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HANDEL THE RESURRECTION Production Underwriter Vivian Elizabeth Pilar

SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR SEASON UNDERWRITER for the

2 All of us at Opera Atelier extend heartfelt thanks to VIVIAN ELIZABETH PILAR for launching our Campaign for Creation with her extraordinary leadership gift.

Vivian’s belief in Opera Atelier, her genuine love of our artists and the aesthetic we have developed over the past 35 years, are in every way exceptional.

It gives us great pleasure to honour Vivian as The Resurrection Production Underwriter.

CAMPAIGN for CREATION OPERA ATELIER’S FUND FOR OUR FUTURE

3 MARSHALL PYNKOSKI & JEANNETTE LAJEUNESSE ZINGG CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS PRESENT

George Frideric Handel THE RESURRECTION

Audio recorded in Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning Production filmed in the Ballroom of St. Lawrence Hall

PRODUCTION UNDERWRITER VIVIAN ELIZABETH PILAR

SUNG IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES / PERFORMANCE RUN TIME 1 HOUR 39 MINUTES

David FALLIS Conductor Marshall PYNKOSKI Director Jeannette Lajeunesse ZINGG Choreographer Gerard GAUCI Set Designer / Art Director Marcel CANZONA Film Director / Editor / Director of Photography Matthew ANTAL Audio Production Michael LEGOUFFE Head of Wardrobe / Designer Jennifer PARR Resident Fight Director Melissa ROOD Production Stage Manager / Script Supervisor

CAST Colin AINSWORTH St. John the Evangelist Carla HUHTANEN Angel Meghan LINDSAY Mary Magdalene Allyson MCHARDY Cleophas Douglas WILLIAMS Lucifer

Libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece / Edition by Clifford Bartlett Used by arrangement with the Early Music Company Ltd.

4 ARTISTS OF ATELIER BALLET

Tyler GLEDHILL* Cynthia SMITHERS Kevin LAW Edward TRACZ Courtney LYMAN Magdalena VASKÓ Kealan MCLAUGHLIN Dominic WHO Rebecca MORANIS Xi YI** Julia SEDWICK Jeannette Lajeunesse ZINGG

*Fight Captain / **Apprentice

Elisa CITTERIO, MUSIC DIRECTOR

Cristina ZACHARIAS, Violin I (Leader) Felix DEAK, Violoncello (recitatives) Elizabeth Loewen ANDREWS, Violin I Pippa MACMILLAN, Double bass Julia WEDMAN, Violin I Grégoire JEAY, Flute/Recorder Geneviève GILARDEAU, Violin II Alison MELVILLE, Recorder Emily ENG, Violin II John ABBERGER, Oboe Christopher VERRETTE, Violin II Marco CERA, Oboe Patrick G. JORDAN, Viola Dominic TERESI, Bassoon Brandon CHUI, Viola Alexis BASQUE, Trumpet Mélisande CORRIVEAU, Viola da gamba Shawn SPICER, Trumpet Keiran CAMPBELL, Violoncello Lucas HARRIS, Theorbo Margaret GAY, Violoncello Christopher BAGAN, Harpsichord

“Vedo il ciel” Trumpet Solo performed and recorded by Alexis BASQUE / On camera Trumpet Player performed by Shawn SPICER

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5 Welcome to THE RESURRECTION

Dear Friends,

We hardly need to tell you—our loyal ticket buyers and subscribers—that we have had to completely reimagine Opera Atelier’s 35th Anniversary Season. The sheer number of artists required for our planned productions of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas made it impossible for the season to meet Ontario’s important COVID-19 Health Directives.

But OA remains committed to creating beautiful theatre—particularly in the face of adversity! In fact, the challenges inherent in producing under Ontario’s health and safety guidelines have proven to be an exciting Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski challenge, and a genuine catalyst for creativity. and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg in the Royal Chapel at Versailles. We want to thank those of you who joined us for our broadcast of Something Rich & Strange —the first offering of our 2020/21 Season of Visions and Dreams. This production has already been accepted for inclusion by the Experimental Dance & Music Film Festival, and will have online screenings in Los Angeles, and in Toronto. It has also been showcased by Chicago’s Harris Theater for Music and Dance, as part of the Harris Theater’s Virtual Stage programming. Recently, the production was also given an international platform as part of the Night of Ideas, curated by the Alliance Française, L’Institut Français and the Consulate General of France.

Something Rich & Strange is still available for your viewing pleasure until June 1, 2021. For information and tickets please visit us online at operaatelier.com.

Thank you for joining us for our filmed production of Handel’s The Resurrection. What opera could be more fitting as we watch with hope, and heightened expectation, the reopening of Canada and the world.

Opera Atelier firmly believes that live theatre functions as an important essential service which plays a vital role in the wellbeing of audience members like yourselves.

Your ongoing support has allowed us to continue to produce meaningful, fulfilling work for our artists, while providing you with life-enhancing theatre.

We’re dreaming of a bright future! Thank you for choosing to be part of it.

Sincerely,

Marshall & Jeannette

6 Greetings

On behalf of Opera Atelier’s Board of Directors, we would like to welcome you to our long-awaited film production of Handel’s The Resurrection!

We’d like to extend our sincere thanks to Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg for their exemplary leadership, vision and passion. Over this past year they, along with the entire OA team, have approached the enduring challenges as a genuine catalyst for creativity. Needless to say, the results are inspiring.

The success of our Reimagined 35th Anniversary Season is also due to the extraordinary support we have received from our audience and donors. It is because of your generosity that Opera Atelier was able to pivot successfully and create something beautiful and new. We cannot thank you enough for the extraordinary vote of confidence you have shown in Opera Atelier’s future.

Opera Atelier remains deeply committed to navigating through and rising above the challenges: To provide our artists with meaningful work, and to bring our audience the beautifully crafted productions they have come to know and love.

Thank you so much for your continued support—we know you’ll enjoy the performance!

Janis Peleshok & Racheal McCaig Co-Chairs, Opera Atelier Board of Directors

Thank you so much for joining us for this filmed presentation of Handel’s The Resurrection, generously supported by Production Underwriter—and dear friend— Vivian Elizabeth Pilar.

Opera Atelier’s 35th Anniversary Season presented the company with challenges and opportunities in equal measure, as we continued to create the beautiful productions our international audiences have come to know and love

As Opera Atelier continues to push artistic boundaries, we remain deeply grateful to you—our loyal ticket buyers, subscribers and donors—for your continued support during these unprecedented times.

Sincere thanks go to the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund and the Ontario Trillium Foundation for their unwavering support during this pandemic.

Opera Atelier salutes our 2020/21 Season Sponsors: BMO Financial Group and El Mocambo Productions. Thanks also to our Production Sponsors and Partners: Vivian Elizabeth Pilar, Dalglish Family Foundation, Mr. & Mrs. William Lambert, and an Anonymous Donor; and to our Making of an Opera Sponsors, David Green & Daphne Wagner, Lita & Michael Green.

To everyone who supported us this year - you are all members of the Opera Atelier Family. We couldn’t have done it without you!

With gratitude,

Alexandra Skoczylas Executive Director, Opera Atelier

7 ARTISTS

COLIN AINSWORTH | St. John the Evangelist / tenor For Opera Atelier: Title roles in Mozart’s Idomeneo, title roles in Charpentier’s Actéon and Rameau’s Pygmalion, Jason in Charpentier’s Médée, Orphée in Gluck’s Orfeus and Eurydice, and Renaud in Lully’s Armide. Elsewhere: Seattle Opera, Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos (Lisbon), Royal Opera House (London), Greek National Opera, Vancouver Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, the Edinburgh Festival, Pacific Opera Victoria, Glimmerglass Opera, Calgary Opera, and orchestras such as the Vancouver Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Philharmonia Baroque (San Francisco), Montreal Symphony, Orchestre Métropolitain, Chicago’s Music of the Baroque, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, and the Oregon Bach Festival. Et cetera: www.colinainsworth.com

CARLA HUHTANEN | Angel / soprano For Opera Atelier: 15 productions. Highlights include Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Ännchen in Der Freischütz and Blonde in Abduction from the Seraglio. Elsewhere: A Juno Award winner, Carla began her career at La Fenice (Venice) in Gershwin’s Lady, Be Good! and Cherubini’s Anacréon. See also: Angelica in Handel’s Orlando and the title role in Purcell’s Fairy Queen throughout festivals in France, Lisetta (La Gazzetta) and Serpetta (La Finta Giardiniera) at Garsington Opera, Bernstein’s Candide with the BBC Orchestra and a concert tour of the UK/ Germany with the Royal Philharmonic. Recently: Boulez and Vaughan Williams (Grammy Award Winner) with the Toronto Symphony and Bernstein with Ireland’s RTÉ Orchestra.

MEGHAN LINDSAY | Mary Magdalene / soprano For Opera Atelier: Over 12 productions. Highlights include Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Ilia in Idomeneo, Alcina in Alcina, Giunia in Lucio Silla and Agathe in Der Freischütz. Elsewhere: (Paride ed Elena) Odyssey Opera Boston; Giunia in Lucio Silla (cover) Theatre Basel; Saffi (The Gypsy Baron) Luisa Miller (Opera Nova Scotia); Mimi in La Bohème (The Northern Lights Festival); recording Scarlatti’s La Sposa dei Cantici (Ars Lyrica); soloist with the Houston Early Music Festival, Eurydice (Orfeo) at Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam; Fiordiligi in Così fan Tutte (Opera Studio Nederland). Upcoming: Music and Beyond Festival; Frauenliebe und Leben (New ART/New MEDIA) Et cetera: Meghan is the Co-Founder of the interdisciplinary collective New ART/New MEDIA; a Doctoral Researcher in Cultural Studies; an alumna of Opera Studio Nederland, The Glimmerglass Festival, and The Weill Music Institute of Carnegie Hall

8 ALLYSON MCHARDY | Cleophas / mezzo-soprano For OA: Opera Atelier highlights include: Ruggiero in Alcina, Juno/Cephise in Actéon/Pygmalion. Elsewhere: Annio in La Clemenza di Tito (Opéra de Paris), Arcabonne in Amadis des Gaules (Opéra Comique), Sarah in Roberto Devereux (Canadian Opera Company), Messiah (Chicago Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Les Violons du Roy, Music of the Baroque—Chicago, Toronto Symphony), Alto II in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 (Orchestre symphonique de Montréal), Marguerite in Damnation de Faust (Grant Park Music Festival), Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Aix-en-Provence, Beijing Festival) Et Cetera: Discography—Clodoveo re di Francia by Caldara, Orlando by Handel, Norma by Bellini and the Canadian Art Song project, Summer Night: Songs of Healey Willan. For more visit www.allysonmchardy.com

DOUGLAS WILLIAMS | Lucifer / bass-baritone For OA: Douglas made his Opera Atelier debut in 2017 as Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro, and has since appeared in three other productions, including the title role in Don Giovanni. Elsewhere: In recent seasons, Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress (Munich Philharmonic), Sciarrone in Tosca (Berlin Philharmonic), song recitals at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and Salzburg Mozarteum. This season Pulcinella with the Munich Philharmonic and Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France, Le Caravane du Caire at Opéra de Tours, a streamed concert of Rogers and Hammerstein with acclaimed violinist Daniel Hope, and chamber music at the Ludwigsburg Festival.

OA Co-Artistic Director Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg leading the Artists of Atelier Ballet in a dance rehearsal for Handel’s The Resurrection. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

With sincere gratitude, we salute our Anonymous Donor for graciously providing the funding to support the rehearsal process for Handel’s The Resurrection.

9 CREATIVE TEAM

MARSHALL PYNKOSKI Co-Artistic Director, Opera Atelier Marshall Pynkoski’s fascination with music, theatre and dance of the 17th and 18th 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 the Czech Republic) and David Moroni (the Royal Winnipeg Ballet) were pivotal in his decision to pursue a career as a dancer and director. 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 and has collaborated with many of the finest artists in the world of early music. 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 and he has been named Chevalier dans L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France. In 2013, Mr. Pynkoski had his Salzburg Festival debut with Mozart’s Lucio Silla and he made his directorial debut at La Scala in Milan. In August 2018, he was joined by OA’s entire creative team to direct and open a new production of Rossini’s Ricciardo e Zoraide for the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy. Mr. Pynkoski was awarded the Order of Canada in 2018. In 2019 he directed Grétry’s Richard Cœur-de-Lion for the Royal Opera House, Versailles. Most recently he was made an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the government of France.

JEANNETTE LAJEUNESSE ZINGG Co-Artistic Director, Opera Atelier Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg has choreographed and performed in major theatres internationally. She received her training in London, Copenhagen and Paris, where she undertook in-depth studies of Baroque dancing from original source material. She credits her teachers (including her most important teacher/mentors—John Marshall and Florentina Lojekova) with instilling in her a love for dance history. Ms Zingg has received the prestigious Toronto Arts Award, the Opera Canada Ruby Award for outstanding achievement in the field of opera in Canada and was named by TIME Magazine as one of Canada’s most influential artists in Classical music. She has collaborated with conductors Marc Minkowski, Hervé Niquet, 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. In 2013 Ms Zingg had her Salzburg Festival debut with Mozart’s Lucio Silla, and in 2015 she made her choreographic debut at La Scala in Milan. In August 2018, she choreographed the opening production for the Pesaro Rossini Opera Festival featuring dancers from La Scala. Ms Zingg was awarded the Order of Canada in 2018. In 2019 she choreographed the ballet for Grétry’s Richard Cœur-de-Lion for the Royal Opera House, Versailles. Most recently she was made an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the government of France.

10 DAVID FALLIS | Conductor For Opera Atelier: Over thirty productions, including major works by Monteverdi, Mozart, Handel, Lully, Rameau, Gluck, Charpentier, and Weber, in Toronto and on tour to France, Japan, Korea, United States. Elsewhere: Has conducted major productions for the Luminato Festival, Glimmerglass Festival, Soundstreams Canada, Singapore Festival, Festival Vancouver, Houston Grand Opera, Cleveland Opera, Wolftrap Theater, Utah Opera, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Windsor Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Symphony New Brunswick, Orchestra London. Recently completed a two-year appointment as Conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; conducts the MacMillan Singers, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. Et cetera: David Fallis worked as Historical Music Producer for the television series The Tudors and The Borgias. From 1990-2018 he was Artistic Director of the Toronto Consort, Canada’s leading ensemble specializing in the music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

GERARD GAUCI | Set Designer / Art Director For Opera Atelier: Resident set designer Gerard Gauci has worked with the company since its inception. He has designed sets for all of Opera Atelier’s repertoire including Armide, Médée, Alcina and Don Giovanni. Elsewhere: Gauci designs exhibitions for museums and galleries including the AGO, the Aga Khan Museum and the Gardiner Museum where in October 2021 he will unveil his design for the exhibition Global Luxury in Renaissance Venice. Et cetera: Gauci has an extensive history of exhibiting his paintings in public and private galleries in Toronto, Montréal and across Canada.

CHRISTOPHER BAGAN | Assistant Conductor / Audio Tech For Opera Atelier: As Assistant Conductor: Don Giovanni, Idomeneo, Actéon & Pygmalion; As Performer: Actéon & Pygmalion, The Return of Ulysses, Médée; As Repetiteur: The Marriage of Figaro, Orpheus and Eurydice, Alcina, Persée, Abduction from the Seraglio. Elsewhere: Wainwright: Hadrian (COC, coach/ repetiteur), Handel: Ariodante (COC, head coach/repetiteur), Mozart: Marriage of Figaro (Long Reach Opera, Assistant Music Director), Handel: Semele (SOLT, music director), Handel: Giulio Cesare (Zezere Arts Festival, Assistant Music Director), Purcell: King Arthur (University of Toronto Schola Cantorum, Director).

MICHAEL LEGOUFFE | Head of Wardrobe / Designer For Opera Atelier: Head of Wardrobe since 2002. Cutter and Costume Builder for Médée, Dido & Aeneas, Lucio Silla, The Abduction from the Seraglio, and various costumes for other productions. Toured as Head of Wardrobe to Seoul, Columbus, Chicago, Penn State University, and Versailles. Elsewhere: Costume Builder and Coordinator for Canadian Stage Productions of The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet, A Winter’s Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Art, Red, and Cruel and Tender. Dresser—The Lorax, Showboat, The Phantom of the Opera, Ragtime, White Christmas and numerous Ross Petty Productions.

11 JENNIFER PARR | Resident Fight Director For Opera Atelier: Ms Parr has been OA’s Fight Director since The Loves of Mars and Venus in 1990. Highlights include Lully’s Persée (Toronto & Versailles, film), Charpentier’s Médée (Toronto & Versailles), and Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride. Elsewhere: Director and Fight Director of acclaimed all-female productions of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and her own adaptation of Richard III. Fight Director for the filmLe Mozart Noir. Appeared on the Discovery Channel as the famous pirate captain Anne Bonny. Et cetera: World premieres of operas Pandora’s Locker, The Last Wife. Resident Director/Production Stage Manager for the Chicago Symphony’s Beyond the Score shows in Canada since 2011.

Film / Audio Production

MARCEL CANZONA | Film Director / Editor / Director of Photography For Opera Atelier: Marcel first partnered with OA on a promotional video for the 2017 production of Médée. He most recently filmed The Eye and Eye’s Delight, the black and white segment which opened Something Rich & Strange—Opera Atelier’s first fully staged streamed production. Since it’s premiere, The Eye and Eye’s Delight has been seen internationally on the Virtual Stage of the Harris Theatre in Chicago, as part of the Night of Ideas curated by the French Consulate, L’Alliance Française and L’Institut Français, and was the recipient of the Best Performances Award from the Experimental, Dance and Music Film Festival. Marcel also filmed and edited Opera Atelier’s documentary, The Making of The Resurrection. Elsewhere: Marcel began his career at King Ursa, a boutique advertising agency where he honed his skills of filming and editing. There he worked with brands such as Timberland, Shopify, Moosehead, and Canada Goose. Et cetera: Marcel is a Filmmaker and Editor working in Toronto as ByeMarcel. For more information visit byemarcel.com

GORDON HENDERSON | Film Consultant For Opera Atelier: Gordon Henderson is a documentary television producer and former Opera Atelier board member. He has directed or produced four films with Tafelmusik. Elsewhere: His company is producing a six part series with Jay Baruchel on existential risk. Et cetera: His novel Man in the Shadows takes place during Confederation. www.90thparallel.ca

MATTHEW ANTAL | Audio Production For Opera Atelier: Mr. Antal first performed with OA in 2017 and first did audio for OA in 2020. Highlights include: Pygmalion Versailles/Chicago Tour (musician), Don Giovanni (musician) and Something Rich & Strange (audio). Elsewhere: Credits include Tafelmusik’s 2020-2021 virtual season (audio), Toronto Consort’s 2020-2021 virtual season (audio), and Toronto Bach Festival 2021 (audio). Et cetera: Matthew is an alumna of the University of Toronto and the University of Victoria.

12 ARTISTS OF ATELIER BALLET

TYLER GLEDHILL* For Opera Atelier: Over 20 productions. Highlights include Acis and Galatea, Armide, Alcina and The Angel Speaks. Elsewhere: Previously danced with Introdans, The Göteborg Ballet and Cullberg Ballet. Regularly collaborates with Citadel + Compagnie, The Dietrich Group and Stacey Tookey’s Still Motion Dance. For his role in DA Hoskins’ PARIS1994/Gallery in 2010, Tyler was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for outstanding performance in a dance show.

KEVIN LAW For Opera Atelier: Over 20 productions. Highlights include Médée at the Royal Opera House in Versailles, Don Giovanni in Tokyo and Dido and Aeneas/Actéon in Seoul. Elsewhere: National Ballet of Canada (1995–2001) after graduating from the National Ballet School. Et cetera: Kevin is very grateful to Marshall and Jeannette for the opportunity to perform with Opera Atelier and to his family Jen, Hugh and Isaac for their love and support.

COURTNEY LYMAN For Opera Atelier: Over 20 productions with highlights including Persée, Armide, Iphigénie en Tauride, Médée and Don Giovanni in Korea. Et cetera: Danced with the National Ballet of Canada after having trained at the Goh Ballet Academy in Vancouver and has been awarded the Solo Seal by the Royal Academy of Dancing, semi finalist at the Varna International Ballet Competition and a finalist at the Genée Competition in London, England.

KEALAN MCLAUGHLIN For Opera Atelier: Mr. McLaughlin first performed with OA in 2008. Highlights include: Abduction from the Seraglio and performing as the body double for Persée in Persée (Versailles). Elsewhere: McLaughlin trained at the National Ballet School, has been a principal dancer with the Estonian National Ballet and Canada’s Ballet Jörgen. Et cetera: McLaughlin has travelled and worked internationally as a guest artist.

*Fight Captain

13 REBECCA MORANIS For Opera Atelier: Rebecca has been performing with OA since 2014. Highlights include: Alcina, Idomeneo, Médée (Toronto and Versailles), and Acteon & Pygmalion (Toronto, Chicago, and Versailles). Elsewhere: Performances with the School of Atelier Ballet since 2008. She has also guested with The Toronto Consort, and joined them on tour to the Ottawa Chamberfest. Rebecca performed as an NBS student in four seasons of The Nutcracker with the National Ballet of Canada. Et cetera: Rebecca loves teaching ballet to all levels of students, and has demonstrated in several of OA’s filmed ballet classes.

JULIA SEDWICK For Opera Atelier: Over 20 Productions. Julia’s first production with Opera Atelier was Acis and Galatea in 2010. Highlights include Der Freischütz, Orpheus and Eurydice and Armide in Toronto and Versailles. Et cetera: Julia is a graduate of Canada’s National Ballet School and has danced with The National Ballet of Canada and as a guest with Les Grands Ballet Canadiens.

CYNTHIA SMITHERS For Opera Atelier: Something Rich & Strange, 2nd Hunter/4th Nymph in Actéon, 3rd Spirit in The Magic Flute, Amore in L’Incoronazione di Poppea, 8 seasons with the Artist of Atelier Ballet. Elsewhere: In 2020, she narrated The Indigo Project for the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Cynthia has spent three seasons at the Stratford Festival, where she performed in many shows including A Chorus Line in the role of Diana Morales. She has also worked at various theatres across Canada. Et cetera: Cynthia is grateful and humbled to be working with Opera Atelier in a time when the live performance community continues to face unprecedented challenges. She is keeping all arts workers in her thoughts.

EDWARD TRACZ For Opera Atelier: Over 20 productions. Highlights include Actéon & Pygmalion, Armide, Persée and Lucio Silla. Elsewhere: National Ballet of Canada (2002-2008), Orlando Ballet (2008-2009), Nevada Ballet (2009-2010), Ballet Theatre of Maryland (2010-2011). Edward trained at the National Ballet School (Toronto) and the Kirov Academy (Washington DC). Et cetera: Edward has performed in film as the Dance Double for the “amphibious man” in Guillermo Del Toro’s 2018 award winning The Shape of Water.

14 MAGDALENA VASKÓ For Opera Atelier: Magdalena first performed with OA in 2005. Highlights include: Armide (Toronto, Versailles & Cooperstown); Lucio Silla (Salzburg & Toronto), Idomeneo, Médée, Acteon & Pygmalion. Elsewhere: Vaskó trained at the National Ballet School in Gdańsk and Toronto, worked with The National Ballet of Canada. Et cetera: Magdalena is an independent dance and visual artist working with DNA Theatre, BC/PA, New Art New Media and Pindrop collectives, currently residing in Berlin.

DOMINIC WHO For Opera Atelier: Dominic has performed in 6 productions for Opera Atelier. Highlights include Orpheus and Eurydice (2015) and Armide (Canada and Versailles). Elsewhere: Dominic also performs in Europe. Most recently in Grétry’s Richard Coeur-de-Lion staged and choreographed by OA Co-Artistic Directors at the Royal Opera House in Versailles. Et cetera: Dominic creates shows and dance films for his own company, “Who Creations” which can be found at www.whocreations.ca.

XI YI** For Opera Atelier: Idomeneo (2019), Don Giovanni (2019). Elsewhere: Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, France, NYC. Xi studied at the Beijing Dance Academy (BDA) for 10yrs, and was awarded 4 years of full scholarship. He represented the BDA outreach with the Accademia Nazionale di Danza, Roma. He was one of the principal dancers in a production choreographed by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s resident choreographer, Peter Quanz. He has also performed with the National Ballet of Canada.

JEANNETTE LAJEUNESSE ZING Co-Artistic Director, Choreographer See bio on page 10

**Apprentice

Special thanks go to our Stage Management Team on the following page for their efforts during the process of rehearsals, recording and filming for The Resurrection. We salute you!

15 STAGE MANAGEMENT

MELISSA ROOD | Production Stage Manager / Script Supervisor For Opera Atelier: Debut. Elsewhere: Selected credits include Robert Lepage’s Coriolanus and Christopher Plummer’s A Word or Two (Stratford Festival—20 Seasons); La Bohème, Turandot, Jenufa, Il viaggio a reims, La Traviata, Xerxes, Giasone, Emperor of Atlantis (Canadian Opera Company—10 Seasons); Hansel & Gretel, Stickboy, Dark Sisters (Vancouver Opera); Thaïs (Pacific Opera Victoria); Julius Caesar, Stars: Together, The Wedding Party (Crow’s Theatre); Opening & Closing Ceremonies of the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Arts educator, youth advocate, and social work student, Rood has a special interest in prison theatre, and has worked as a research assistant investigating dance as a therapeutic tool. Et cetera: Respect and much gratitude to Arwen & Kat.

TAMARA VUCKOVIC | Stage Manager For Opera Atelier: This is Tamara’s first production with Opera Atelier. Elsewhere: Tamara trained and taught at the Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto. Her work in both opera and theatre has taken her across Canada, into the US, and overseas to Italy & Estonia. Recent credits include Hell’s Fury (Soundstreams); Oil (ARC); and Marjorie Prime (Coal Mine). Et cetera: Tamara has been the Resident Stage Manager of Off Centre Music Salon since 2010. She is also the Managing Producer and Resident SM of indie theatre company ARC.

NAN SHEPHERD | Assistant Stage Manager For Opera Atelier: 30 productions. Highlights include Armide, Médée and Actéon & Pygmalion at the Opera Royale in Versailles. Elsewhere: As a stage manager, Nan has worked with Canadian Stage Company, Video Cabaret, the National Arts Centre, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Soulpepper, Optic Heart Theatre, Obsidian Theatre, Theatre Columbus, Factory Theatre, Harold Green Jewish Theatre, Volcano, Motion Live & Against the Grain Theatre. As assistant stage manager, she’s worked with Nightwood Theatre, Mirvish Productions, Soundstreams, Luminato & Thousand Islands Playhouse.

FARNOOSH TALEBPOUR | Apprentice Stage Manager For Opera Atelier: Return of Ulysses in 2018 (Toronto) Elsewhere: Something Bubbled Something Blue (TIFT/Outside the March), Angelique (BTW/Factory theatre), Iphigenia and The Furies (Saga Collectif), Erased workshop 2021 (Open Heart Surgery Theatre). Et cetera: Talebpour attended York University and is an independent artist in Toronto working with groups such as Laboratory of Artistic Intelligence, The Creative Native Project, Vanier College Productions and any exciting theatre opportunities that come her way.

16 Thank you �

A warm and grateful thank you goes to you, our wonderful audience members and patrons—the Opera Atelier family.

During the past year, an extraordinary number of you donated the value of your tickets back to Opera Atelier for cancelled performances. Many more responded to our urgent appeal and made generous personal gifts in support of Opera Atelier. Others have stepped forward to underwrite whole productions through our Campaign for Creation.

Thank you for believing in Opera Atelier and in the power of art. Together, we can do anything!

17 Full Opera Atelier cast and crew on stage at the Royal Opera House Versailles. Photo by Bruce Zinger. “Opera Atelier is a threshold—a point of departure for reinvention and new discoveries.” —PYNKOSKI/ZINGG

Tenor Colin Ainsworth and the Artists of Atelier Ballet in Opera Atelier’s 2012 production of Lully’s Armide. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

About Oper a 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.

Under the direction of co-founders Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Opera Atelier has come to enjoy the most extensive international touring schedule of any theatre company in Canada. Fully-staged OA productions have toured to major festivals and theatres in the US, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and throughout Europe, collaborating with some of the opera world’s most distinguished conductors, including Andrew Parrott, Trevor Pinnock, Hervé Niquet, and Marc Minkowski, and singers Rolando Villazón, Juan Diego Flórez, Pretty Yende, and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.

Highlights include OA’s debut at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance/Chicago, the 100th anniversary of the BBC Proms/London, Mozartwoche, The Salzburg Festival, La Scala/Milan, The Rossini Opera Festival/Pesaro. The company enjoys an ongoing relationship with the Royal Opera House, Versailles.

Opera Atelier has begun to commission new music for period instruments. The company’s first commission, entitled Inception, couples baroque music and dancing with contemporary dancing and composition and has played to superlative reviews in Toronto, Chicago and Versailles.

Opera Atelier is committed to expanding the company’s audience and to making live theatre accessible to a wide public through touring, community-based education programs and the creative use of media. Opera Atelier is also committed to training the next generation of Canadian singers, dancers, designers, and technicians through apprenticeships and extensive singer/dancer workshops.

Opera Atelier’s reimagined 2020-2021 35th Anniversary Season began with a brand new fully-staged work Something Rich & Strange (Available for streaming until June 1, 2021) and concludes with the Canadian Film Premiere of Handel’s The Resurrection (Premieres May 27, 2021).

For more information visit us online at operaatelier.com

18 ABOUT TAFELMUSIK

Led by Music Director Elisa Citterio and Executive Director Carol Kehoe, Tafelmusik is an orchestra, choir, and experience that celebrates beauty through music of the past.

Founded over 40 years ago on the pillars of passion, learning, and artistic excellence, Tafelmusik continues to bring new energy to baroque music and beyond. Historically informed performances of 17th- to 19th- century instrumental and choral music (led by Chamber Choir Director Ivars Taurins) share the stage with vibrant, insightful multimedia programs, and bold new music written just for the group. Each piece PHOTO BY DAN BANKO. DAN BY PHOTO is played on period instruments, underscored and illuminated by scholarship.

Through dynamic performances, international touring, engage with beauty and experience the breadth of award-winning recordings, and comprehensive emotion music can inspire. education programs, Tafelmusik invites audiences to

Support the magic of Opera Atelier. Opera Atelier applauds Your Gift Matters! Did you know the cost of your ticket only Brayton Polka covers a small percentage of production costs? Tonight’s performance was made possible for sponsoring because people like yourself have chosen to support the magic of Opera Atelier. Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra All gifts are deeply appreciated and those over $10 are eligible for a tax receipt for the full amount.

Donate at operaatelier.com or contact Dan Hickey, Director of Development at 416.703.3767 x226 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra at the Olivier Laquerre and Artists of Atelier Ballet in Opera Atelier’s Royal Opera House of the Palace of Versailles. 2017 production of Charpentier’s Médée. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

19 SYNOPSIS

PART 1

SCENE 1: An Archangel arrives with an army at the gates of Hades, and demands entrance—dispelling darkness by the radiance of the eternal God. The angels disperse throughout the kingdom, in search of something or someone.

Lucifer appears, returning to his kingdom from earth. He is confused by the unexpected light he encounters, and the echo of music he has never heard before. He takes for granted it is part of a celebration of his return, having avenged himself on heaven. He explains that God was initially stronger than him, but when God became a man, Lucifer was able to destroy him.

The Archangel re-appears and begins a heated argument with Lucifer regarding the implications of Christ’s death. Fig. 1 Lucifer claims victory while the Archangel insists Christ’s death is a victory for heaven and all of humankind.

SCENE 2: Meanwhile on earth, Mary Magdalene appears, mourning Christ’s brutal death. She begs the god of sleep to abandon her so that she may better focus on the sufferings of her saviour.

Cleophas appears, and together, the women share a vision of the crown of thorns, the nails that pierced Christ’s feet, and his beautiful, lacerated face.

St. John the Evangelist joins the women and reminds them that Christ had implied he would return to them. He likens Christ’s return to the rising of the sun. John encourages Mary and Cleophas to visit Christ’s tomb, while he in turn, returns to care for Christ’s mother. Fig. 2

SCENE 3: Fig. 3 The Archangel appears and calls from purgatory all of the souls who have existed prior to Christ’s crucifixion. He encourages them to follow Christ’s footsteps as he leads them out of Hades to possess the stars. The Archangel leads the souls from purgatory in a chorus praising an all- conquering God.

Fig. 1: Francesco MAFFEI. The Archangel Michael overthrowing Lucifer, c. 1656 ©Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, on loan at Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) Fig. 2: The Repentant Magdalene, Guido Cagnacci, c. 1662 Fig. 3: Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, 1674 (marble), Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) / San Francesco a Ripa, Rome, Italy / Bridgeman Images

20 SYNOPSIS

PART 2

SCENE 1: St. John appears at the dawn of the third day since Christ has died. He believes the tremors he feels indicate the final battle with Hell and likens Christ’s resurrection from the tomb to the sun rising out of the water. Fig. 4 SCENE 2:

The Archangel celebrates the resurrection of Christ, and Fig. 5 invites all the world to rejoice with him. Lucifer is horrified by the news, and continues to threaten vengeance on all of humanity.

SCENE 3: Mary and Cleophas arrive at Christ’s tomb. They admit to each other their fear of the guards but are determined to put their trust in Christ.

Lucifer realizes he is defeated, and he is without recourse. He flees from Heaven and the Earth, and falls once again into the depths of Hell.

SCENE 4: Mary and Cleophas arrive at the tomb and are greeted by an angel dressed in white, who assures them Christ has risen. The angel encourages them to spread the joyful news that death has been vanquished.

SCENE 5: St. John encounters Cleophas and describes his meeting with Christ’s mother—to whom Christ has already revealed himself. He describes her joy at seeing her son alive.

Mary Magdalene races in breathlessly with the news she has seen Christ and she describes their emotional reunion in detail. St. John, Cleophas and Mary celebrate the risen Christ, who has restored life to the world, describing him as invincible and immortal—having made it possible for all mortals to rise with him, freed from sin.

The entire cast celebrates this resurrection which allows Earth to rise to Heaven.

Fig. 4: The Holy Women at Christ’s Tomb, c.1597-8 (oil on canvas), Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) / State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia / Bridgeman Images Fig. 5: Noli me tangere, Callisto Piazza, c. 1500s Fig. 6: The Descent into Limbo, 1442 (fresco), Angelico, Fra (Guido di Pietro/Giovanni da Fiesole) (c.1387-1455) / Museo di San Marco, Fig. 6 Florence, Italy / Photo © Nicolò Orsi Battaglini / Bridgeman Images

21 DIRECTOR’S NOTES

Jeannette and I first encountered Handel’s early masterpiece, The Resurrection, in 1996 when we were engaged by French conductor Marc Minkowski to direct and choreograph a semi-staged production at the Halle Festival in Germany with an international cast, the Artists of Atelier Ballet, and Les Musiciens du Louvre.

We were at once struck by the dramatic power of this “liturgical opera”, and we later presented a semi-staged production of our own in the Jane Mallett Theatre in Toronto. It is of particular note that this production marked the professional debut of tenor Colin Ainsworth, singing the role he will perform today—that of St. John the Evangelist!

Last year, we were thrilled to finally have the opportunity to return to The Resurrection, with a fully staged production. Sadly, the production was shut down just two weeks into rehearsals due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. But Opera Atelier has never been a company to cave, even under the most extenuating circumstances!

We feel very fortunate that our entire set design, and costumes, were already built in preparation for the planned 2020 production. We also had made enormous progress with our singers and dancers, and all of this stood us in good stead while preparing us for this filmed presentation.

We are particularly pleased that this production allows us to work once again with the exceptional young filmmaker Marcel Canzona, and we would also like to extend our thanks to filmmaker Gordon Henderson (90th Parallel Productions), for his continued assistance and invaluable advice.

Finally, this production of Handel’s The Resurrection is lovingly dedicated to the memory of our dear friend, and mentor, Patricia Barretto.

Marshall Pynkoski

The Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene (oil on canvas), Finsonius or Finson, Louis (1580-1617) / Musee des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, France / Bridgeman Images

Pieta, 1876 (oil on canvas), Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) / Private Collection / Photo © Christie’s Images / Bridgeman Images

22 CHOREOGR APHER’S NOTES

Handel’s The Resurrection was composed in 1708, a time when dancing formed an integral part in the construction of an opera. Dancers played real characters and the choreography helped in the telling of the story. The style of ballet in the 17th and early 18th centuries has an inherent spiritual quality with graceful, flowing steps, patterns with an almost planetary sense of trajectory and an emphasis on ensemble.

The dancers primarily represent angels—that “beauteous file” which comes to earth to combat evil and to help guide humanity toward enlightenment. At times, the dancers also play human characters such as those which are led out of darkness into light or those who are closest to the risen Christ. The abstract quality of Baroque dance forms is ideal for the representation of angelic, symbolic and universal characters.

Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg

The Artists of Atelier Ballet in Opera Atelier’s Production of Gluck’s Orpheus & Eurydice. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

23 Designer’s Notes

It is an understatement to say that the set designs I’ve created for Handel’s oratorio-cum-opera The Resurrection differ dramatically from those I’ve presented in the past. For most of the company’s history I’ve designed scenery for a traditional opera stage composed of a proscenium arch and fly system but this time circumstances found me designing for two unusual venues, first a concert hall and finally a ballroom.

When Handel presented The Resurrection in Rome in 1708 the performance of opera was forbidden by papal edict. Ever resourceful, Handel and his patron the Marchese Francesco Ruspoli skirted the official censors by staging the work as a liturgical drama presented with lavish scenery in the galleria of the Marchese’s palazzo.

Two years ago when we first decided to stage The Resurrection we looked for a venue away from the theatre that like Handel and Ruspoli’s had visual grandeur and a fine acoustic and we settled on Toronto’s Koerner Hall. I immediately set to work creating designs that were meant to complement the contemporary majesty of its interior. Instead of painted illusionistic backdrops I thought in three dimensions and drew set pieces that blended into the atmosphere of honey-coloured wood that made up the hall’s stage and its surroundings. The set was to consist of multiple staircases and hanging drapery and the Angel and Satan were to deliver their barbs from pulpits inspired by a cassapanca, a type of storage bench often seen in the halls of Italian palazzi.

Since then the production has followed a winding and unexpected path. The ongoing COVID-19 epidemic saw that first production meant for a live audience and ready for installation in Koerner Hall cancelled and postponed for a date in the future once the crisis has abated. In the meantime we reconceived the piece as a film using the same location and setting. As rehearsals began and preparations were under way a renewed lockdown saw the closure of the facility and the loss of our performance venue.

Thinking back to Handel’s original production held in a grand reception room we realized that another venue lay just under our noses. Opera Atelier’s long-time home is Toronto’s historic St. Lawrence Hall. Built in 1850 the hall was the centre of Toronto’s political and cultural life in the 19th century. Its ballroom played host to operatic greats Adelina Patti and Jenny Lind and following in their footsteps we’ve embraced this glorious room of pink and gold stucco lit with glittering crystal chandeliers as our new performing and filming venue. I’ve reimagined the set as a contemporary installation in a historic setting incorporating elements from the original design, scaffolding, lighting towers and the room itself to create a setting never before seen by our audience that tells as much about the production’s complex journey and rebirth as it does about the opera’s story of Christ’s death and resurrection.

Gerard Gauci

24 Conductor’s Notes

If Handel’s father had had his way, it seems his son Georg Frideric might never have become a musician or composer—law was a much more suitable vocation! With no harpsichord allowed in the house, the young Handel could only manage to practice keyboard by playing secretly on a little clavichord (much softer than a harpsichord) smuggled into the attic of the family home. His natural talent soon showed itself, however, and despite enrolling in a law course when the time came for university studies, Handel never missed an opportunity to pursue his musical abilities. This included moving to Hamburg in 1703 to take a position as a second violinist in the city’s opera orchestra. According to Handel’s earliest biographer Mainwaring, with this exposure to Italian opera, Handel very soon “resolved to go to Italy on his own bottom, as soon as he could make a purse for that occasion”.

So it was that in 1706 the twenty-one-year-old Handel went to work and travel in Italy for nearly four years. He lost no time in establishing himself: in 1707 his first Italian opera Rodrigo was produced in Florence, and in the same year he obtained a position as a composer-in-residence in the household of Marchese Francesco Maria Ruspoli, an ambitious Roman aristocrat, patron of the arts, and member of the arts-loving society called the Arcadian Academy. Handel was expected to write arias and cantatas for the Academy’s regular gatherings; within a few months, having recognized Handel’s genius, Ruspoli commissioned a major work from him—a full-length oratorio for Easter, 1708.

Ruspoli was indeed a great connoisseur of music, but he also wanted to impress the current pope. (Ruspoli had recently come into a fabulous inheritance, he was a marchese, but he aspired to being named a prince, a title which only the pope could bestow.) So he spared no expense for his lavish religious entertainment at Eastertime. In the huge main-floor hall of his palace, a full theatre was built, with tiered seating, and a large playing space for the musicians. Onstage there was a beautiful painted drop portraying an angel sitting on Jesus’ tomb announcing the resurrection to Mary Magdalene and Mary Cleophas, surrounded by a crowd of putti and cherubim, with Saint John in the distance, and devils plunging into an abyss. Above all this was a cartoon in the form of a book’s frontispiece: more cherubs, cornices, foliage etc., and the title of the oratorio, whose letters were cut out, backed with transparent paper, and illuminated from behind. This became the backdrop for the singers, who were magnificently dressed. (We know all these details from the court records, which were

The Deposition of Christ. Carlo Crivelli, ca. 1470.

25 meticulously kept for Ruspoli. Incidentally, even the intermission was lavish. In adjoining rooms, one of which had had a waterfall installed, Ruspoli’s guests were treated to “a quantity of liquors, frozen things, confection and coffee… carried around and presented to everyone”.)

Ruspoli poured money into the music with equal abandon. The orchestra at the first performances would have been one of the largest seen in Rome. (By papal decree, opera was forbidden in Rome, so there were no opera orchestras, and symphony orchestras only appeared later in the 18th century.) It was led by one of the greatest violinists in the world at the time, Arcangelo Corelli. The finest singers were retained: one female soprano, two castrati, a tenor and a bass. Despite Ruspoli’s aim to please, the presence of the female soprano was enough to incur the pope’s displeasure: following the opening performance, a brief peremptory message was sent to Ruspoli. He took note, and for the second performance, a castrato sang the role of Mary Magdalene. A few years later, Ruspoli was made a prince.

Handel too certainly understood the importance of the occasion for his career, and, setting aside any Lutheran reservations he may have had about the sometimes rather overheated counter-reformational spirit of the libretto, created one of his most magical scores. The use of the orchestra is breathtaking for its variety of colours, including many unusual combinations of instruments. (Listen, for instance, to the recorder and muted oboe in “Per me già di morire”, the unison violas and viola da gamba in Cleophas’ first aria, or the haunting use of recorders, muted strings and viola da gamba in Mary Magdalene’s “sleep aria”.) Everywhere one can see how inspired Handel was by the superb ability of his players, and many arias have virtuoso instrumental solos. The writing for the singers is equally virtuosic and passionate. And as a sign of his own true passion for opera, the music is everywhere magnificently dramatic, whether capturing Lucifer’s boastful blustering, the Angel’s glittering confidence, Mary Magdalene’s tender resistance to falling asleep, or Saint John’s gentle but sure faith. After 1708 La Resurrezione was never revived, although Handel, as was his wont, dipped into this youthful piece and used some of its material in later works (even material which he in fact had “borrowed” from other composers). It remains one of his most arresting scores—beautiful writing for the voice, extraordinary sonorities for the orchestra, all set in a dramatic context—Handel at his very best.

David Fallis

The Lamentation of Christ, c.1305 (fresco), Giotto (Giotto di Bondone) (c.1266-1337) / Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, Padua, Italy / Photo © Raffaello Bencini / Bridgeman Images

26 Ha ndel’s The Resurrection: I’d Take The Fire By Richard Ouzounian

It’s early in the morning after the completion of an exhausting two days of filming for the long-awaited Opera Atelier production of Handel’s The Resurrection, and it might be logical to assume that Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg would be sleeping in.

Opera Atelier Co-Artistic Directors But if you think that, then you don’t know them and the Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette passion for creation that’s infused their entire lives. Lajeunesse Zingg. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

The dynamism is present as soon as they answer the phone. “We’re resurrecting The Resurrection!” declares The score was recorded by the cast and Tafelmusik and Pynkoski energetically, as if he’d just spent the past week rehearsals were about to continue for the staging of at a spa instead of bringing a complex work to life in the work when another, more severe, lockdown made impossible conditions. “Bravery comes with the territory.” Koerner Hall unavailable. “There was so much against us being able to complete But then, Opera Atelier’s deep understanding of the this project that it seemed like a miracle,” adds Lajeunesse production of Baroque opera throughout history, came to Zingg, speaking with the calm strength that is her their rescue. trademark. In 1708, when The Resurrection was supposed to debut, a And, as has always been the case since they founded papal decree had closed all the theatres in Rome and so, as Opera Atelier in 1985, they’re both right. Lajeunesse Zingg astutely observes, “They moved into the It’s an organization that has specialized in doing the ballroom of the Ruspoli family’s palace…” impossible, rising from humble origins financed by the After the slightest pause, Pynkoski completes the thought: pair mortgaging their house, to becoming a company “….and the St. Lawrence Hall, where we rehearse, was revered around the world. But, in all their history, there originally used as a ballroom.” has never been a project quite like The Resurrection. And, as such, it was able to be used as a studio where The Handel’s complex work was originally scheduled to Resurrection could be filmed. be performed at Koerner Hall as part of Opera Atelier’s 35th Anniversary season in April of 2020. The onset of Rigid COVID protocols were introduced for every step of the pandemic ended those plans, but it was bravely the process, so much so that one member of the company rescheduled to appear as part of the “Reimagined 35th declared “I feel like I’m in the safest place in Ontario.” Anniversary Season”, once again on stage in Koerner Hall, opening this past April 1. That care for safety, coupled with the devotion of the company, led to everyone willingly participating, Again, circumstances made it impossible, but—as Pynkoski gamely puts it—“We’ve learned to roll with the punches. Soprano Meghan Lindsay had just given birth last fall but You can’t just do things in the old way and try to drop insisted on performing. “This is part of my life. This is part them into the new form.” of my husband’s life. We’re not missing any of this.”

They set a plan in motion by which they could still stage it What sustained everyone the most, however, was the work at Koerner Hall and then film it, as they did with this past itself. “This story of rebirth and renewal has tremendous fall’s triumphant Baroque collage, Something Rich and resonance right now,” said Lajeunesse Zingg. Strange.

27 Marcel Canzona filming Tenor Colin Ainsworth as St. John the Evangelist Marcel Canzona filming with Mezzo-Soprano Allyson McHardy Bass-Baritone Douglas Williams as Cleophas. Photo by Bruce Zinger. as Lucifer. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

Pynkoski concurred. “People need a positive life-inspiring “We did not expect her to die,” says Lajeunesse Zingg softly. message like this. As Cocteau said, ‘The masterpiece “The loss of her followed by the loss of this production. belongs to the person who can lift it.’” We felt like we were reeling,” adds Pynkoski.

But a great deal of heavy lifting had to take place for all But the two of them vowed to mount the production this to happen. “We didn’t want this to be an apology,” somehow and dedicate it to Barretto, which they have. insists Pynkoski. “Film is part of our life now. We’re not dropping it when the pandemic is over.” The two of them are silent for a moment after discussing her. Then Pynkoski recalls what they have just completed. Lajeunesse Zingg concurs. “We have created something that only could have happened in this particular place at “Last night, when we finally finished, I talked to the this particular time.” company. I told them of how Cocteau was once asked if his house was burning down and he could take one “It’s a highly sensual work,” Pynkoski explains, “and most thing, what he would do. He paused and said, ‘I’d take the of my original staging was based on people being in each fire.’ That is all of you, I told the company. You could have other’s arms.” But now, they all had to remain six feet found a million reasons why this couldn’t go on, but you apart. didn’t.”

Pynkoski admitted to being concerned how the extremes Lajeunesse Zingg agrees. “It was a moment of such of emotion could be conveyed until a key moment in the happiness, such relief, such joy.” process. All the performers remained masked throughout the process until the cameras actually rolled. The third time’s the charm for The Resurrection as Opera Atelier’s filmed version will finally have its premiere at 7PM “When the masks came off, it was the first time they saw on May 27, 2021. each other’s faces,” recalls Pynkoski. “We didn’t have to worry about intimacy. The emotion was so intense.” “Although I’d like to change the title,” offers Pynkoski. “Opera Atelier presents The Resurrection: I’d Take the Fire.” There was another element which made the stakes on this production incredibly high.

Patricia Barretto, who had served brilliantly as Executive Richard Ouzounian has worked in the Director of Opera Atelier from 2011 through 2015 and had arts professionally for 49 years. During that time, he has directed, written, or gone on to a tremendously successful tenure as President performed in nearly 300 shows and and CEO of the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in had six books published. He was also Chicago, died of cancer during the early days of the 2020 Theatre Critic of The Toronto Star preparations for The Resurrection. for 15 years and host of Say It With Music on CBC Radio for 14 years. He has served as Artistic Director of 5 Pynkoski and Lajeunesse Zingg left rehearsals and flew to major Canadian theatres, and been an Chicago to be with her in her final days. Associate Director of the Stratford Festival of Canada for 4 seasons.

28 OPERA ATELIER SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES

First production: Handel’s First European tour: Monteverdi’s Orfeo 1985 The Choice of Hercules 1989 (Stuttgart Festival of Ancient Music) (Royal Ontario Museum)

1991 1993

First period production of Mozart in North America: The Magic Flute (Elgin Theatre) First Feature Film with OA Artists. The Sorceress starring European tour: England (100th Marshall is appointed Dame Kiri Te Kanawa— 1995 Anniversary of the BBC Proms), 1996 Chevalier of France’s Ordre shot in Amsterdam Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland des Arts et des Lettres with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre.

9 City Tour to “Making of an Opera” South Korea tour: Don Giovanni 1999 Japan with 2001 education workshops reach 2003 TIME Magazine names Marshall and Marriage of Figaro 1000 students per year Jeannette Canada’s Best in Music

Opera Atelier receives the Opera Canada Ruby Toronto Arts Award 2004 2007 Award for Excellence in Canadian Opera awarded First film of OA production: to Marshall and Jeannette Persée documentary released internationally

First OA production of a 19th century opera: Weber’s Der Freischütz 2012 2012 2013

Debut at the Royal Opera House Debut at Salzburg’s of the Palace of Versailles with Mozartwoche: Lucio Silla 80 Canadian Artists Debut at Salzburg Festival: Lucio Silla

29 2014 2015 2015

First OA production of a major Lully’s Armide opens at the Handel opera: Alcina Palace of Versailles one week after the attacks in Paris Debut at La Scala opera house, Milan: Lucio Silla

2017 2018 2018

Canadian tenor Colin Opera Atelier performs at the Ainsworth is Opera Atelier’s Opera Atelier makes its debut at Royal Chapel Versailles for first Artist in Residence the Harris Theater in Chicago the first time, including a new Canadian commission

2019 2018

2019 OA Co-Artistic Directors stage a new production of Grétry’s Richard Coeur-de-Lion Marshall Pynkoski in Celebration of the 250th Marshall Pynkoski and and Jeannette Anniversary of the Royal Jeannette Lajeunesse Debut at Rossini Opera Lajeunesse Zingg Opera House Versailles Zingg made Officers of Festival (Pesaro, Italy) awarded the the Order of Arts and with Ricciardo e Zoraide Order of Canada Letters by the French starring Juan Diego government Flórez and Pretty Yende

Canadian soprano Measha 2020 2021 Brueggergosman is Opera Atelier’s second Artist in Residence 35 Canadian Film Premiere of Handel’s The Resurrection

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31 TRIBUTE TO PATRICIA BARRETTO

On Sunday February 23, 2020, Jeannette and I suspended rehearsals for Opera Atelier’s production of Handel’s The Resurrection, and flew to Chicago for one last visit with our beloved Patricia Barretto. During the hour we spent with her, Patricia asked that I deliver the eulogy at her memorial, which tragically took place just weeks later on March 11, 2020. Fortunately, Patricia’s memorial mass took place before COVID-19 and its travel restrictions upended our world. It is Jeannette’s and my pleasure to share this eulogy with you in celebration of our extraordinary friend and mentor.

PATRICIA BARRETTO Mass of Resurrection / March 11, 2020 Old St. Patrick’s Church / Chicago

My name is Marshall Pynkoski and I am Co-Artistic When Jeannette and I flew to Chicago two weeks Director of Opera Atelier, and I have had the ago to visit with Patricia, I was so proud and great pleasure and joy of knowing Patricia for the moved when she asked me to deliver a eulogy past 11 years. She first came to Opera Atelier as at her funeral—but the request also caused me our Director of Marketing, and after three years, considerable anxiety. Patricia knows how difficult it became Executive Director—a position to which is for me to speak in public—in fact, it was she who she brought her characteristic generosity, grace first insisted I address our audience before every and vision. Opera Atelier performance. She was adamant that Under the four years of her inspired directorship, the public must have a face to put to the company. Patricia transformed Opera Atelier into an When I told our Stage Managers that Patricia had organization with the busiest international touring asked me to speak today, one of them laughed out schedule of any theatre company in Canada. Among loud and said “Of course she did. She continues to her many accomplishments, Patricia facilitated the make you do things you think you are not capable touring of as many as 80 artists to the Glimmerglass of—but that she knows will be good for you.” Festival in upstate New York, Mozartwoche in Salzburg, the Salzburg Festival, the Royal Opera Over the four years Patricia has been at the Harris House at Versailles and La Scala in Milan. Theater, there has not been a week that I have not spoken with her multiple times, seeking her

32 Patricia Barretto with the cast and creative team of Opera Atelier’s 2018 double bill performance of Charpentier’s Actéon and Rameau’s Pygmalion at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago.

wisdom, advice and encouragement, just as if she loved and who in turn loved her—you begin she were still in Toronto. She was young enough to realize she lived a fuller and more complete life to be my daughter, but she somehow acted as than many people who will live to be twice her age. a mother to all of us, and if she believed in you, she was unwavering in her support, fierce in her Patricia was uncomfortable being complimented. defense, and uncompromising in her expectations Compliments seemed to embarrass her and she of excellence. invariably deflected the compliment to someone else. Today however, I’m going to allow myself the Four years ago, Patricia phoned me with the news pleasure of a compliment to Patricia in the form she had been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. Since of a poem by Lord Byron that I think describes her I had that conversation with her, I have prayed perfectly. every day for four years that God would allow her to live a full and complete life. When we heard three weeks ago that her situation had become hopeless, Jeannette and I raced to Chicago to see Patricia one SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY BY LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON) last time – and at the prospect of saying goodbye to this beautiful young woman, it was difficult not She walks in beauty, like the night to feel bitter and cheated. Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright But when we walked into her bedroom, so lovingly Meet in her aspect and her eyes; prepared by Sheldon, she reached out her arms to Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. us and her first words were “I’m so grateful, I’m so grateful, I’m so grateful.” One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Over the hour we spent with her, we received a Which waves in every raven tress, lesson in love, acceptance, grace and faith that will Or softly lightens o’er her face; last us a lifetime. If Patricia expressed no bitterness, Where thoughts serenely sweet express, I have to ask myself, what right have I to do so? How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, As I thought further, it occurred to me that in many So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, ways, my prayers had been answered. No, Patricia The smiles that win, the tints that glow, did not have a full life, if you measure her life by But tell of days in goodness spent, number of years lived. But if you measured her life A mind at peace with all below, by the number of people she touched, the dreams A heart whose love is innocent! she realized, the artists she mentored, the people

33 Grétry’s Richard Coeur-de-lion at The Royal Opera House Versailles in 2019. Photo Agathe Poupeney.

Behind the scenes at the 2021 Virtual Versailles Gala. Photo by Rebekah Lobosco Gilli.

Set rendering by Antoine Fontaine for Grétry’s Caravane du Caire at Opéra de Tours.

Visions Dreams OPERA ATELIER VIRTUAL& VERSAILLES GALA 2021

What’s Happening at Opera Atelier

1/ VISIONS & DREAMS— 2021 VIRTUAL VERSAILLES GALA 2 / ROYAL OPERA HOUSE VERSAILLES IN 2021/ Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebration of OPÉRA DE TOURS IN 2022 our 35th anniversary season at the Virtual Versailles Gala After the triumphant success of Pynkoski and Lajeunesse on April 22, 2021. Hosted by Jennifer Walls and Colin Zingg’s production of Grétry’s Richard Coeur de Lion in Asuncion, the Versailles Gala featured performances by 2019, the pair have been invited back to the Royal Opera OA Artists Colin Ainsworth, Cynthia Smithers, Douglas House Versailles to remount their production in the Fall of Williams, Julia Sedwick, Dominic Who and Artist-In- 2021. In the Spring of 2022, Pynkoski and Lajeunesse Zingg Residence Measha Brueggergosman. The event raised are delighted to make their directorial and choreographic $75,000 net, allowing OA to continue producing beautiful debuts at the Opéra de Tours in a new production of shows safely, and to keep our artists working—even Grétry’s La Caravane du Caire. Originally produced to great during a pandemic. acclaim at l’Académie Royale de Musique in 1784, this production marks the first time this masterpiece is brought Special thanks go to the Versailles Gala Committee, led to life on stage since the 18th century. Featuring Grétry’s by Gala Chair (and Board Co-Chair) Racheal McCaig. soaring melodies, and embellished with numerous ballets, Special thanks to our corporate Gala Sponsors: and hilarious commedia inspired scenarios, this ravishing new production promises to be an artistic triumph and

PRESENTING SPONSOR CORPORATE SPONSORS reunites OA Co-Artistic Directors with renowned French Conductor Hervé Niquet, and Bass-Baritone Douglas Williams. Opéra de Tours’ production of La Caravane du Caire is a co-production with the Royal Opera House Versailles. Pynkoski and Zingg will remount the opera for The Royal Opera House Versailles in the fall of 2022.

Opera Atelier would like to acknowledge the generous assistance of The Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris in support of the Co-Artistic Directors and the production’s Corps de Ballet.

34 Patricia Barretto at the opening night of Opera Atelier’s double Soprano Measha bill production of Charpentier’s Brueggergosman Actéon and Rameau’s Pygmalion teaching an online at the Harris Theatre in 2018. Zoom Master Class as part of Opera Atelier’s Making of an Opera Education Program.

Soprano Measha Brueggergosman in Opera Atelier’s short film The Eye and Eye’s Delight. Photo by Kyle Flubacker Photo by Kyle

3 / MAKING OF AN OPERA With the generous support of a grant from the Ontario The Eye and Eye’s Delight is the black and white segment Trillium Foundation, Opera Atelier will be expanding which opened our fall production of Something Rich the digital content of the immensely popular Making & Strange. Masterfully shot by Canadian videographer of an Opera (MOAO) program! Collaborating with Marcel Canzona, this original work, commissioned by Toronto videographer Marcel Canzona, Opera Atelier Opera Atelier from Canadian composer/violinist Edwin will be creating brand new content featuring interviews, Huizinga, features Soprano Measha Brueggergosman, performance clips and behind-the-scenes excerpts Artists of Atelier Ballet, and members of Tafelmusik with detailing the creation of an opera production. MOAO choreography by Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg and stage is offered free of charge to middle schools and high direction by Marshall Pynkoskiall­ under the baton of OA’s schools throughout the GTA and beyond. Opera Atelier’s Resident Music Director, David Fallis. Since its premiere, MOAO program focuses primarily on The Eye and Eye’s Delight has been featured internationally outreach to underserved and Toronto as part of the Night of Ideas curated by the French

Neighbourhood Improvement schools. An agency of the Government of Ontario Consulate, L’Alliance Française and L’Institut Français and Un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario has been awarded the Best Performances Award from the Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival. 4 / THANK YOU, OCAF! Opera Atelier wishes to thank the Ontario Cultural The Eye and Eye’s Delight is dedicated Attraction Fund (OCAF) for their support of our by Opera Atelier and The Harris reimagined 35th Anniversary season. Our first live Theater for Music and Dance in loving streamed production, Something Rich & Strange, was an memory of Patricia Barretto (1974-2020). incredible success with both critics and audiences alike, having now been viewed over 2000 times by patrons here in Toronto, Italy, 6 / ARTIST IN RESIDENCE UPDATE France, Russia, the Netherlands, New Measha Brueggergosman continues to inspire as Opera Zealand, Barbados and beyond! Atelier’s Artist In Residence. Leading a series of virtual master classes with Toronto-area high school students, Brueggergosman offered sessions on vocal technique, 5 / A VIRTUAL RETURN TO CHICAGO performance and interpretation, as well as a wealth of Opera Atelier is delighted to make a virtual return to The information on a career as a working opera singer on Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park, the international stage. Brueggergosman has also filmed Chicago. Audiences from Chicago, and around the world, conversations with throat singer Sylvia Cloutier and visual can log onto The Harris Theater’s Virtual Stage and watch artist Paula Arciniega—watch OA’s social media channels Opera Atelier’s performance of The Eye and Eye’s Delight for the videos! On behalf of Opera Atelier, Measha — free of charge! continues to champion the importance of education, artistic excellence and the involvement of new audiences.

35 CAMPAIGN for CREATION OPERA ATELIER’S FUND FOR OUR FUTURE

For more than 30 years, Opera Atelier has been a world leader in the rediscovery and revitalization of period opera and ballet, both in Toronto and around the world. Our Campaign for Creation looks ahead to Opera Atelier’s next phase with a goal of $10 Million Dollars over 5 Years.

The Campaign for Creation will support:

• NEW PRODUCTIONS: Create stunning new productions (including Massenet’s Werther, Handel’s Julius Caesar and Grétry’s Richard Cœur-de-Lion)

• REJUVENATION: Update and refurbish award-winning past productions (including Mozart’s The Magic Flute)

• INNOVATION: Develop Opera Atelier’s Angel Speaks into a fully-staged dramatic cantata

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Expand Opera Atelier’s unique arts education and community outreach programs to reach more students across the GTA

• ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE: Expand our Artist Training and Mentoring programs for promising, young Canadian artists

Opera Atelier’s 2012 production of Weber’s Der Freischütz. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

To make a donation to Opera Atelier’s Campaign for Creation please contact Dan Hickey, Director of Development at [email protected] or call 416-703-3767 ext. 226 36 CAMPAIGN for CREATION

OPERA ATELIER’S FUND FOR OUR FUTURE Photo by Alexandra Skoczylas.

The Campaign for Creation was launched in 2019 with an extraordinary gift from Vivian Elizabeth Pilar in support of the Endowment and Handel’s The Resurrection. We are honoured that she chose to provide this leadership gift, thereby helping to secure Opera Atelier’s future.

Opera Atelier gratefully acknowledges the innovative Campaign for Creation gift of $500,000 from David Green & Daphne Wagner, Lita & Michael Green. Thank you for giving us room to breathe and dream.

Opera Atelier salutes the Dalglish Family Foundation. Their generous donation of $200,000 to our Campaign for Creation has allowed us to completely reimagine OA’s 2020/21 Season — providing our audience with new ways to experience opera, and meaningful performance opportunities for all of our artists.

We are also thrilled to announce a very generous donation of $150,000 by an Anonymous donor. This donation has played an important part in helping us realize our production of Something Rich & Strange and support our rehearsal process for Handel’s The Resurrection.

Support of Opera Atelier’s Campaign for Creation has allowed us to continue to create new repertoire and challenge ourselves as artists during these unprecedented times. Your donation to our Campaign for Creation will ensure that even in the face of adversity, we will be able to build a lasting legacy for the company.

37 Corpor ate & Foundation Supporters

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38 ARTIST TRAVEL SPONSOR 2021 VERSAILLES GALA TABLE SPONSORS The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation RP Investment Advisors Burgundy Asset Management CIBC PRODUCTION PARTNERS Greenfield Global The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres RBC The Sharp Foundation Staff Your Events Mr. & Mrs. William Lambert Racheal McCaig Images & Words CORPORATE DONORS Katalin Schäfer Bespoke Audio Visual Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Nemar Limited Special Thanks Staff Your Event St. Lawrence Market Complex Koerner Hall, TELUS Center for Performance and at the St. Lawrence Hall Learning, The Royal Conservatory Weddings by Ardenian Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts HCP Diagnostics Noble Street Studios EDUCATION SUPPORTERS St. Lawrence Market Complex David Green & Daphne Wagner, Town Inn Suites Lita & Michael Green Yonge Suites Jerry and Joan Lozinski Mayor John Tory Natasha Bean-Smith Evan Bonnah-Hawkes FOUNDATION SUPPORT Luciana Calvet The Elizabeth and Tony Comper Foundation Zev Citron Dalglish Family Foundation Ashley Cowen The Lloyd & Gladys Fogler Foundation Graham Cozzubbo Hodgson Family Foundation Emily Hillstrom Keith Foundation at the Strategic Elissa Horscroft Charitable Giving Foundation Ron Miles K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation George Moore The McLean Foundation Dylan Mundy Barrie D. Rose and Family Gordon Peck Judith Teller Foundation Daniel Picheca Twigge-Molecey Family Foundation Kate Porter The Henry White Kinnear Foundation Ryan Quinlan The Mary-Margaret Webb Foundation Carrie Sykes Tristan Tidswell Lily Todorov OFFICIAL FLORAL SPONSOR Pamela Weston The Colour Field Caroline Woodfield Marleigh Ziegler

39 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 together with Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Choreographer, Vivian is also sponsoring Allyson McHardy.

THANK YOU VIVIAN!

Artists of Atelier Ballet in Opera Atelier’s 2015 production of Lully’s Armide. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

40 WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE WE SALUTE David Green & Daphne Wagner, Lita & Michael Green FOR SUPPORTING OUR MAKING OF AN OPERA PROGRAM

OA’s Making of an Opera program annually provides over 1000 Toronto-area youth with a free one-day opera immersion experience and free attendance at an opera performance. Covering the creative process in depth, our creative team and guest artists deliver lectures and demonstrations on set and costume design, music, dance, and stage fighting.

Opera Atelier would like to acknowledge their five-year commitment to the company. Their vision & generosity has raised our expectations for the future of the company and our education initiatives.

41 WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE WE SALUTE Dalglish Family Foundation

Their generous support for OA has allowed us to completely reimagine OA’s 2020/21 Season and is the catalyst for producing our 2021/22 Season.

THANK YOU!

Tenor Colin Ainsworth and Artist of Atelier Ballet Tyler Gledhill in Opera Atelier’s 2015 production of Lully’s Armide. Photo by Bruce Zinger. 42 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 throughout 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!

43 With great admiration and respect I am pleased to continue my Choreography Sponsorship in support of Co-Artistic Director Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg. Her dedication and expertise have brought the joy and beauty of dance to the performances of Opera Atelier and have helped create a unique dimension and style to the Company’s beautiful presentations. Thank you Jeannette!

If you are an Aeroplan Member, please consider donating points today. Donations of points are incredibly versatile for Opera Atelier: they can help cover artist’s travel, can cover costs for future touring and can even make a large impact at our annual Versailles Gala that raises funds for our arts education programs! Visit Opera Atelier’s profile on donatepoints.aircanada.com to find out more. Thank you to all those who have already donated their Aeroplan points; Your Aeroplan points it has made a tremendous impact. can make a difference!

44 Opera Atelier applauds Opera Atelier applauds Connie Leon Thomas Logan for sponsoring Colin Ainsworth for sponsoring Carla Huhtanen

Colin Ainsworth Carla Huhtanen in in Armide (2015) Don Giovanni (2019)

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Meghan Lindsay in Actéon (2018) Douglas Williams in The Marriage of Figaro (2017)

45 Opera Atelier applauds Vivian Elizabeth Pilar for sponsoring Allyson McHardy

Allyson McHardy in Alcina (2014)

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47 48 49 BENEFACTORS ($20,000–$49,000) Mr. Greig S. Dunn & Mr. Robert Maclennan John & Judith Grant CAMPAIGN for CREATION Mr. & Mrs. William Lambert Ms Connie Leon INNOVATORS ($500,000–$999,000) LEADERS ($100,000–$199,000) Ms Katalin Schäfer Vivian Elizabeth Pilar Anonymous David Green & Daphne Wagner, SUSTAINERS ($10,000–$19,999) Lita & Michael Green CHAMPIONS ($50,000–$99,000) Gordon & Pamela Henderson Rick & Virginia Walker CREATORS ($200,000–$499,000) PATRONS ($1,000 – $9,999) Dalglish Family Foundation John R. & Maire E. Percy

INDIVIDUAL GIVING—ANNUAL All donor lists as of May 3, 2021

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.

ARTISTS SPONSORS

Marshall Pynkoski, Co-Artistic Director Colin Ainsworth generously sponsored by Allyson McHardy generously sponsored by and Educator generously sponsored by Connie Leon Vivian Elizabeth Pilar Jerry & Joan Lozinski Carla Huhtanen generously sponsored by Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra generously Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Thomas Logan sponsored by Brayton Polka Choreographer generously Meghan Lindsay generously sponsored by sponsored by Vivian Elizabeth Pilar the Hodgson Family Foundation

Artists of Atelier Ballet generously Douglas Williams generously sponsored sponsored by Vivian Elizabeth Pilar by Katalin Schäfer

Ms Connie Leon* MARQUIS ($5,000 – $9,999) Mr. & Mrs. Jerry & Joan Lozinski**** Drs. Glen Bandiera & Jolie Ringash* Mr. Brayton Polka** Dr. Thomas Beechy**** Ms Katalin Schäfer** Mr. J. Harold Buttle* THE SUN QUEEN ($500,000) Rick & Virginia Walker* Mrs. Mary Gauci*** Marshall Pynkoski & Jeannette Vivian Elizabeth Pilar**** Robert Glover & Martha McOuat* Lajeunesse Zingg**** Mr. Lionel Goffart THE SUN KING ($200,000) Gordon & Pamela Henderson** VICEROY ($10,000 – $19,999) Jennifer Kropac & Kevin Law*** Mr. Michael A. Wekerle** Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bradshaw Ms Racheal McCaig* Kenneth Field & Janis Peleshok Ms Laura Money LE GRAND DAUPHIN (100,000+) William & Catherine Graham**** Joan Robinson* Dalglish Family Foundation Anna L. Guthrie**** Nicole Vermond & Andre Langevin** David Green & Daphne Wagner, Thomas Keirstead & Deidre Lynch**** Linda Young** Lita & Michael Green**** Mr. Thomas Logan** Anonymous** Anonymous Ms Suzanne McCuaig* Rosalind & Dory Vanderhoof SUN KING ($20,000+) Mr. Jack Whiteside*** Mr. Greig S. Dunn & Mr. Robert Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Zelenczuk*** Maclennan**** Mr. Bruce Zinger**** John & Judith Grant*** Mr. & Mrs. William Lambert****

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Lindsay Histrop & PATRON ($1,500 – $2,499) Mr. Kazik Jedrzejczak*** Richard Martin* Lisa Balfour Bowen**** Mr. & Mrs. Pat & Roger Lace Mr. Phillip Khaiat & Moira Bartram & Joseph Fantl** Mr. Michael Law* Ms Carolynne Hallitt*** Ms Anne Baumann** Mr. Tom Le Seelleur Alan Lee & Norbert Beilstein* Dr. Howard Clarke Dr. Emilie Newell** IMPRESARIOS Anne MacKay** Mr. & Mrs. Stephen & Ms Sheila Phillips*** ($2,500 – $4,999) Mr. Lynn Miller Linda Cook**** Mrs. Angel Wong Ms Jane Adams* Dr. M.L. Myers**** Carrol Anne Curry**** Ms Ingrid Tanner** David Allan & Cynthia Young** Mr. Mark Opashinov Ms Catherine Dunne** Mr. William Thompson* Ms Marcia Lewis Brown* John R. & Maire Percy* Mr. Ossama El Naggar S.K. Upjohn*** Ms Alberta G. Cefis**** Julia Robertson & Mr. David Fallis & Mrs. Helen Vari In Memory of Michelle James Buchanan Ms Alison Mackay** Mr. Frank Whittaker** Ducommun* Valerie Schweitzer & Ms Elda Fares* Lei Xu C. Richard Fischer Christopher Reed**** Ms Margaret Genovese** Al & Jane Forest* Mr. James H. Stonehouse** Ms Deanna A. Gontard Ken & Sharon Giffen** Mr. Soheil Homayouni

Alice Fox*** Mr. & Ms John & Arlene John & Laura Formusa John Gillies & Anne-Marie Anthony*** Mr. Kevin Forrest Prendiville* Mr. Anton Bakalic*** Mr. Lorne Fox* Galina Gotesman Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan & Ms Kathleen Fraser*** Mrs. Mary Graham*** Diane Bamberger Mr William Gardner MAESTRO Mr. Donald D. Grant** Ana C Baptista Martin Gerwin & ($1,000 - $1,499) Mr. George Grant*** Mr. Jim Barbour Judith Rutledge Ms Anna Aksan** Dan Hickey* Mr. Peter Barton Mr. & Mrs. Stanley & Ms Tricia Baldwin Dr. Richard Isaac*** Ms Stephanie Batt Micki Gilbert Mr. Robert Bothwell* Mr. Stephen Johnson Mr. John Bedford Mr. James A. Glazier* Brian Bucknall & Mary Dr. Elaine Keillor, C.M.**** Ms Marilyn Bell Tyler Gledhill* Jane Mossman* Mr. John Kerr*** Gladys Bertolas Mr. Paul Gooch Ms Deanna Cyr*** Andrew Kropinski & Ms Colette Bevilacqua** Mrs. Claire Granié* Lloyd & Gladys Fogler Peggy Pritchard** Ms Helena Birt Mr. John Grant* Ms Marion Green** Mr. Peter J. Lewis* Ms Sara Blake**** Ms Catherine Gravely Philip Green & Louise Royer Douglas & Anne Mackintosh* Mr. Robert Boeckner Mr. Stan Griffin* Carolynne Hallitt*** Ms & Mr. Susan & Ms Brenda Bolton Mr. & Mrs. George Haag** Mr. Paul R. Henry Anthony McGrath** Ms Susan Booker** Laura Harris Elaine Ishibashi & Ms Stephanie Meredith* Mr. Harold Botnick Mr. D. Herbert Heine* Keith Smithers*** Don Middleton & Ms Marta Braun & Edward & Jane Heinemann**** Mr. Umar Jan Clayton Wilson** Mr. Edward Epstein**** Mr. Bram Herlich**** Mr. Mark Kikot Ms Mary Mogford Ms Margaret Brock**** Mr. Arthur Hollbach Mr. Dean Levitt Mr. L. Huw Morgan* Ms Nora Brooks Prof. Michiel Horn & Mr. Anthony Lisanti**** Mr. & Ms Edmund & Mr. Russell Brown Cornelia Schuh**** Mr. & Mrs. Geoff & Jill Matus, Mary Murphy* Ms Barbara Brunsden**** Sandy & Naomi Horodezky**** In Memory of Penny Ms Paula Nieuwstraten Richard Bull & Bryan Pipe**** Ms Karina Hsieh Arthurs** Katherine V. Paterson* Mr. Robert Cameron Mrs. Anya Humphrey Mr. David McCullum Jack Pearpoint & Lynda Kahn Mr. Manuel Cappel* C R Hunter* Frank & Patricia Mills** Mr. Stephen Phillips** Ms Leila Carnegie Michael & Linda Hutcheon**** Ms Maura Kathleen Piper Mr. Raymond H. Pladsen* Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Ellen Carr** Cathy Hutchinson** Drs. Bill Pope & Elizabeth Ann & Gary Posen** Ms Christine Castle Alex Ihnatowycz Gibbert-Pope David J. Purcell** Mr. Gary Chaimowitz Richard & Sarah Ing Anne Skoczylas Paul Pynkoski & Tania Natale* Lorraine Clark Karin & Allan Ireland** Ms Rosamunde Sobryan* Ms Margrit Rahilly Robert Clark & Allison Barrett* Ms Stephanie Jackson Angel & Mike Spendlove* Ms Judy Skinner* Mr. James Cook Mary Jessup* Ms Patricia Stone**** William Solomon* Ms Sharon Corcoran Ms Coral Jewell Mark van Zanden & Vincent Spellen-Cox Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Ms Jacqueline Jimenez* Rachel Talbot Ross & Georgina Stockwell* Crowe**** Ms Elisabeth Jocz**** Ms Melanie Whitehead Mr. Devin Therien Ms Anne Crowley Quentin & Susan Johnson**** Mr. Lary Willows* Mr. Robert Thornley* Mr. Keith Damsell Ms Susan Johnston* Mr. Vernon G. Turner Mr. Joseph Debono Mr. & Mrs. Derek Jordan* SOLOIST Gail Vanstone** Ms Serena Dessen*** Mr. Francisco Juarez* ($600 – $999) Alison von Criegern**** Mr. Steven Diener Lynda Kahn, In Loving Memory Mr. Sam Albanese** Anonymous (2)) Ms Carol Dorman** of Florence B. Kahn Mr. & Ms Andre & Ms Ann Douglas Mr. Ali Kashani** Morgana Asselin* ENSEMBLE Mr. Richard Earls**** Mr. Robert Katz & Mr Dennis Brennan ($300 – $599) Mr. Barry Edwards Dr. Giuliana Katz Ms Susan Costello** Mr. Lewis Abbott* Ms Sue Edworthy** Mr. Pavle Kazinoti Bram & Beth Costin** Ms Margaret Ackerman* Ms Susan Elgie Mr. David Kennedy* Susan Done & Sean Mace* Ms Suzanne Amato Patricia A. Elliot** Mr. Todd Kilpatrick Ms Cynthia Findlay Nancy & Arthur Ameis** Mr. William Fillmore Ms Catherine Kingston Tom Flemming** Ms Kathryn Anderson Bill Fleury & Sheryl Kennedy Ms Michelle Knight

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Dr. Susan Knight Mr. Richard Schneider Mr. Edmund Baumann Ms Kimberly Dyer Ms Monica C. Knott Mr. Robert Shantz Mr. Clive M. Beck Mr. William Echard Ms Eva Kovacs Mr. Stanley Shier Andrew Bennett Jon Eddington Mr. James Kurliak* Daniel Shoskes Mr. Gyuszi Berki**** Mr. Geoffrey Eden Ms Linda Kutter Alexandra Skoczylas & Mr. Michael Beswick*** Ms Jean Edwards Mr. Ben Labovitch Shaun Little Mr. Jonathan Black Ms Mary Egerer Mr. Hinwah Lam Sylvia Soyka**** Mr. William Blissett Dean & Judith Ekberg Dixi Lambert Ms Michelle Spanik Ms Dolores Borkowski* Ms Donna Eng Christina Mahler & Michael & Margaret Spence*** Mr. Adrien Boutin Mr. Seymour & Jeanne Lamon Mr. Kyle Spencer Mr. Stephen Bowman Ms Cheryl Epstein Ms Sheila Larmer* Mrs. Felice Spitzer Wendy Boyd** Ms Elisabeth Evans* Ms & Mr. Victoria Lee Ms Margaret Sprague** Ms Susan Breitner Friend of Opera Atelier* Ms Valentia Lee-Brotherton Mr. Harvey St. Amant Mr Brian Brocklehurst Ms Christina Fage Ms Esther Lenkinski Mr. John Stanley Ms Amy Brown Ms Fay Farmer Mr. George Lennon Katharine & Jan Stibrany* Mr. & Mrs. R.B. Bryan Mr Lorne Farr* Ms Katharine Lochnan**** Gordon Stienburg Mr. Thomas Bryson*** Ms Mary Faziluddin** Ms Christine Loepp Ms Anne Stokes Ms Jadwiga Buhajczyk Mr. Christopher Ferguson Mr. Kenneth Lund Leonard Surges & Ms Judith Burrows Ms Gillian Ferns Ms Jocelyn Macdonald Kathryn Racine* Mrs. Elaine Bursztyn Mrs. Teatsa Ferrari Ms Lynn Malo Ms Maria Svoboda Dr. Barbara Caffery**** Mr. Jason Fisico Mr. & Ms Nick & Mr. Anthony Sweeney Mr Blair Caines* William Flanagan Eva Mandrapilias**** Ms Margaret Taylor-Sevier Mrs. Judith Campbell Ms Helen Flint Mr. Robert Manning Ms Mary Thomas Nagel* Ms Elaine Capper Mr. Ronald Forbes Mr. Peter Manson* George Tintor Mr. Neil Carter & Ms Annette Foubert Mr. Murray Marchant Ms S. Anne Todd**** Ms Monica Murphy** Dr. Meg Fox Ms Wendy McCallum Mr. Ross Tucker* Ms Justine Casserly Ms Carol Gallagher Ms Susan McCawley** Mr. Cornelis van De Graaff Rasma Caune Dr. Hugh Gayler & Ms Christine McClymont Ms Armeda Vanderwoude** Mr. Michael Charles Ms Eileen Martin* Ms Jan McCrae* Mr. David & Mrs. Agnes Ms Carol Chin Mr. David Gemeinhardt Ms Violet McDonald* Basskin-Vermes**** Kat Chin Ms Deborah Gesensway Ms Mundy McLaughlin* Mr. Brent Vickar Ms Linda Chow Ms Isabelle Gibb* Hélène & Ray McLenaghan** Ms Katherine Vyse Mr. Andy Clarke Micki Gilbert, In Loving Memory Mr. Duncan McMonagle Mr. Robert Wakefield** Ms Julie Clarke of Florence B. 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53 Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning Koerner Hall Visit us on Instagram: @royalconservatoryevents www.rcmusic.ca Koerner Hall is Toronto’s intimate and acoustically superb 1,135-seat concert hall. Designed in the tradition of Europe’s great concert venues, Koerner Hall was built to provide an exquisite listening environment for all genres of music. With its intimate size, beautiful ceiling canopy of floating ribbons of wood, elegant interior ambience, excellent sight lines from every seat, and warm acoustics, Koerner Hall offers an unparalleled concert experience.

THE ROYAL Victor Bastidas Chris MaGee Kevin Shea Dayna Dickenson CONSERVATORY: Event Coordinator Supervisor of Licensee Front of House Manager Head Video PERFORMING ARTS Events, Ticketing DIVISION Andrew Bryan Services and Operations PRODUCTION CREW Ian Harper Manager, Concessions OF KOERNER HALL Head Audio Peter Simon & Beverage Bramwell Pemberton Michael and Sonja Associate Manager, Paul Zivontsis Heather Richards Koerner President & CEO Kristin Campbell Ticketing Services and Production Manager Head Lighting Facility Rentals Manager Operations Mervon Mehta Chris Mathany Raul Rodriguez Executive Director, Kareen Lalicon Michelle Petrie Technical Director Head Monitors and Performing Arts Manager, Ticketing Facility Rentals Lighting Assist Services and Operations Coordinator Pieter Bruelemans Aida Aydinyan Head Stage General Manager

Opera Atelier, 157 King St E, 4th floor, Toronto ON M5C 1G9 416.703.3767 Opera Atelier operaatelier.com Charitable Registration Number: 12859 0817 RR0001 FOUNDING DIRECTORS Jeannette Lajeunesse Jeremy Nasmith Cayla Bekk Jarret Cody Zingg C.M. Baritone Assistant Production Infection Control Marshall Pynkoski C.M. Co-Artistic Director / Manager Monitor Co-Artistic Director Choreographer Douglas Williams Bass-Baritone Sophia Fabiano Jacqueline Jeannette Lajeunesse David Fallis Assistant Technical Robertson Cull Zingg C.M. Resident Music Director ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Director Wig Mistress Co-Artistic Director & Conductor Marshall Pynkoski Tara Phillips Erin Cunningham BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gerard Gauci and Jeannette Finance Assistant Rehearsal Assistant Resident Set Designer Lajeunesse Zingg Racheal McCaig Kevin Vuong Sophia Fabiano Founding Co-Artistic Janis Peleshok Christopher Bagan Assistant to Co-Artistic Assistant Technical Directors Co-Chairs Assistant Conductor/ Directors Director Accompanist Alexandra Skoczylas Trini Mitra Murray Paterson Kevin Mallon Executive Director Treasurer Michael Legouffe Marketing Group Session Producer Head of Wardrobe / Dan Hickey Communications Steven Rosenhek Caitlin Mears Designer Director of Development Agency Secretary Rehearsal Assistant Jennifer Parr Zach Bruman Measha PRODUCTION CREDITS Leslie Norgate Resident Fight Director Director of Production Brueggergosman Specialty Props STAGE MANAGEMENT Artist Advisor to Marcel Canzona Samantha Zimmerman Karen Rodd the Board Editor / Director of Director of Finance and Melissa Rood Additional Decor Photography Administration Production Stage Jane Adams Manager Barbara Szablowski Anne Baumann Gordon Henderson Rebekah Lobosco Gilli Make-up Designer Elda Fares Film Consultant Development Manager Tamara Vuckovic Sharon Giffen Stage Manager Erik Thor Bruce Zinger Heather Dale Jan Lambert Surtitles Laura Money Resident Photographer Education and Outreach Nan Shepherd Mark Opashinov Coordinator Assistant Stage Manager Wilson Wong CHORUS FOR THE Flag Work for Artists of Jolie Ringash Zeina Dghaim Farnoosh Talebpour RESURRECTION Atelier Ballet James Stonehouse Education Consultant Apprentice Stage Dory Vanderhoof Carla Huhtanen Manager McWood Studios Inc. Daphne Wagner Holly Coish Soprano Carpentry Bruce Zinger Audience Services PRODUCTION TEAM Meghan Lindsay Coordinator Carrie Cooley Barbour CREATIVE TEAM Soprano John-Michael Scapin Wardrobe Assistant All Opera Atelier Marshall Pynkoski C.M. Allyson McHardy Marketing and photography by Cayla Bekk Co-Artistic Director / Mezz-Soprano Administrative Bruce Zinger Assistant Production Director Coordinator Colin Ainsworth Manager Tenor

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