Overall Rating
4.4
By Tom
Outstanding from Every Point of View!
Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre - Toronto
This was one of the most engaging and polished Opera Atelier's performances I have seen over the years. One has only to compare the directors' efforts to create a suitably authentic, yet currently accessible experience with the efforts of similar arts organizations sampled online to see how superior Opera Atelier's are from every point of view. The musical direction, sets, singing, dancing and acting in this production were superb. Best wishes for continued success over the years!
By GoddessIntl
Visually and sonically impressive
Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre - Toronto
Gorgeous sets and costumes highlight outstanding singing and dancing. Top level performance all around. If lush, layered, Baroque productions are your thing, Opera Atelier delivers.
By LS
Absolutely Superb
Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre - Toronto
Superb production, as always! Collin Ainsworth is an astounding talent.
By Lyne
Very pleasant time
Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre - Toronto
Good show overall. The smoke effect was a bit too much. Orpheus sounded a bit weak on some parts...
By KHS
Opera Atelier’s Orpheus Is a work of art
Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre - Toronto
Beauty and charm. Gorgeous singing and ballet. Sumptuous scenery. Beautiful choir. Easy to buy tickets
By Baroque music lover
A joyful performance
Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre - Toronto
It was a beautiful , emotional , entertaining performance . Very interesting to see a lot of classical dance movements in this baroque Opera . Moments of castrato notes and passages were as convincing as expected.
By RZ
Dido and Aeneas
Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre - Toronto
Great show and a wonderful performance by Measha Brueggergosman-Lee. It was wonderful to once again seeing a live performance. One concern is that face masks were not required. While I fully understand that in the province and the city face masks are no longer a requirement, and I agree with the vast majority of people that face masks are tiresome and annoying, it really was disconcerting to see so many people without masks all the while coughing and hacking on the people around them in the tightly packed seating. The safety of the audience needs to take precedence despite the annoyance.
By Alex
Incredible Opera Experience!
Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre - Toronto
Dido and Aeneas was such an incredible performance I was absolutely in awe of the talent. The dancers as well as the singers, the set design and costumes made such an amazing show. I would 100% recommend you to see a show from this company. It was a real pleasure to be privy to seeing this show!!
By Handel lover
Tragic and fun
Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre - Toronto
While Meghan Lindsay wasn’t my favourite ever Dido, she sang the role beautifully. I was hoping for more strength of character. Colin Ainsworth was a solid Aeneas and he balanced well a depth of feeling with a blind sense of duty. Measha Bruggesgossman was fabulously evil with wonderful comic sense of timing giving us satisfying schadenfreude. Chorus was good. The real stars of the show for me were Tafelmusik players. They’re playing with polished attention to detail and ornamentation they set they mood and gave the show vitality and dynamism.
By Debra
A very enjoyable afternoon
Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre - Toronto
The Elgin theatre was beautiful, the staff friendly and helpful , the pre opera chat informative , the staging simple and effective and the cast particularly Dido , the Sorceress and her minions excellent.
Opera Atelier is North America’s premier period opera/ballet company, producing the opera, ballet and drama of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. While drawing upon the aesthetics and ideals of the period, Opera Atelier goes beyond “reconstruction” and infuses each production with an inventive theatricality that resonates with modern audiences. Led by founding artistic directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg since 1985, Opera Atelier has garnered acclaim for its performances at home as well as in the United States, Europe and Asia.