OPERA NEWS: Opera Atelier heading for Glimmerglass
4 FEB/11

JOHN COULBOURN - QMI Agency

Opera Atelier is heading south — but only for awhile. In announcing the company's 2011-12 season, Toronto's baroque opera company revealed that, for the second production of their new season, they will team up with the folks at the Glimmerglass Opera Festival to co-produce a reprise of their production of Jean-Baptiste Lully's ARMIDE.

First mounted by OA to mark their 20th anniversary season in 2005, the remount will once again feature tenor Colin Ainsworth as Renaud, with soprano Peggy Kriha Dye stepping into the title role and bass Joao Fernandes tackling the role of Hidroat, all under the direction of artistic director Marshall Pynkoski. After an April 2012 run at the Elgin, ARMIDE will play at the Glimmerglass Festival in New York state through July and August of 2012.

To launch its 2011-12 season, OA will kick off with a revival of their acclaimed production of Mozart's DON GIOVANNI, featuring baritone Phillip Addis in the title role, slated to run at the Elgin from Oct. 29.