Opera Atelier's "Angel" • March 11-March 18 • Cecilia Concerts

PROGRAM: Bagan, Boyce, Huizinga, Locke, Richter, Vivaldi

Toronto's Opera Atelier is a world leader in the rediscovery and revitalization of period opera and ballet, particularly works from the Baroque era. Angel is a multi-disciplinary storytelling event that explores themes of creation, loss of innocence, isolation, and redemption through the texts of John Milton's Paradise Lost and the mystic poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. Directed by Marcel Canzona, this bold and stunning production, filmed in the grand ballroom of Toronto's St Lawrence Hall, features new music for baroque instruments by Canadian composer Edwin Huizinga with Christopher Bagan – created over the past four years and featured in performances in Toronto, Chicago, and Versailles – with additional music from William Boyce, Matthew Locke, and Max Richter performed by members of Tafelmusik. Stage direction by Marshall Pynkoski and choreography by Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg. Presented by Opera Atelier and Cecilia Concerts

CAST: Colin Ainsworth, tenor; Mireille Asselin, soprano; Measha Brueggergosman-Lee, soprano; Jesse Blumberg, baritone; Meghan Lindsay, soprano; John Tibbetts, baritone; Douglas Williams, baritone

ARTISTS OF THE ATELIER BALLET: Eric César de Mello da Silva; Tyler Gledhill; Juri Hiraoka; Elizabeth Kalashnikova; Kevin Law; Courtney Lyman; Kealan Mclaughlin; Rebecca Moranis; Julia Sedwick; Cynthia Smithers; Michael Spendlove; Edward Tracz; Angel Wong; Dominic Who; Xi Yi; Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg

MUSICIANS: Tafelmusik - Elisa Citterio, Music Director, violin soloist (Vivaldi/Richter); Edwin Huizinga, violin soloist (Huizinga); Patricia Ahern, violin; Geneviève Gilardeau, violin; Elizabeth Loewen Andrews, violin; Michelle Odorico, violin; Christopher Verrette, violin; Julia Wedman, violin; Cristina Zacharias, violin; Brandon Chui, viola; Patrick G. Jordan, viola; Shannon Knights, viola; Felix Deak, viola da gamba/violoncello; Keiran Campbell, violoncello; Kerri Mcgonigle, violoncello; Pippa Macmillan, double bass; Alison Mackay, double bass; John Abberger, oboe; Marco Cera, oboe; Dominic Teresi, bassoon; Lucas Harris, theorbo; Julia Seager-Scott, clarsach/triple harp; Christopher Bagan, harpsichord/organ; Charlotte Nediger, harpsichord; Naghmeh Farahmand, percussion

NATHANIEL DETT CHORALE: D. Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, Founder/Artistic Director; Christina Faye, collaborative pianist; sopranos: Justine Owen; Annie Ramos; Alison Ryan; Jonelle Sills; Karen Weigold; altos: Jenna Cowans; Renee Fajardo; Alexandra Garrison; Ianjai Mounsey-Ndemo; Laurel Tubman; tenors: Jacob Abrahamse; Ryan Downey; Anthony Fauré; Nicholas Gough; Jamie Hillman; basses: Andrew Adridge; Wade Bray; Jeremy Nasmith; Christopher Petersen; Michael Robert Broder; Dérrell Woods