October 26 to November 2, 2013

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Marshall Pynkoski Director David Fallis Conductor Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg Choreographer Gerard Gauci Set Designer Bonnie Beecher Lighting Designer Margaret Lamb Costume Designer Jessica Severin Stage Manager

the cast

Gustav Andreassen Osmin Ambur Braid Konstanze Adam Fisher Pedrillo Carla Huhtanen Blonde Curtis Sullivan Pasha Selim Lawrence Wiliford Belmonte

Artists of Atelier Ballet

Meredith ClintonTyler GledhillElizabeth Kalashnikova Kevin KongJames LejaLukas MalkowskiJeremy NasmithJennifer NicholsJulia SedwickCynthia SmithersChristopher StalzerEdward TraczMagdalena VaskoBrett VansickleAngel WongJeannette Lajeunesse Zingg

Supernumeraries Jared SullivanNicholas Sullivan

Opera Atelier Chorus

Leslie BickleMaciej BujnowiczIvy ButtigiegEugenia DermentzisVal ErenStefan FehrCian HorrobinRichard HrytzakCharlotte KnightGrace LeeDeanna PaulettoLyndsay PromaneJohn-Michael ScapinSuzanne SchaafsmaJordan SchollShayan ShaffieJanaka WelihindaJessica WrightCaitlin Wood

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Jeanne Lamon, Music Director

Violin I

Jeanne LamonThomas GeorgiEdwin HuizingaChristopher VerretteJulia Wedman

Violin IIPatricia AhernGeneviève GilardeauElizabeth Loewen-AndrewsStephen MarvinCristina Zacharias

ViolaPatrick G. JordanBrandon ChuiEmily EngPemi Paull

VioloncelloChristina MahlerElinor FreyMargaret Gay

Double BassAlison MackayPierre Cartier

FlageoletAlison Melville

FluteSandra MillerAlison Melville

OboeJohn AbbergerMarco Cera

ClarinetEd MatthewColin Savage

BassoonDominic TeresiClayton Zeller-Townson

HornDerek ConrodDavid Parker

TrumpetJohn ThiessenAndras Molnar

Timpani Ed Reifel

PercussionTim FrancomRichard MooreDebashis Sinha

Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors Company,

U.S. and Canadian agent for Faber Music Ltd., London, publisher and copyright owner.

presents

A Singspiel in Three Acts, Sung in German with English Dialogue & Surtitles.

Performance time is approximately three hours including intermission.

ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO

Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLibretto by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner

with adaptations by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie

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dear friends,

We are delighted to welcome you to Opera Atelier’s production of Mozart’s outrageous comedy Abduction from the Seraglio. When we unveiled our new production in 2008, Abduction from the Seraglio had not been seen in Toronto for more than 20 years. Given the charm and accessibility of this opera and its exceptionally beautiful music it seems incredible that it had been ignored for so long.

Abduction from the Seraglio became an instant favourite with our audience members of all ages, and it is particularly gratifying that so many OA subscribers are using this current production as an opportunity to introduce their children and first-time operagoers to Mozart’s music.

Our 2013-2014 season will continue with Opera Atelier’s award-winning production of Lully’s great masterpiece, Persée (at the Elgin Theatre April 26 – May 3, 2014). Persée was long considered the high-water mark of French lyric theatre, and in 2000 Opera Atelier enjoyed the great privilege of bringing the opera to life for the first time since the 1700s.

Persée has also been invited to tour to the Royal Opera House at Versailles following its Toronto performances in April/May 2014. This promises to be a particularly moving experience for all of us given the fact that Persée was the opera chosen to inaugurate the Royal Opera House in 1770, when it celebrated the marriage of Marie Antoinette to the future King of France — Louis XVI.

We are proud to offer you this season which is unique in North America. It would not be possible without our ongoing collaboration with Canada’s incomparable Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, our performers, designers, administration, donors, and committed ticket-buyers like yourselves, who continue to allow us the luxury of exploring the most thrilling and satisfying repertoire imaginable.

Thank you for joining us.

– Marshall Pynkoski & Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg Co-Artistic Directors

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I am thrilled to welcome you to Opera Atelier’s 2013-2014 season. Our season features Mozart’s colourful comic opera, Abduction from the Seraglio which you will be enjoying today, as well as the return of one of Opera Atelier’s landmark productions, Persée (April 26 - May 3), which we will also be touring to Versailles.

In addition to the stunning operas on our stage and our return to Versailles, we have an exciting season of special events planned. Our fundraising gala, the Versailles Gala, will take place on April 2, 2014. This annual event continues to grow bigger every year, and we are thrilled to be exploring a

new venue: Toronto’s glamourous Four Seasons Hotel. Our incredible Gala Committee has been hard at work on plans for the evening and we are looking forward to sharing more details with you! As always, this special occasion will give guests the opportunity to see Opera Atelier’s singers and young dancers in an intimate setting, as well as delicious food, great company and the chance to bid on some fabulous auction items. Funds raised through the event will support a broad range of our artistic activities including our young artist training programs. Please mark Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014 in your calendars and join with us for this special evening.

For those of you wishing to deepen your Opera Atelier experience, becoming a member of our Friends program will give you the opportunity to join us at a number of behind-the-scenes events. Many newcomers to the program tell us they had no idea what they were missing!

Thank you for joining with us for Mozart’s marvellous Abduction from the Seraglio. An enthusiastic audience is the greatest gift to any artist, and your presence here today means so much to all of us.

– Bryan Graham Chair, Board of Directors

It is with great excitement that I welcome you all to Opera Atelier’s 2013-2014 season. The past twenty-four months have been a whirlwind of activity and it does not seem to be slowing down.

From the Royal Opera House to the Glimmerglass Festival in the summer of 2012, to The Magic Flute tours in Penn State and Columbus, Ohio, to Marshall and Jeannette’s triumphant production of Mozart’s Lucio Silla at the Salzburg Festival, things have been tremendously busy and the excitement continues to build.

I would like to extend special thanks to our patrons, donors, sponsors and all levels of government for their unwavering support. It is because of you that Opera Atelier continues to make wonderful theatre that is being internationally acknowledged and celebrated.

Thank you for joining us this season and I hope you will consider travelling with us for our return to the Royal Opera House at the Palace of Versailles in spring 2014.

– Patricia Barretto Executive Director

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Osmin Gustav Andreassen, bass

For Opera Atelier: The Hermit in Der Freischütz (The Marksman), Osmin in Abduction from the Seraglio.

Elsewhere: Philippe in Don Carlos (Hamburgishe Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper am Rhein), Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin (San Francisco Opera, The National

Symphony), Osmin in Abduction from the Seraglio (Opéra Atelier, Boston Lyric Opera, Vlammse Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Wolftrap Opera), 50th Anniversary performance of Blitch in Susannah (Orlando Opera), Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress (Toledo Opera), Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte (New York City Opera), Commendatore in Don Giovanni (Florida Grand, Cincinnati Opera, Deutsche Oper, Boston Baroque, Oper Graz), Sparafucile in Rigoletto (Deutsche Oper, Cincinnati Opera), Shostakovich’s 13th Symphony Babi Yar (Seattle Symphony), Mozart Requiem (Atlanta Symphony), Ghost of Hector in Les Troyens (Boston Symphony Orchestra), Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress (Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra), Ramphis in Aïda (Anton Coppola’s final performance with Opera Tampa).

Upcoming: Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlo (Austin Lyric Opera), Osmin in Abduction from the Seraglio (Utah Opera).

Konstanze Ambur Braid, soprano For Opera Atelier: The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute and Diane in Iphigénie en Tauride.

Elsewhere: In 2011-2012 at the Canadian Opera Company, she was Adele in Christopher Alden’s new production of Die Fledermaus and Vitellia in the Ensemble

Studio performance of La Clemenza di Tito. Other recent appearances with the Canadian Opera Company include Stella in Les contes d’Hoffmann, the title role in Handel’s Semele in the Ensemble Studio performance, the Queen of the Night in the Ensemble Studio performance of The Magic Flute, Amore in Orfeo ed Euridice, the Greek Woman in Iphigénie en Tauride, and the Danish Lady in Death in Venice. In 2011-2012, she attended the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival.

Upcoming: Ms. Braid is thrilled to make her debut as Violetta in La Traviata with Arizona Opera, as well as cover the role of Elisabetta in Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux at the Canadian Opera Company.

Et cetera: Ms. Braid received degrees from the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music and San Francisco Conservatory of Music. www.amburbraid.com

Pedrillo Adam Fisher, tenor

For Opera Atelier: Vancouver-born Adam Fisher is delighted to be making his debut with Opera Atelier as Pedrillo.

Elsewhere: A graduate of the University of British Columbia, Adam joined the Emerging Artists Program with Calgary Opera in 2010, and earned critical acclaim as

Tom Rakewell in 2012 at Music Academy of the West in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress. Adam recently sang Nicias in Massenet’s Thais with Toronto’s Opera in Concert, Tamino in The Magic Flute with Calgary’s Cowtown Opera, and starred as Raoul in Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne with Toronto Operetta Theatre.

Upcoming: This season, Adam looks forward to Britten’s Serenade for Tenor and Horn with Ottawa’s Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra, Lieutenant Cable in South Pacific with Pacific Opera Victoria, Count Gustav in The Land of Smiles with Toronto Operetta Theatre and Alfred in Edmonton Opera’s Die Fledermaus in 2014.

Blonde Carla Huhtanen, soprano For Opera Atelier: First Lady, Papagena, Ännchen, Susanna, Blonde, Zerlina, Papagena, Minerva, Drusilla, Actéon.

Elsewhere: Carla began her career in Italy and France singing Teatro La Fenice (Venice) in Gershwin’s Lady, Be Good! and Cherubini’s Anacreon. She sang Angelica

in Handel’s Orlando and the title role in Purcell’s Fairy Queen in Marseille, also performing in Aix, Tarascon, Toulon, Avignon and Chartres. Carla sang with the UK’s Garsington Opera — Lisetta in La Gazzetta and Serpetta in La Finta Giardiniera and with London’s Mostly Mozart series at the Barbican. Other European highlights include Bernstein’s Candide with the BBC Concert Orchestra, The Valletta festival in Malta, and a concert tour of the UK and Germany with the Royal Philharmonic.

Upcoming: Carmina Burana with Kingston Symphony, Messiah with the Grand Philharmonic, and Persée with Opera Atelier.

Et cetera: A friend of new music, Carla performs with Tapestry Opera, Soundstreams and New Music Concerts in Canada. www.carlahuhtanen.com

Pasha Selim Curtis Sullivan, bass-baritone

For Opera Atelier: During his long association with Opera Atelier, Curtis has played diverse roles for the company including Dr. Bartolo and Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, La Haine in Armide, Samiel in Der Freischütz (The Marksman), Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas, Neptune in Idomeneo, Masetto and Commendatore in Don Giovanni to audiences in Canada and the U.S., as well as in cities as far ranging

as Versailles, Singapore, Seoul, Yokohama, and Tokyo.

Elsewhere: A performer of the stage, concert hall, film, and TV, some stage highlights include The Merry Widow (San Francisco Opera), La Bohème (Calgary Opera), Oliver ( Drayton Ent.), The Music Man (Port Hope Festival Theatre), The Taming of the Shrew (Pacific Opera Victoria), Guys & Dolls (Port Hope Festival Theatre), Carousel (Drayton Ent.), Passion (Canadian Stage), Carmen (Vancouver Opera), My Fair Lady (Toronto Operetta Theatre), The Gondoliers (Stratford Festival) and the title role in the North American tour of Tchaikovsky Discovers America.

Et cetera: His passion for new work has taken him to lead roles in numerous Canadian and world premieres with such companies as Tapestry, Vancouver New Music, and The National Arts Centre.

Belmonte Lawrence Wiliford, tenor

For Opera Atelier: Pedrillo in Abduction from the Seraglio, Damon in Acis and Galatea, Eumete in Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni.

Elsewhere: Mozart’s Requiem (Tafelmusik and National Arts Centre Orchestra), Handel’s Messiah (Calgary and Nova Scotia Symphonies), title role in Albert Herring

(Pacific Opera Victoria), Francis Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Canadian Opera Company), Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Opera Lyra Ottawa), Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw (Aldeburgh Music), Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance (Edmonton Opera).

Upcoming: Title role in Albert Herring (Vancouver Opera), Mozart’s Coronation Mass (Toronto Symphony), St. Matthew Passion (Orchestre Métropolitain), Rameau’s La Guirlande (Boston Baroque), Messiah (Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra).

Et cetera: Recordings on the ATMA Classique and NAXOS labels, including St. John Passion and works by Benjamin Britten; Canadian Art Song Project recording of songs by Derek Holman to be released with Centrediscs in Spring 2014.

Artist Biographies

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Stage Manager Jessica Severin For Opera Atelier: As Stage Manager: The Marriage of Figaro. As Assistant Stage Manager: Armide (including tours to Versailles and Glimmerglass), Don Giovanni, Abduction from the Seraglio, The Return of Ulysses.

Elsewhere: This Wide Night (Summerworks); Suds!, Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Thousand Islands Playhouse); La Ronde, A Christmas Carol (2012, 2010, 2008), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Parfumerie (2011, 2009), Window on Toronto, Loot, Awake and Sing! Ring Round the Moon, Mary Stuart, The Caretaker, The Government Inspector, Our Town (Soulpepper); Billy Elliott, Hairspray, A Couple of Blaguards, The Lion King (Mirvish Productions); Miss Caledonia, The Patient Hour (Tarragon), GrimmToo (Theatre Smith Gilmour); Bear With Me (Nightwood); Nigredo Hotel (Tapestry New Opera); The Apology Project, The Endless Pace, I Cried for You, Planes 1968 (Nuit Blanche); Oklahoma!, The Mikado (Drayton Entertainment).

Upcoming: Parfumerie (Soulpepper), Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata (Acting Up Stage), Persée (Opera Atelier).

Et cetera: Jessica is a graduate of the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.

Assistant Stage Manager nan Shepherd For Opera Atelier: This is Nan’s twenty-third production with Opera Atelier. Past favourites include Dido and Aeneas in Korea and Armide at the Palace of Versailles.

Elsewhere: Nan has had long associations with Tarragon Theatre and Soulpepper, and she’s also had the opportunity to work with Motion Live, Theatre Columbus,

the National Arts Centre, Buddies in Bad Times, Factory Theatre, Mirvish Productions, Canadian Stage, Harold Green Jewish Theatre, Obsidian Theatre, Soundstreams, Volcano, Theatre Smith Gilmour and Thousand Islands Playhouse.

Et cetera: Nan studies printmaking at OCAD University.

Assistant Stage Manager Dini Conte For Opera Atelier: Debut production.

Elsewhere: The Devil We Know, Dear Johnny Deere, Early August, Vimy, The Book of Esther, Bordertown Café, The Mail Order Bride, The Nuttalls, Innocence Lost: The Steven Truscott Story, Harvest (The Blyth Festival); Cinderella: a RATical retelling

(YPT); Il trovatore, Il barbiere di siviglia, Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci (Opera Hamilton); Montparnasse, Highway 63: the Fort Mac Show, Roshni, Letters to My Grandma, An Evening with Uncle Val (Theatre Passe Muraille). Other select credits include Legoland (Atomic Vaudeville); Ching Chong Chinaman (fu-GEN); Free as Injuns (Native Earth); Laurier, Saskatchewan Rebellion and Canadian Pacific Scandal (VideoCabaret).

Conductor David Fallis For Opera Atelier: Conductor: Weber’s Der Freischütz (The Marksman); Lully’s Armide; Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Abduction from the Seraglio, La Clemenza di Tito; Monteverdi’s Orfeo, L’incoronazione di Poppea, Il Ritorno d’Ulisse; Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas; Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice; Rameau’s

Pygmalion; Handel’s Acis and Galatea, Il pastor fido, La Resurrezione; Charpentier’s Actéon.

Elsewhere: Glimmerglass Festival, Toronto Consort, Houston Grand Opera, Luminato Festival, Wolftrap Theater, Utah Opera, Cleveland Opera, Elora Festival, Symphony Nova Scotia, Symphony New Brunswick, Orchestra London, Festival Vancouver, Elmer Iseler Singers, and more.

Upcoming: A Spanish Christmas and Cavalli’s Giasone with the Toronto Consort; A Baroque Christmas with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and Canzona.

Et cetera: Mr. Fallis was the historical music producer for two TV series, “The Borgias” and “The Tudors”, and currently consults for “The Vikings”. He directs Choir 21, dedicated to contemporary choral music, and he teaches in the Graduate Department of the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto.

Set Designer Gerard GauciFor Opera Atelier: Resident set designer Gerard Gauci has worked with the company since its inception in 1986. Over the years he has designed sets for all of Opera Atelier’s repertoire including Orfeo, The Coronation of Poppea, Persée, Medée, Iphigénie en Tauride, Idomeneo, The Marriage of Figaro, La Clemenza di Tito, Don Giovanni, Armide

and Der Freischütz (The Marksman).

Elsewhere: In 2010 he designed the exhibition “Drama and Desire” at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Upcoming: Preparing designs for the new production of Lully’s Persée, which will tour to the Royal Opera House at Versailles in 2014.

Et cetera: Gauci also pursues a career as a painter, exhibiting in Toronto at the Katzman Kamen Gallery and in Montréal at the Galerie de Bellefeuille. (Photo by Jim Allen.)

Lighting Designer Bonnie Beecher For Opera Atelier: Abduction from the Seraglio is Bonnie’s eighth production with Opera Atelier.

Elsewhere: Bonnie has designed over 250 productions for theatre, opera and dance both in Canada and internationally. Canadian companies include Canadian Stage, Canadian Opera Company, Stratford, The Shaw Festival, Tarragon Theatre, Soulpepper, Ballet British Columbia, and The National Ballet of Canada. International work includes productions for The Dutch National Ballett, Pacific Northwest Ballet, New Zealand Opera, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The American Ballet Theatre, The Stuttgart Ballett, and over 12 new productions for the Kevin O’Day Ballet – Mannheim in Germany. Recent productions include: Krabat (Stuttgart Ballet), The Little Prince (Kevin O’Day Ballet – Mannheim), Faith Healer (Shaw Festival), 4.48 Psychosis (Necessary Angel), Angels in America parts 1 and 2 (Soulpepper), The Flood Thereafter (Canadian Stage).

Upcoming: A new work by Douglas Lee for The Dortmund Ballett, Once on the Island (Acting Up Stage), Isadora (Kevin O’Day Ballet), Cabaret (Shaw Festival).

Et cetera: Bonnie has received 13 Dora nominations and has won the award twice.

Production Staff

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Artists of Atelier Ballet

Julia SedwickFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Handel’s Acis and Galatea, 2010.

Angel WongFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, 2009.

James LejaFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Charpentier’s Médée, 2002.

Cynthia SmithersFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio, 2008.

Meredith ClintonFirst performance with Opera Atelier.

Lukas MalkowskiFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Weber’s Der Freischütz (The Marksman), 2012.

Christopher StalzerFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito, 2011.

Tyler GledhillFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio, 2008.

Jeremy nasmithFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Monteverdi’s Orfeo, 1986.

Magdalena vaskoFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Lully’s Armide, 2005.

Kevin KongFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Lully’s Armide, 2012.

Brett vansickleFirst performance with Opera Atelier.

elizabeth Kalashnikova First performance with Opera Atelier.

Jennifer nicholsFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Mozart’s Idomeneo, 2008.

edward TraczFirst performance with Opera Atelier: Charpentier’s Médée, 2002.

Marshall Pynkoski & Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg

Director Marshall PynkoskiMarshall 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 Czech Republic) and

David Moroni (the Royal Winnipeg Ballet) were pivotal in his decision to pursue a career in ballet.

Early in Mr. Pynkoski’s professional career, he had the opportunity to undertake in-depth studies of Baroque opera and ballet in Paris. His studies continued with renowned Baroque dramaturge Professor Dene Barnett at Flinders University in South Australia.

In 1985 he founded Opera Atelier with his partner Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg and he has since directed a wide range of period productions of Baroque and early Classical opera and ballet in close collaboration with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. He has acted as guest instructor at the Centre for Baroque Studies under conductor Marc Minkowski with whom he premiered North America’s first period productions of The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni. Mr. Pynkoski has collaborated with many of the finest artists in the world of early music and his productions of opera and ballet have toured throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

He is a recipient of numerous awards including the Toronto Arts Award, the Ruby Award for outstanding contribution to opera in Canada, and the TIME Magazine award for Classical music. He was named Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres following his international tour of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre. Mr. Pynkoski most recently directed Mozart’s Lucio Silla for the Salzburg Festival in 2013.

Choreographer Jeannette Lajeunesse ZinggCanadian choreographer Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg has performed and choreographed internationally for more than two decades. She received her training at the Royal Academy of Dancing in London, in Copenhagen and Paris. She credits her teachers with instilling in her a love and respect for the history of classical ballet.

Through her most important teacher/mentors — John Marshall and Florentina Lojekova — she can trace a direct line to such dance luminaries as Idzikowski, Fokine, Espinoza, Perrot and Vestris.

As a young dancer, she relocated to Paris where she undertook in-depth studies of Baroque dancing from original source material. These studies were supplemented by intensive training in North America by Wendy Hilton and Sandra Caverly — experts in Baroque dancing and Bournonville technique respectively. Since then, Ms Zingg has choreographed and performed in more than 70 productions for Opera Atelier, which she founded in 1985 with her partner, Marshall Pynkoski.

Opera Atelier productions have been performed in Versailles, at the BBC Proms, Houston Grand Opera and the Glimmerglass Festival. Opera Atelier has also introduced period productions of Mozart to audiences in Japan, Singapore and Korea.

Ms Zingg has received numerous awards including the prestigious Toronto Arts Award, the Opera Canada Ruby Award for outstanding achievement in the field of opera in Canada in addition to having been named by TIME Magazine as one of Canada’s most influential artists in the field of Classical music. She has collaborated with conductors Marc Minkowski, Christopher Hogwood, Andrew Parrott, David Fallis and Stefano Montanari and choreographed for dancers from the National Ballet of Canada, The Scapino Ballet, The Dutch National Ballet and Opera Atelier. She has also choreographed and performed in numerous film projects including Rhombus Media’s “Master Peter’s Puppet Show”, “Romeos and Juliets” and “The Sorceress” opposite Dame Kiri te Kanawa. In the summer of 2013, Ms Zingg choreographed dances for Mozart's Lucio Silla for the Salzburg Festival.

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Tafelmusik has released over 80 CDs and has been awarded numerous international recording prizes, including nine JUNO Awards. In 2012 Tafelmusik announced the creation of its own label, Tafelmusik Media, and has released a number of new and past recordings. Releases this season include the House of Dreams DVD/CD package, and Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1-4.

Tafelmusik’s 13/14 season includes highlights such as Mozart’s Piano with Kristian Bezuidenhout (Dec 5-8), Handel Saul at Koerner Hall (Feb 21-23), The Four Seasons: A Cycle of the Sun (Mar 6-12), The Rival Queens with Isabel Bayrakdarian at Koerner Hall (Apr 9-13), and a Celebration of Jeanne Lamon, celebrating her remarkable 33 seasons at Tafelmusik (May 8-14). And of course, don’t forget Handel's Messiah at Koerner Hall (Dec 18-21) and the Sing-Along Messiah (Dec 22)!

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for her strong musical leadership. She has won numerous awards, including honorary Doctorates of Letters from York and Mount Saint Vincent Universities, and the prestigious Molson Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts. In 2000, Jeanne Lamon was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. Ms. Lamon is in demand as guest director of symphony orchestras in North America and abroad. She is passionate about teaching young professionals, which she does at the University of Toronto and through Tafelmusik’s artist training programmes. Jeanne Lamon will be stepping down as full-time Music Director of Tafelmusik in 2014 in order to devote more time to teaching, guest directing, and pursuing various hobbies.

Tafelmusik Baroque OrchestraHailed as “one of the world’s top baroque orchestras” by Gramophone Magazine, Tafelmusik was founded in 1979 by Kenneth Solway and Susan Graves, and has been under the inspired leadership of Music Director and Concertmaster Jeanne Lamon since 1981. At the heart of Tafelmusik is a group of talented and dynamic permanent members, each of whom is a specialist in historical performance practice. Delighting audiences

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abduction from the seraglio – SYNOPSIS

OVERTUREDuring the overture we witness the abduction of the noblewoman Konstanze, her English maid Blonde and the latter’s lover Pedrillo, by Pasha Selim and his men. They are forcibly taken from an English frigate while Konstanze’s lover Belmonte is left behind.

ACT IBelmonte, after much searching, arrives at the palace of the Pasha Selim. He is met by Osmin, who oversees the Pasha’s harem. Belmonte inquires about his servant Pedrillo who now serves the Pasha as a slave. Belmonte is unaware that Pedrillo’s lover (Blonde) has been given to Osmin as a wife. Osmin dismisses Belmonte’s inquiries and departs. Pedrillo appears and explains that Konstanze has been forced to enter Pasha Selim’s harem as his newest wife. The two men plot to rescue their respective lovers and escape.

A chorus and corps de ballet made up of Janissaries and wives of the royal harem herald the entrance of Pasha Selim. Konstanze refuses the Pasha’s advances, confessing her love and loyalty to Belmonte. She exits, and Pedrillo enters with his master (Belmonte) introducing him to the Pasha as a visiting architect. The Pasha agrees that Belmonte may enter his service but following the Pasha’s departure, Osmin tries unsuccessfully to block the men’s entrance into the palace.

Director’s Notes

Abduction from the Seraglio presents us with a classic Commedia dell’Arte scenario set in a fashionably exotic location. The Italian commedia is full of plays in which a beautiful young person (male or female) is sequestered away from the world by a controlling guardian or spouse. The delivery of the young person from their captivity becomes the driving force of the drama and is usually effected by a lover who is more suited to the captive in age and/or rank. Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio allows this classic Commedia dell’Arte plot line to be played out to brilliant effect as the Turkish and European worlds collide in hilarious contrast.

– Marshall Pynkoski

ACT IIBlonde quarrels with Osmin, informing him that English girls are incapable of being slaves, and do not take orders even when in Turkey. Osmin exits in a fury. Konstanze enters and reflects that the Pasha is becoming increasingly frustrated with her rejection of his advances. The Pasha appears and threatens Konstanze with torture if she does not allow him his conjugal rights within 24 hours.

INTERMISSIONKonstanze departs and Pedrillo enters, telling Blonde that Belmonte has arrived with a ship, anchored off-shore. The men plan to abduct the girls at midnight after subduing Osmin with alcohol. Osmin appears and is plied with a Cyprian wine and while he sleeps off the effects of his indulgence, the four lovers plan their escape.

ACT IIIIn the palace garden at midnight, Belmonte and Pedrillo, armed with a ladder, prepare to abduct their lovers. Belmonte successfully rescues Konstanze, but as Pedrillo is fetching Blonde, Osmin appears and apprehends the four of them. Pasha Selim enters and immediately condemns them to torture. The Pasha later reconsiders the sentence after recognizing Belmonte as the son of his most bitter enemy. He chooses instead to teach his enemy a lesson in civility, opting to free all four of the lovers and sending them home. The opera concludes with choruses and dances celebrating the clemency of Pasha Selim.

Carla Huhtanen and Gustav Andreassen in Opera Atelier’s production of Abduction from the Seraglio (2008). Photo by Bruce Zinger.

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Choreographer’s Notes

Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio (or Belmonte and Konstanze) premiered in Vienna on July 16, 1782. It was written for the Burgtheater, established by Emperor Joseph II as an avenue for German works of music theatre. Abduction from the Seraglio had an immediate success and became Mozart’s most popular opera during his lifetime. Ballet was part of any evening at the theatre in the 18th century and Mozart included wonderful dances in his operas. The idea of a Turkish theme had been in existence since the previous century (witness Lully’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, 1670) and indeed the Grand Turk had been adopted by the Commedia dell’Arte as a stock figure. Italy, France and Austria were familiar with Turkish customs due to diplomatic ties and various sieges and battles. In a letter dated August 11, 1781 Mozart writes with obvious relish that he is writing “Turkish” music that will give the piece an exotic flavour.

The opera libretto is clearly based on a stock Commedia dell’Arte scenario including a pair of lovers, conniving servants and the Grand Turk (Osmin) as the lecherous character pursuing the young Blonde (only Selim appears as an unusual addition to the cast). Mozart was very familiar with this form of theatre, as well as being an accomplished dancer himself. In 1783, he wrote to his father asking him to send him his Harlequin costume, which he wore in a masquerade-performance at the Redenthensaal in Vienna, “I composed the scenario and the music, the dancing master kindly controlled our steps, and I must tell you, we really played quite well”. Commedia dell’Arte traditionally included dancing — and Mozart’s score provides marvelous opportunities to present Turkish influenced costumes, weapons and percussive instruments in a series of dances, which have been choreographed in period style in the same lighthearted and energetic vein as the music.

– Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg

“ When the dancers sweep across the stage in the jewel-coloured costumes … one’s breath is literally taken away by the combined artistry on display.”

– Richard Ouzounian, Toronto Star, April 15, 2012

When Mozart premiered Abduction from the Seraglio in 1782 the Turkish siege of Vienna was a distant and triumphant memory, long since commemorated by the invention of that forever-popular crescent-shaped pastry known as the croissant. The Viennese, like many of their European neighbours, could now fearlessly luxuriate in the craze for all things exotic and with his comic opera featuring a pseudo-Turkish score Mozart enjoyed an enormous success.

Artists and designers in 18th century Europe expressed their fascination with the east by dressing familiar forms in the colours, patterns and what they perceived to be authentic decorative details of far-off lands. The results were usually light-hearted and fantastical and exerted a powerful charm. Mozart’s opera had the same genesis and continues to have much the same effect. A Commedia dell’Arte plot (featuring hapless aristocratic lovers, wily servants and a buffoon villain) was set in a Turkish harem and though not even remotely Middle Eastern in its instrumentation, Mozart’s music conjured images of minarets, walled gardens and parading Janissaries.

My design for the opera straddles both the west and east. I have devised three settings for the opera; the first for the overture is a classic European shipboard scene on a British frigate dominated by an immense Union Jack (minus the cross of St. Andrew that in 1782 was not yet included as part of the flag). In the next scene we find ourselves in the forecourt of Pasha Selim’s palace. Unlike a European palace of the period this Turkish one makes its impact with extravagant multi-coloured tiles framing and decorating a relatively simple stone structure. The third and final setting concludes in the most exotic locale of all, the palace garden, dominated by a luxurious pavilion set with wine and pomegranates, surrounded by golden hills, cypresses and flowering fruit trees.

While the set is conceived to fit a traditional European proscenium stage, it is Turkish architecture, painting and calligraphy that are the primary inspirations for its design. Margaret Lamb’s costumes combine an 18th century European silhouette with brilliant striped silks evoking the Far and Middle East. Together we present a vision of the opera that we hope will be savoured in just the same way as the most decadent Viennese pastry.

– Gerard Gauci

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FOUNDING DIRECTORSCo-Artistic Director Marshall PynkoskiCo-Artistic Director Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg

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Marketing & Communications Coordinator Claire Lucht

Resident Photographer Bruce ZingerArchival Videographer John KerrGraphic Design Ted Rouse

PRODUCTION STAFFProduction Assistant William H. Zachary Bruman Apprentice Stage Manager Théa PelAssistant Conductor Peter TiefenbachRepetiteurs James Bourne Christopher BaganWushu Sword Dance Captain Jeremy NashmithHead of Wardrobe Michael LegouffeWardrobe Assistant Andrew ClevelandScenic Drop Studios Richard Mongait Elizabeth Bailey Cobbler Jitterbug BoyMake-up Designer Barbara SzablowskiMake-up Assistant Chantal HubensWig Mistress Jacqueline Robertson-CullOriginal Wushu Sequence Consultant Nathaniel Kozlow

General Manager Brett RandallMarketing and Communications Manager Ellen FlowersAdministrative Assistant Lena PolyvyannayaProduction Manager Dana JohnstonFront Of House Manager Lori MacLeanHouse Manager Kelly MudieUsher Supervisors Bryce Dudley Nic Labriola

Manager, Bookings And Events Kevin HarrisBox Office Manager Sasha MiszczykBox Office Staff Cecilia Aguilera Patrick CrowtherOperations Manager Derek DresserOperations Staff John Kolesnyk Jeff Snow Marc WashingtonProduction and Operations Assistant Grant HawkinsBox office services provided by Ticketmaster.

I.A.T.S.E. DEPT. HEADS – Local 58Head Carpenter B.D. HillisHead Electrician Lars TilanderHead of Properties Mark FisherHead of Sound Aaron Hanna

ONTARIO HERITAGE TRUSTChairman Dr. Thomas H. B. SymonsExecutive Director Beth HannaDirector, Corporate Businesses and Services Janet Gates

The Elgin And Winter Garden Theatre Centre

The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre is owned and operated by the Ontario Heritage Trust (OHT), a not-for-profit agency of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture. The OHT is dedicated to preserving, protecting and promoting Ontario’s diverse heritage. The OHT is financially supported, in part, through generous corporate sponsors and private donors. For information about how you or your company can support the Ontario Heritage Trust and this National Historic Site call (416) 325-5025.

ELGIN AND WINTER GARDEN VOLUNTEERSPresident Mara BartolucciThe OHT is grateful to the hundreds of volunteers who donate their time and efforts to the promotion and preservation of the theatres. Volunteers are involved in guided tours, events and special programs. Consider volunteering your time at the last operating double-decker theatre in the world. Call (416) 314-2873.

Please Note: Latecomers may not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance and only at the discretion of management. The use of cameras, recording equipment, radios or any playback devices is not permitted in the theatres. Patrons are kindly asked to ensure that watch alarms and cell phones do not sound during the performance. No food or beverage, with the exception of water, is permitted in the theatres. Smoking is not permitted in the Theatre Centre. Hearing Enhancement: The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre is equipped with a hearing enhancement system. Please ask the usher staff for assistance.Gift Shop: Visit the Gift Shop in the main lobby of the Elgin Theatre (next to the elevators) for mementos of this unique National Historic Site.Lost and Found Articles: Please call (416) 314-2885 and leave a message with your name, telephone number and article description.Public Tours: Guided tours of the Centre take place Thursday afternoons at 5 p.m. and Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. No reservation is required and tickets can be purchased 30 minutes prior to the tour in the lobby of the theatre. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors. Group tours are available by special arrangement. Call (416) 314-2871.

189 YONGE STREET TORONTO, ON M5B 1M4

(416) 314-2901 www.heritagetrust.on.ca/ewg

Opera AtelieR board & Staff

About Opera Atelier

Opera Atelier holds a unique place in the North American theatre community, specializing in opera, ballet and drama from the 17th and 18th centuries. These productions draw upon the aesthetics and ideals of the period, featuring soloists of international acclaim, period ballet, original instruments, elaborate stage decor, exquisite costumes and an imaginative energy that sets Opera Atelier apart.

Opera Atelier is not in the business of “reconstruction,” rather, each production is a new creative effort and takes its own place in history. Opera Atelier strives to create productions that would have been recognized and respected in their own time while providing a thrilling theatrical experience for modern audiences.

Under the direction of founders Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Opera Atelier has been acclaimed throughout Canada, Houston, Cleveland, Columbus, New York, Stuttgart, Halle, Bremen, London (BBC Proms), Paris, Versailles, Montreux, Citta di Castello, Singapore, Japan and Seoul, Korea. Opera Atelier has collaborated with some of early music’s most distinguished artists including Andrew Parrott, Trevor Pinnock, Hervé Niquet, Marc Minkowski and many others.

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