Opera Atelier

Photos 1 and 2: Ask La Cour and Wendy Whelan as Orpheus and Eurydice for the New York City Ballet. Photo: Paul Kolnik. Photo 3: Sterling Hyltin and Gonzalo Garcia in George Balanchine’s Orpheus for the New York City Ballet. Photo: Erin Baiano.

Don't miss Vincent Gerbet in OA's production of Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice! Visit shorturl.at/altIO to purchase tickets today!

Marshall writes, "I spent the weekend reading a defense of civilization by Canadian historian Michael Jackson Bonner... Sobering, enlightening, and full of hope."

You won't want to miss Mireille as Eurydice. Single tickets for Opera Atelier's Fall production of Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice are now on sale! Visit shorturl.at/altIO to purchase tickets today! Photo by Bruce Zinger

Bernini's masterpiece provides us with a powerful depiction of Pluto. Kealan McLaughlin takes on the role of Pluto in OA's Orpheus and Eurydice. Photos by Albert Kerstna and Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris, "Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Pluto and Proserpina," in Smarthistory

Agnolo Bronzino, Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence 1569, Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, a panel of the painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel 1508-12 CE, Vatican City, Rome.

The male Artists of Atelier Ballet bar Orpheus from the entrance to Hades. Don't miss the Artists of Atelier Ballet this Fall in OA's production of Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice. Visit shorturl.at/altIO to purchase tickets today! Photo by Bruce Zinger

The music making of Orpheus charms the creatures meant to bar his way to the underworld. The male Artists of Atelier Ballet interact closely with tenor Colin Ainsworth in a scene that is as groundbreaking today as it was in the 18th century. Photo by Bruce Zinger

The music making of Orpheus charms the creatures meant to bar his way to the underworld. The male Artists of Atelier Ballet interact closely with tenor Colin Ainsworth in a scene that is as groundbreaking today as it was in the 18th century. Photo by Bruce Zinger

It's always a pleasure when one of the Artists of Atelier Ballet drop in for ballet class with Jeannette. Here, Kevin Law demonstrates a petite allegro with the precision and attention to detail that has always stood him in good stead throughout his career.

Single tickets for OA's Fall production of Orpheus and Eurydice are now on sale! Visit shorturl.at/altIO to purchase tickets today! Credit: Colin Ainsworth with Jenny Such/OA's 2007 Orpheus and Eurydice. Photo by Bruce Zinger. Quotes: C. Eatock, Globe and Mail.

At last! Single tickets for Opera Atelier's Fall production of Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice are now on sale! Visit shorturl.at/altIO to purchase tickets today! Tenor Colin Ainsworth in Opera Atelier's 2007 production of Orpheus and Eurydice. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

At last! Single tickets for Opera Atelier's Fall production of Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice are now on sale! Visit shorturl.at/altIO to purchase tickets today! Tenor Colin Ainsworth in Opera Atelier's 2007 production of Orpheus and Eurydice. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

Opera Atelier is returning to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) to present live music on August 2nd. Soprano Karine White and pianist Tina Faye will perform at 12:30pm and 2:00pm in the Currelly Gallery. Come out for a day of education and culture!

Gluck added an enormous amount of dance music for the French premiere of his reform opera, Orpheus and Eurydice. The Artists of Atelier Ballet act as the backbone of our production, interacting seamlessly with the three principal singers and chorus. Photo credit, Bruce Zinger

Gluck added an enormous amount of dance music for the French premiere of his reform opera, Orpheus and Eurydice. Artist of Atelier Ballet Julia Sedwick in the 2015 Opera Atelier production of Orpheus and Eurydice. Photo credit, Bruce Zinger

Gluck added an enormous amount of dance music for the French premiere of his reform opera, Orpheus and Eurydice. The Artists of Atelier Ballet act as the backbone of our production, interacting seamlessly with the three principal singers and chorus. Photo credit, Bruce Zinger

Gluck added an enormous amount of dance music for the French premiere of his reform opera, Orpheus and Eurydice. The Artists of Atelier Ballet act as the backbone of our production, interacting seamlessly with the three principal singers and chorus. Photo credit, Bruce Zinger

Marshall says, "The triumvirate comprised of Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West and Orlando set the early-20th century literary world on its ear." Credits: Vita Sackville West, Getty/AP; Orlando, Directed by Sally Potter; George Charles Beresford, Virginia Woolf in 1902.

Christoph Willibald Gluck's (1714-1787) French version of his reform opera Orpheus and Eurydice would never have been possible without the support of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793). Image: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Marie Antoinette in a Chemise Dress, 1783.