DER FREISCHÜTZ – OPERA ATELIER LEAPS INTO ROMANTIC ERA WITH SPECTACULAR PRODUCTION

Meghan Lindsay as Agathe and Krešimir Špicer as Max with the company. Photo by Bruce Zinger.

Reviewed by James Karas

**** (out of 5)

Opera Atelier has made its reputation as a producer of 17^th and 18^th century operas for more than a quarter of a century and, since 2000, at the elegant Elgin Theatre in Toronto. This year it has made a leap into another era and another century with a gorgeous production of Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz.

The production features stunning scenic designs, beautiful singing and enough dancing to qualify as almost an evening of ballet in the bargain.

My full review of this production may be read here:

http://www.bachtrack.com/review-toronto-opera-atelier-freischutz-pynkoski