Rebirth of an Opera - Persée in the Court of Atelier

Marshall Pynkoski, stage director Jannette Zingg, choreographer Cyril Auvity (Persée), Alain Coulombe (Phinee), Olivier Laquerre (Cephée, Méduse), Marie Lenormand (Andromède), Stephanie Novacek (Cassiope) Tafelmusik Baroque Chamber Choir

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Hervé Niquet

Facts

Prog. No.

5426

Music genre

Documentary

Length

116 mins

Director

Marc Stone

Producers

Chestnut Park Entertainment Inc.

Production year

2004

Format

Rebirth of an Opera: Persée in the Court of Atelier is a two-hour performance documentary focusing on the remount of a three hundred year old French Baroque opera based on the Greek Myth of Perseus and Medusa. Rehearsals and corresponding stage performances, interviews with the artists of Toronto's Opera Atelier and historical footage in Versailles are woven to yield a uniquely contemporary perspective on the most popular opera of the French Baroque period.