Wednesday, May 26, 2021.
Soulpepper’s audio production:
WELCOME TO IRAN: THE PARLIAMENT OF THE BIRDS
BELIEVING BETTER IS POSSIBLE IS THE FIRST STEP.
We are thrilled to have you join us Around the World in 80 Plays, our eight-week global adventure of audio dramas, in-depth documentaries from CBC Ideas, and cultural highlights celebrating the global ‘canon’. This week we welcome you to IRAN for the World Premiere of THE PARLIAMENT OF THE BIRDS by Guillermo Verdecchia. Freely adapted from Farid Ud-Din Attar’s The Conference of the Birds – Available to stream beginning this Wednesday, May 26.
Thursday, May 27, 2021, 7:30
The Resurrection
Opera Atelier
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Handel The Resurrection
Premieres May 27, 2021
CANADIAN FILM PREMIERE
Tickets available for purchase until June 10, 2021
Handel’s astonishing theatricality turns the story of The Resurrection into an operatic tour-de-force. The Resurrection details the events between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, with the timeless forces of darkness and light operating in the earthly and celestial spheres.
FEATURING
Colin AINSWORTH, Carla HUHTANEN, Meghan LINDSAY, Allyson MCHARDY, and Douglas WILLIAMS. With Artists of Atelier Ballet and musicians from Tafelmusik (Elisa CITTERIO, Music Director)
Conductor: David FALLIS
Stage Director: Marshall PYNKOSKI
Choreographer: Jeannette Lajeunesse ZINGG
Set Designer/Art Director: Gerard GAUCIFilm Director/Editor/Director of Photography: Marcel CANZONA
Costume Designer: Michael LEGOUFFE
Audio recorded in Koerner Hall, Telus Centre for Performance and Learning
Production filmed in the Ballroom of St. Lawrence Hall
Production underwriter: Vivian Elizabeth Pilar
The dedication of Opera Atelier’s production of Handel’s The Resurrection in memory of Patricia Barretto
(1974-2020) has been made possible by generous donations from Michael Wekerle and an Anonymous Donor.
With sincere gratitude, we salute our Anonymous Donor for graciously providing the funding to support the rehearsal process for Handel’s The Resurrection.
Premieres Thursday, May 27, 2021
7:00PM ET
Thursday, May 27, 2021
The Niceties
From Manhattan Theatre Club
MTC IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE HUNTINGTON PRESENTS THE NICETIES, MAY 27-JUNE 13
Manhattan Theatre Club in association with The Huntington presents the virtual premiere of The Niceties, written by Eleanor Burgess and directed by Kimberly Senior. The presentation reunites the original stars Lisa Banes and Jordan Boatman, and has been reimagined for the virtual stage since its original production in MTC’s 2018-2019 season at The Studio at Stage II.
An ambitious, young Black college student and her esteemed white professor meet over Skype to discuss a paper the college junior is writing about the American Revolution. Unfortunately, they find it hard to agree about the facts of the past—or the present. Discussions of grammar and Google turn to race and reputation, and soon they’re in dangerous territory neither of them had foreseen—and facing stunning implications that can’t be undone. The New York Times hails it as “a bristling, provocative debate play about race and privilege in the United States.”
The Niceties is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Streaming May 27 through June 13.
FREE. RSVP required.