HeвЂ™s set to music the words of two poets born 2ВЅ centuries apart who gravitated toward the mystical: Milton and the German-language poet Rainer Maria Rilke (who is freshly and beautifully translated here by Grace Andreacchi).ДЄngel begins almost as a full-on operatic adaptation of MiltonвЂ™s Paradise Lost. Most of these frame new or nearly new compositions for baroque instruments by Canadian composer and violinist Edwin Huizinga (with Christopher Bagan). Co-artistic director Marshall Pynkoski is credited as the stage director, while co-artistic director Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg is credited on the choreography (with the exception of one segment featuring choreographer/dancer Tyler Gledhill) and David Fallis conducts.Д®ach section of Angel comes at the viewer preceded by a theme in all-caps filling the screen: SEPARATION, CREATION, INCARNATION. The song and dance numbers staged in theatrical environments are filmed in black and white by Marcel Canzona.

вЂњMultidisciplinary storytelling eventвЂќ ultimately seems like this company that specializes in baroque opera and balletвЂ™s fancy way of saying вЂњmusic video playlist.вЂќ

Now, Opera Atelier has sent Angel fluttering out into the world, a filmed work described as вЂњa multidisciplinary storytelling event.вЂќ It had its premiere on a big screen at the Bell Lightbox in Toronto on Thursday, and is available to stream on personal small screens until Nov.

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