The North American premiere of Lully's Armide: Armide deals with a serious clash of cultures and religion.(New Productions New Roles) Opera Canada | September 1, 2005| | COPYRIGHT 2005 Opera Canada Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

IT IS A FACT THAT CURRENT OPERA REPERTOIRE IS MOVING backwards in time faster than it is moving forwards. One of the generals leading the retreat, so to speak, is Toronto-based Opera Atelier. The company is celebrating its 20th anniversary season this November with the North American premiere of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Armide, a French Baroque masterpiece written in 1686.

OA's co-artistic directors, Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Zingg, began their company with lectures/demonstrations of Baroque opera-ballet at museums and art galleries, but, over two decades, they ...

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