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The Canadian Opera Company’s spring 2010/2011 season continues with one of Richard Strauss’s most brilliant operas, Ariadne auf Naxos. The legendary Sir Andrew Davis conducts the COC Orchestra in this masterful madcap melodrama, performed by a sublime cast led by Canadian stars, soprano Adrianne Pieczonka, coloratura Jane Archibald, and tenor Richard Margison and staged by award-winning Australian director Neil Armfield. Ariadne auf Naxos runs for eight performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on April 30, May 3, 12, 15, 18, 21, 27 and 29, 2011, and is sung in German with English SURTITLES™.

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Adrianne Pieczonka discusses her return to the Toronto stage in the Toronto Star

Adrianne Pieczonka talks about Ariadne auf Naxos in IN Toronto

Which aria from Ariadne auf Naxos is her favourite? Adrianne Pieczonka answers in The Music Scene

National Post feature on Adrianne Pieczonka's Annex home

Jane Archibald talks about her "money notes" in the Globe and Mail

Review of Jane Archibald's debut solo CD in the Toronto Star

Posts about Ariadne auf Naxos on Parlando, the COC Blog 

There is also an interview with Richard Margison in the May issue of Zoomer magazine.

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Download  A scene from the Canadian Opera Company production of Ariadne auf Naxos, 2011. Conductor Sir Andrew Davis, director Neil Armfield, set and costume designer Dale Ferguson, choreographer Denni Sayers, lighting designer Tim Mitchell and lighting re-creator Paul Woodfield.  Photo: Michael Cooper		Download  A scene from the Canadian Opera Company production of Ariadne auf Naxos, 2011. Conductor Sir Andrew Davis, director Neil Armfield, set and costume designer Dale Ferguson, choreographer Denni Sayers, lighting designer Tim Mitchell and lighting re-creator Paul Woodfield.  Photo: Michael Cooper
Download  (l - r) Lauren Segal as Dryad, Richard Margison as Tenor/Bacchus, Alice Coote as The Composer and Teiya Kasahara as Echo in the Canadian Opera Company production of Ariadne auf Naxos, 2011. Conductor Sir Andrew Davis, director Neil Armfield, set and costume designer Dale Ferguson, choreographer Denni Sayers, lighting designer Tim Mitchell and lighting re-creator Paul Woodfield.  Photo: Michael Cooper		Download  (l – r) Peter Barrett (background) as Harlequin, Jane Archibald as Zerbinetta and Alice Coote as The Composer in the Canadian Opera Company production of Ariadne auf Naxos, 2011. Conductor Sir Andrew Davis, director Neil Armfield, set and costume designer Dale Ferguson, choreographer Denni Sayers, lighting designer Tim Mitchell and lighting re-creator Paul Woodfield.  Photo: Michael Cooper
Download  (l – r) Adrianne Pieczonka as Prima Donna/Ariadne, Richard Stilwell as The Music Master and Adrian Kramer as The Wig-Maker in the Canadian Opera Company production of Ariadne auf Naxos, 2011. Conductor Sir Andrew Davis, director Neil Armfield, set and costume designer Dale Ferguson, choreographer Denni Sayers, lighting designer Tim Mitchell and lighting re-creator Paul Woodfield. Photo: Michael Cooper		Download  (l – r) Peter Barrett as Harlequin, Christopher Enns as Scaramuccio, Jane Archibald as Zerbinetta, Michael Uloth as Truffaldino and John Easterlin as The Dancing Master/Brighella in the Canadian Opera Company production of Ariadne auf Naxos, 2011. Conductor Sir Andrew Davis, director Neil Armfield, set and costume designer Dale Ferguson, choreographer Denni Sayers, lighting designer Tim Mitchell and lighting re-creator Paul Woodfield. Photo: Michael Cooper
Download  Richard Margison as Tenor/Bacchus in the Canadian Opera Company production of Ariadne auf Naxos, 2011. Conductor Sir Andrew Davis, director Neil Armfield, set and costume designer Dale Ferguson, choreographer Denni Sayers, lighting designer Tim Mitchell and lighting re-creator Paul Woodfield. Photo: Michael Cooper		Download  A scene from the Canadian Opera Company production of Ariadne auf Naxos, 2011. Conductor Sir Andrew Davis, director Neil Armfield, set and costume designer Dale Ferguson, choreographer Denni Sayers, lighting designer Tim Mitchell and lighting re-creator Paul Woodfield.  Photo: Michael Cooper

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The COC presents this opera-within-an-opera, where madcap backstage melodrama is just a precursor to onstage expressions of love, loss and spiritual transformation. Sir Andrew Davis makes his COC debut, conducting Strauss's sublimely beautiful score. Neil Armfield directs a stellar cast, including Adrianne Pieczonka, Richard Margison and—making their COC debuts—Jane Archibald and Alice Coote. Ariadne auf Naxos is on stage at the Four Seasons Centre April 30 to May 29, 2011. Embed Code: <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JRxG7yvrCE8?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>