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Historic: Opera Atelier last night launched its first drama/ballet season with the 17th-century masterpiece, Andromache, with Martha Burns (left) in title role and Claire de Auer as Cephisa
Historic: Opera Atelier last night launched its first drama/ballet season with the 17th-century masterpiece, Andromache, with Martha Burns (left) in title role and Claire de Auer as Cephisa

Historic: Opera Atelier last night launched its first drama/ballet season with the 17th-century masterpiece, Andromache, with Martha Burns (left) in title role and Claire de Auer as Cephisa

Date3/6/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Historic: Opera Atelier last night launched its first drama/ballet season with the 17th-century masterpiece; Andromache; with Martha Burns (left) in title role and Claire de Auer as Cephisa.
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      Object NumberTSPA_0102738F
      Period Piece: Martha Burns, left, as Andromache and Claire de Auer as Cephisa in the Atelier production of Andromache
      Period Piece: Martha Burns, left, as Andromache and Claire de Auer as Cephisa in the Atelier production of Andromache
      Gower, Patti
      2/15/1991
      Opera Atelier's back. The baroque opera/ballet troupe Opera Atelier last night presented the first of three performances through tomorrow of Handel's (...)
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      Gower, Patti
      10/11/1990
      Ballet's fall season opens: Karen Kain last night danced the principal role in Peter Wright's production of Giselle as the National Ballet of Canada opened its fall season at the O'Keefe Centre
      Ballet's fall season opens: Karen Kain last night danced the principal role in Peter Wright's production of Giselle as the National Ballet of Canada opened its fall season at the O'Keefe Centre
      Combs, Erin
      11/1/1989
      World premiere: Opera Atelier presented a colorfully costumed world premiere of Jean-Philippe Rameau's baroque opera Myrthis at the MacMillan Theatre last night
      World premiere: Opera Atelier presented a colorfully costumed world premiere of Jean-Philippe Rameau's baroque opera Myrthis at the MacMillan Theatre last night
      Lennon, Frank
      5/15/1988
      Martha Burns and the Shaw Festival have come a long way since her last visit in 1980
      Martha Burns and the Shaw Festival have come a long way since her last visit in 1980
      Burns, Martha, 1958-
      6/14/1985
      Why - it's. George Burns. George Burns, 71 years od now, but still the gravel-voiced wiseacre of the Burns and Allen team, is in Toronto to tape a TV (...)
      Why - it's. George Burns. George Burns, 71 years od now, but still the gravel-voiced wiseacre of the Burns and Allen team, is in Toronto to tape a TV (...)
      Burns, George, 1896-1996
      4/25/1967
      Canadian Opera Company last night revived Verdi's Aida with Maria Pellegrini (left) in title role and Ann Howard as Amneris. Critic William Littler sa(...)
      Canadian Opera Company last night revived Verdi's Aida with Maria Pellegrini (left) in title role and Ann Howard as Amneris. Critic William Littler sa(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      9/7/1972
      Martha Burns, one of the stars of The Arab's Mouth, a Scottish mystery opening Oct
      Martha Burns, one of the stars of The Arab's Mouth, a Scottish mystery opening Oct
      Burns, Martha, 1958-
      9/24/1990
      Martha burns: She'll play the dancer Isadora Duncan in John Murrell's October
      Martha burns: She'll play the dancer Isadora Duncan in John Murrell's October
      Burns, Martha, 1958-
      1/10/1986
      The Toronto Burns Society held its annual Burns Dinner recently at the Royal York Hotel
      The Toronto Burns Society held its annual Burns Dinner recently at the Royal York Hotel
      Faught, Ken
      1/17/1988
      The Canadian Opera Company last night brought Mozart's little masterpiece, Cosi fan tutte, to the Royal Alex, a theatre small enough to let audiences (...)
      The Canadian Opera Company last night brought Mozart's little masterpiece, Cosi fan tutte, to the Royal Alex, a theatre small enough to let audiences (...)
      Darrell, Dick
      3/21/1973
      Native sons: Donnie Burns, 19, (left) arrived from Nova Scotia last night, welcomed by Darrell Rafuse of North York, a former Nova Scotian who has started a fund to help pay for Burn's operation
      Native sons: Donnie Burns, 19, (left) arrived from Nova Scotia last night, welcomed by Darrell Rafuse of North York, a former Nova Scotian who has started a fund to help pay for Burn's operation
      Stuparyk, Michael
      10/17/1983