Marshall Pynkosi and Jeannette Zingg

Early in their professional careers, Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkosi and Jeannette Zingg received contracts to dance for one year at the famous Moulin Rouge in Paris, where they were able to undertake an in-depth study of Baroque opera, ballet and drama, working from original documents housed in the archives of the Bibliothèque Nationale and the Paris Opera.

Since Founding Opera Atelier, Pynkoski and Zingg have won numerous awards, including the distinction of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the Government of France and the Toronto Arts Award. For three years they were principal guest instructors at the Centre de Musique BaroqueI de Versailles, collaborating with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre.

In March 2003, Pynkoski and Zingg were recognized by TIME Magazine as two of Canada’s Best in Music.