Mar 01 - 04 2026Penelope Dreamwalker – Ghost of Shirreff HallVarious
Vocalypse
Women’s Council House Mar 04 - 08 2026Alice in Wonderland Errol Gay
Canadian Children’s Opera Company
Mar 04 2026Don CarloVerdi
The Dallas Opera
Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House Mar 06 2026Reverence Various
Thunder Bay Symphony
St. Paul's United Mar 06 2026Penelope Dreamwalker – Ghost of Shirreff HallVarious
Vocalypse
Women’s Council House Mar 07 2026TOT Cabaret: Strauss – the Waltz King Various
Toronto Operetta Theatre
The Edward Jackman Centre Mar 07 2026Aida: Semi-Staged in Concert Verdi
Southern Ontario Lyric Opera
Burlington Performing Arts Centre Mar 07 2026Don CarloVerdi
The Dallas Opera
Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House Mar 09 2026Young Artistic Associate Concert Various
Confluence Concerts
Heliconian Hall Mar 12 2026From Chopin to Weinberg: A Polish Classical Evening Various
Orchestre Classique de Montréal
Salle Pierre-Mercure
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Penelope Dreamwalker – Ghost of Shirreff HallVarious
Vocalypse
Alice in Wonderland Errol Gay
Canadian Children’s Opera Company
Don CarloVerdi
The Dallas Opera
Reverence Various
Thunder Bay Symphony
Penelope Dreamwalker – Ghost of Shirreff HallVarious
Vocalypse
TOT Cabaret: Strauss – the Waltz King Various
Toronto Operetta Theatre
Aida: Semi-Staged in Concert Verdi
Southern Ontario Lyric Opera
Don CarloVerdi
The Dallas Opera
Young Artistic Associate Concert Various
Confluence Concerts
From Chopin to Weinberg: A Polish Classical Evening Various
Orchestre Classique de Montréal
La vie Parisienne Offenbach
Festival d’Opéra de Québec
Text is from the Festival d’Opéra de Québec website.
Parisian life will be the highlight of the festival. In this joyful work, where the atmosphere is festive, we find idle dandies, cheated tourists, disguised servants… It is in some way a satire of a section of society devoted to appearances and the ephemeral. Pure entertainment!
The work was first created in five acts at the beginning of the 1866-1867 season of the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens. It is Offenbach’s 66th lyrical work, composed when he was at the height of his fame. He is therefore in a very good position to depict in broad daylight, with the help of his librettists, delightful pictures of Parisian life, not forgetting a few parodies, references and snubs to fashionable society. The director Jean-Romain Vesperini, like Offenbach who proposed a modern opera, sets the action in the chic and trendy Paris of the 80s!
To interpret the many characters, we will be delighted to find artists who left their mark on the last edition of the Quebec Opera Festival, local singers that we cherish, irresistible young talents and solid international stars. We will of course find the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, the Choir of the Opéra de Québec and dancers. A joyful cast that will dazzle your eyes and ears!