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Jan 21 2025
The Journal of Hélène Berr Bernard Foccroulle
The Royal Conservatory of Music
Mazzoleni Concert Hall
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The Journal of Hélène Berr Bernard Foccroulle
The Royal Conservatory of Music
Mazzoleni Concert Hall
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The Journal of Hélène Berr Bernard Foccroulle
The Royal Conservatory of Music
Mazzoleni Concert Hall
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Madama Butterfly Puccini
Canadian Opera Company
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
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CANADIANS NEXT ON STAGE
The Journal of Hélène Berr Bernard Foccroulle
The Royal Conservatory of Music
The Journal of Hélène Berr Bernard Foccroulle
The Royal Conservatory of Music
The Journal of Hélène Berr Bernard Foccroulle
The Royal Conservatory of Music
Madama Butterfly Puccini
Canadian Opera Company
La Reine-Garçon Bilodeau/Bouchard
Opéra de Montréal
QC
Text from The Opéra de Montréal website:
FEBRUARY 3 • 6 • 8, 2024 → 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2024 → 2 PM
Hall: SALLE WILFRID-PELLETIER
Venue: PLACE DES ARTS
Language: FRENCH (Subtitles : English and French)
Intermission: 1
Summary
After the great success of Les feluettes (2016) and La Beauté du monde (2022), Quebec playwright Michel Marc Bouchard is back with his libretto for La Reine-Garçon, an adaptation of his play, Christine, la reine-garçon. He is joined by composer Julien Bilodeau, with whom he has undeniably developed a privileged creative chemistry. Come and hear great Canadian voices, including those of Joyce El-Khoury and Etienne Dupuis, in a production staged by Angela Konrad (Yourcenar, une île de passions – 2022).
NO NEED FOR A CROWN WHEN YOU STAND TALL
Christine, Queen of Sweden, governs a nation barely recovering from the protracted Thirty Years’ War. While great philosophical and scientific insights emerge throughout Europe, Queen Christine, raised as a boy by her father, seeks to better understand the darkness within her. Love, convictions, duty: where does one draw the line?
PREOPERA
To all ticket holders: a free pre-concert presentation will take place one hour before each performance at the Piano Nobile in Place des Arts. Moderator : Pierre Vachon, musicologue
Composer JULIEN BILODEAU >
Librettist MICHEL MARC BOUCHARD >
Stage Director ANGELA KONRAD >
Cast
Conductor JEAN-MARIE ZEITOUNI
Christine, Queen of Sweden JOYCE EL-KHOURY
Count Karl Gustav ETIENNE DUPUIS
Countess Ebba Sparre PASCALE SPINNEY
Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna DANIEL OKULITCH
Count Johan Oxenstierna ISAIAH BELL
René Descartes ERIC LAPORTE
Marie-Éléonore de Brandebourg ALINE KUTAN
Assistant of Descarte ALAIN COULOMBE
ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL
CHOEUR DE L’OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
SETS Anick La Bissonnière / COSTUMES Sébastien Dionne / LIGHTING Éric Champoux / VIDEO Alexandre Desjardins / COPRODUCTION Opéra de Montréal, Canadian Opera Company (COC Toronto)
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