La beauté du monde BILODEAU
Opéra de Montréal
QC

Text from The Opéra de Montréal website:
After a successful premiere of the deeply moving opera Les Feluettes in 2016, Quebec playwright Michel Marc Bouchard is back at the Opéra de Montréal with an original libretto about the epic rescue of artwork from the Louvre. This time, he teams up with composer Julien Bilodeau. A proof of the inestimable value of art and beauty.

World War II is wreaking havoc while France has suffered an important defeat at the hands of the Germans. But the fight continues onto the art front when Hitler arrives in Paris. While Nazi officers plan to plunder the Louvre of its precious masterpieces, Jacques Jaujard and Rose Valland risk their lives to orchestrate an historic clandestine rescue.

Jacques Jaujard DAMIEN PASS / France/Australia
Rose Valland ALLYSON MCHARDY / Canada
Hermann Göring MATTHEW DALEN / Canada
Franz Wolff-Metternich JOHN BRANCY / Canada
Alexandre Rosenberg ROCCO RUPOLO / Canada
Jeanne Boitel LAYLA CLAIRE / Canada
Dr Bruno Lohse ISAIAH BELL / Canada
Esther FRANCE BELLEMARE / Canada
Jacob ÉMILE SCHNEIDER / Canada
Chef d’orchestre / JEAN-MARIE ZEITOUNI / Canada

SETS Romain Fabre • COSTUMES Sarah Balleux • LIGHTING Nicolas Descoteaux • VIDEO Gaspard Philippe • PRODUCTION Productions ODM inc. with the financial support of SODEC

Orchestre Métropolitain • Chœur de l’Opéra de Montréal