Concert

Arias

Thibault · Dubois · Ballif · Tremblay · Mather · Rilke · Scelsi · Provost · Gauvreau · Piché · Muckle · Settel · Evangelista · Nouss · Potocki · Mouawad · Dufort · Oliver · Gunn · Morency

Past event
Photo of the event

Major songs from the 13 operas premiered by Chants Libres over the past 20 years. Stage Director: Pauline Vaillancourt. In partnership with the original production teams, a big celebration where young singers will discover the great songs in Chants Libres’s repertoire.

Credits

  • Marie-Annick Béliveau mezzo-soprano
  • Scott Belluz contertenor
  • Pierre-Étienne Bergeron baritone
  • Jean-François Daignault contertenor
  • Ghislaine Deschambault mezzo-soprano
  • Simon Fournier bass-baritone
  • Éthel Guéret soprano
  • Dorothea Hayley soprano
  • Kristin Hoff mezzo-soprano
  • Fides Krucker mezzo-soprano
  • Claudine Ledoux mezzo-soprano
  • Stéphanie Lessard soprano
  • Jean Maheux actor, baritone
  • Mylène Bourbeau coloratura
  • Paul Savoie actor
  • Michiel Schrey tenor
  • Christina Tannous soprano
  • Geneviève Colletta soprano
  • Jessica Wise soprano
  • Rebecca Woodmass coloratura
  • René-Daniel Dubois actor
  • Julien Grégoire Traces
  • Guy Pelletier Traces
  • Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
  • Bradyworks / Instruments of Happiness
  • Lorraine Vaillancourt conductor

Programme

Alain Thibault, René-Daniel Dubois Ne blâmez jamais les bédouins1991–1992

soprano

Claude Ballif, Renald Tremblay Il suffit d’un peu d’air1992

4 singers and 15 musicians

Bruce Mather, Rainer Maria Rilke, Renald Tremblay La princesse blanche1993–1994

4 singers and 16 musicians

Giacinto Scelsi Chants du Capricorne1962–1972

solo voice and various instruments

Serge Provost, Claude Gauvreau Le vampire et la nymphomane1996

6 singers, 5 actors and 18 musicians

Jean Piché, Yan Muckle Yo soy la desintegración1997

soprano and fixed medium

Alain Thibault, Yan Muckle Lulu, le chant souterrain2000

soprano, actor and fixed medium

Zack Settel L’Enfant des glaces2000

2 singers, processing and fixed medium

José Evangelista, Alexis Nouss, Jan Potocki Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse2001

9 singers and 10 musicians

Zack Settel, Wajdi Mouawad Pacamambo, l’opéra2002

5 singers, flute and percussion

Louis Dufort, Alexis Nouss L’archange2005

3 voices, actor and fixed medium

John Oliver, Genni Gunn Alternate Visions2007

7 singers, 6 musicians, processing and fixed medium

Gilles Tremblay, Pierre Morency L’eau qui danse, la pomme qui chante et l’oiseau qui dit la vérité2009

12 singers and 25 musicians

Giacinto Scelsi Chants du Capricorne1962–1972

solo voice and various instruments

Watch and listen

Arias; Alter ego II
Chants Libres - Arias

Practical information

Where is the concert held?

Salle Ludger-Duvernay | Monument-National, 1182 boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montréal

How do I get to the venue?

Metro : Saint-Laurent