Evening Program - L'Enfant et les sortilèges

COMPOSER Maurice Ravel

LIBRETTO Colette

LANGUAGE

French with French and English surtitles

PREMIERE

Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monaco

March 21, 1925

DURATION

1h13 (without intermission)

Prélude (Le Tombeau de Couperin)

Asie, La flûte enchantée, L’indifférent (Shéhérazade)

Rigodon (Le Tombeau de Couperin)

L’Enfant et les sortilèges

*Performances on February 4 at 7 p.m. and on February 5 at 2 p.m. will feature the following opening works:

• Le tombeau de CouperinPrélude: 4 mins

• Asie - La flûte enchantéeL’indifférent from the song cycle

Shéhérazade: 17 mins

• Le tombeau de CouperinRigodon: 2 mins

ARRANGEMENTS

L’Enfant et les sortilèges (Lee Reynolds)

Shéhérazade (Jean-Marie Zeitouni)

February 3 at 10 a.m., February 4 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and February 5 at 2 p.m. 2023

THÉÂTRE PARADOXE

THE ARTISTS

L’Enfant

Lucie St-Martin

Maman / Libellule / Tasse / Pâtre / Ensembles

Sydney Frodsham

Bergère / Chouette / Pastourelle / Ensembles

Emma Fekete

Feu / Princesse / Rossignol / Ensembles

Karoline Podolak

Arithmétique / Rainette / Ensembles

Marc-Antoine Brûlé

Fauteuil / Arbre / Ensembles

Matthew Li

Chat / Horloge / Ensembles

Mikelis Rogers

Chatte / Écureuil / Chauve-souris / Ensembles // Asie, L’indifférent (Shéhérazade)

Martina Myskohlid

Théière / Ensembles

Angelo Moretti

Ensembles // La flûte enchantée (Shéhérazade)

Mishael Eusebio

CREATIVE TEAM

Conductor

Nicolas Ellis

Stage Director and Set Designer

Sylvain Scott

Artistic Director

Michel Beaulac

Assistant Stage Director and Technical Manager

Julie Abran

Stage Manager and Assistant to the Director

Kim Crofts

Assistant Conductor

Christopher Gaudreault

Rehearsal Pianist

Rebecca Klassen-Wiebe

Designer (L’Enfant et les sortilèges)

Marc Sénécal

Costume and Design Assistant (Shéhérazade)

Elysabeth Daigle

Lighting Designer

Alexandre Pilon-Guay

Hair and Makeup Designer

Justine Denoncourt-Bélanger

Movement Specialist

Jamie Wright

Assistant Set Designer

Marie-Eve Fortier

Hair and Makeup Assistant

Victoria Chiron

Wardrobe Élysabeth Daigle & Cassandre

Josépovic

Surtitles technician

Simon-Charles Tremblay Béchard

Lighting Director

Chanelle Desjardins

Sound and Wireless Director

Matthew Haley

Technical Director

Joël Jean

Production Director

Geneviève Lessard

Assistant Stage Director

Bethzaïda Thomas

Assistant Stage Director

Laurence Pronier

Assistant to the Director

Kim Crofts

COSTUME MAKING TEAM

Cassandre Josépovic, Sylvie Martel, Heetesh Patel, Richard Provost

Pattern Maker & Seamstress

Fauve Du Tilly-Lefebvre

SET BUILDING

Atelier Morel Leroux inc.

The Opéra de Montréal sincerely thanks the Ministère de la culture et des communications du Québec, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, the Conseil des arts de Montréal and the City of Montreal.

ORCHESTRE DE L’AGORA

1st Violins

CHLOÉ CHABANOLE ISAAC JOBIN

VERONICA UNGUREANU

TAYLOR MITZ

2nd Violins

JULIEN PATRICE

LISE-MARIE RIBERDY SIMON ALEXANDRE DAPHNÉE SINCENNES-RICHARD*

Violas

CYNTHIA BLANCHON* XAVIER LEPAGE-BRAULT SARAH-ÈVE VIGNEAULT

Cellos

THOMAS BEARD*

ELEANOR HOPWOOD JÉRÉMI DESJARDINS

Double Basses SAMUEL-SAN VACHON SÉBASTIEN TALBOT

Harp

JULIETTE DUGUAY

Piano / Celesta / Harmonium REBECCA KLASSEN-WIEBE

Flute and Piccolo NOÉMIE CARON-MARCOTTE

Oboe and English Horn MÉLISSA TREMBLAY*

Clarinets ** VICTOR ALIBERT PEDRO MOLINA

Bassoon and Contrabassoon GABRIÈLE DOSTIE-POIRIER

Horn GUILLAUME ROY

Trumpet

FRANCIS PIGEON

Trombone SIMON JOLICOEUR

Timpani DAVID THERRIEN-BRONGO

Percussion

CATHERINE CHERRIER CHELSEA JARAMILLO

*Many of the Orchestre de l’Agora musicians benefit from the loan of instruments and bows from Canimex:

CYNTHIA BLANCHON

Fagnola viola. W.E Hill & Sons bow.

DAPHNÉE SINCENNES-RICHARD

Andréa Castagneri violin, 1740. Claude Thomassin bow, 1920.

THOMAS BEARD

Pietro Antonio Cateni cello, Livorno, 1805-15. François Malo bow.

MÉLISSA TREMBLAY

Mönnig Diamond English horn

** Clarinets

L’Enfant et les sortilèges : Clarinet 1/A/Bb/Eb : Pedro Molina

L’Enfant et les sortilèges : Clarinet 2/A/Bb/Bass : Victor Alibert

Tombeau et Shéhérazade : Cl. 1 Victor, Cl. 2 Pedro Molina

JUNIOR CHOIR OF THE MONTREAL CHILDREN’S CHOIR AT PARTAGEONS L’ESPOIR (SHARE THE WARMTH)

Noa Mitsuko Dupuy, Manolin Gérin Dubois, Margot Grimard, Romy Ledoux, Kai Leenders-Cheng, Margot LeGroulx, Charlotte Le Lostec, Issac Liu, Anne Margareth Magalhaes Oster, Jean Magalhaes Oster, Phélie Papillier, Carl Rousseau, Sofia Slapacovschi

MONTREAL CHILDREN’S CHOIR TEAM

Assistant Conductor (Stage preparation and Conductor of the Junior Choir at Partageons l’espoir )

Alice Boissinot

Collaborative Pianist

Benjamin Kwong

Artistic Director

Léa Moisan-Perrier

General Manager

Emily Burt

PARTAGEONS L’ESPOIR TEAM

Music Director

Sandrine Zuyderhoff

Youth Workers

Fabian Berthelot

Eugénie Lalonde

CHANTAL LAMBERT

To children, both in age and at heart,

We invite you on a journey to the world of Maurice Ravel through some of his most poetic works, which deliver the evocative power of music and the magic of opera at their finest.

Let yourself be transported to the dreamworld of Shéhérazade , three Middleand far-Eastern-inspired mélodies against the backdrop of two excerpts from Le Tombeau de Couperin. This introduction will give way to L’Enfant et les sortilèges (The Bewitched Child), a far-fetched story penned by the French writer Colette, in which an unruly child sees their familiar environment turned completely upside down in an instant. In this story, the conjuring of objects and living beings are devised purely as spells in the child protagonist’s candid imagination and do not imply any ridicule or disrespectful judgment.

It brings me immense joy to see our artists of the Atelier lyrique evolve in such a magnificent playground, at the Théâtre Paradoxe, joined by the fine musicians of the Orchestre de l’Agora

conducted by Nicolas Ellis, in tandem with multidisciplinary artist Sylvain Scott in his capacity as stage director and designer, both of them supported by tremendous creators, collaborators and an outstanding production team.

I am deeply moved to be reconnecting with these works, which I sang early in my career, just as I am about to conclude a cycle as Director of the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal for the past thirty-two years, and to see it continue its formidable advancement. I leave it in good hands with my highly qualified colleagues. I am pleased that the last production under my directorship is one specially dedicated to children, young and old.

I fervently hope that many more of them will take an interest in opera.

Enjoy the show!

Chantal Lambert, Director of the Atelier

lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal

The Atelier lyrique Directorship is generously sponsored by Vanda Treiser.

Credit : Tam Photography

SYLVAIN SCOTT

L’Enfant et les sortilèges (The Bewitched Child), we behold the volatile revolt of a child who refuses to submit to authority. A child who wants to break free from the adult world. Who will go so far as to ransack their own personal space out of impulse. With this operatic fantasy, Colette and Ravel hold up a mirror to our own rather unedifying human behaviours. But it doesn’t just stop there: spectators then witness a second revolt, this time of the animals that this child has mistreated. We might think it is a tale of just deserts, but amid all its chaos, the work sheds light on the importance of values of reciprocal care and altruism for living in a world in constant change.

You will also discover, opening this program, Shéhérazade. Three strikingly beautiful narratives that in their own way, are an ode to freedom and to the desire, now and then, to be elsewhere.

Thank you to Chantal Lambert for this wonderful invitation. Thanks also to the performers for their openness in our work together, as well as to the fantastic teams of the Atelier lyrique, the Opéra de Montréal and l’Agora.

Enjoy the performance!

Sylvain Scott, Stage Director and Set Designer

Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges is a fantastical story where a naughty child (L’Enfant) is punished for his bad behaviour when the items in his room come to life to take their revenge. The armchairs (La Bergère and Le Fauteuil) dance together to escape the child, and they take the bench (Le Banc), couch (Le Canapé), stool (Le Pouf), and the wicker chair (La Chaise de Paille) with them. The Grandfather Clock (L’Horologe Comtoise) starts toppling around the room after the child, upset at being made to strike out of time, and the Wedgwood Teapot (La Théière) boxes and dances with the Chinese teacup (La Tasse Chinoise). The fire (Le Feu) jumps out of the grate, the torn shepherds from the wallpaper (Les Pastoures and Les Pâtres) rise from the floor and dance a ballet, and the Princess (La Princesse) from the book the child destroyed appears then leaves him, forever. Even his math book becomes a little old man (Le Petit Vieillard) and the numbers (Les Chiffres) jump about the room, all in the wrong order.

Following the cats outside, the child seeks refuge in the garden, but here the trees (Les Arbres) have come alive, and he is plagued by all the animals he has hurt or captured, and the partners of the animals he has killed. The squirrel (L’Ecureuil) he has kept in a cage warns the tree frog (La Rainette) to stay away in case he might be captured, and asks the child to set him free. The animals and trees finally gang together and attack the child, but when the squirrel is hurt and screams out everything stops. The child bandages the squirrel’s paw and the animals are shocked at his kindness. The child cries out one word ‘Maman’ and the animals echo it until Maman appears at the door, and the child goes back into the house.

RAVEL

Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France’s greatest living composer. His work, modest in quantity (eighty-six original works, twenty-five orchestrated or transcribed works), is the fruit of varied influences ranging from Couperin and Rameau to the colours and rhythms of jazz, including the recurring influence of Spain.

An Orientalism trend had swept through Western art music at the end of the 19th century. Maurice Ravel responded by writing an opera based on the Thousand and One Nights. He produced the Overture, completed in 1898 and given its public premiere six months later, to a mixed reaction of applause and cat-calls. In 1903, on the same theme and re-purposing some of the music from his Overture, he created a song cycle for soprano (or high-register mezzo-soprano) setting poems by Tristan Klingsor and bearing the title of Shéhérazade

L’ENFANT LUCIE ST-MARTIN SOPRANO

Soprano Lucie St-Martin possesses a distinctive stage presence that captivates audiences. This year, her recent experiences included covering the roles of Jeanne Boitel ( La Beauté du monde , OdM), Inès ( Il Trovarore , OdM), Papagena ( La flûte enchantée , OdM) and Armide/ narration ( L’Enfer des lumières , Atelier Lyrique). Lucie St-Martin is a grant recipient of the Jacqueline Desmarais, McAbbie, and Desjardins foundations, Jeunesses Musicales Canada, and the Opéra Bouffe du Québec.

Lucie St-Martin is generously sponsored by Sue Wehner.

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MAMAN / LIBELLULE / TASSE / PÂTRE / ENSEMBLES SYDNEY FRODSHAM CONTRALTO

Canadian American contralto Sydney Frodsham explores her roles through the lens of raw emotions and poetic sensitivity. Recent performances include Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Third Lady in La flûte enchantée , Irene in Theodora, and Bradamante in Alcina

Sydney Frodsham is generously sponsored by Colleen and Mirko Wicha.

sydneyfrodsham.com

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BERGÈRE / CHOUETTE / PASTOURELLE / ENSEMBLES

EMMA FEKETE SOPRANO

Emma Fekete spent five years in the Netherlands where she graduated cum laude from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam’s Master of Music. During 2021–2022, Emma performed with TOBS and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra. Emma will make her debut with Opéra de Montréal in May as The Cousin in Madama Butterfly

Emma Fekete is generously sponsored by Isabelle Murray and Dominic Chalifoux.

emmafekete.com

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FEU / PRINCESSE / ROSSIGNOL / ENSEMBLES KAROLINE PODOLAK SOPRANO

Karoline won First Place at the 2021 Polish Academy of Music Tournament, confirming as the best soprano student in the country. In 2022, Karoline made her debut as Violetta in La Traviata at the National Opera and Ballet of Bulgaria. She is a winner of the TorontoBuffalo District at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition.

Karoline Podolak is generously sponsored by Emmelle and Alvin Segal. karolinepodolak.com

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ARITHMÉTIQUE / RAINETTE / ENSEMBLES MARC-ANTOINE BRÛLÉ TENOR

Marc-Antoine Brûlé enjoys exploring various channels of expression. He performed the roles of Eisenstein ( La Chauve-Souris , Strauss), Prince Charming (Cendrillon, Massenet) and Pluto (Orphée aux enfers , Offenbach). He received the Stingray Rising Star Award 2020. This season, he sings the role of Camille in Une veuve Joyeuse on tour with Jeunesses Musicales Canada.

Marc-Antoine Brûlé is generously sponsored by Claude Leblanc.

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FAUTEUIL / ARBRE / ENSEMBLES

MATTHEW LI BASSE

Matthew Li recently held the leading role in the world premiere of the opera Chinatown with City Opera Vancouver. His was also a Passenger in Le Flambeau de la nuit , Colline ( La Bohème), Sarastro ( The Magic Flute), Masetto and Il Commendatore ( Don Giovanni ), Simone (Gianni Schicchi ), and Henry Davis ( Street Scene).

Matthew Li is generously sponsored by the Andrea Alacchi Family.

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CHAT / HORLOGE / ENSEMBLES MIKELIS ROGERS BARITONE

Mikelis completed his undergraduate studies in voice performance in 2022, studying under Jean MacPhail and earning the Bachelor of Music degree in Performance, Voice. Mikelis made his entrance on the Canadian opera scene by winning the Stingray Rising Star prize at Opéra de Montréal’s 2021 Talent Gala national competition.

Mikelis Rogers is generously sponsored by Marie-Hélène Fox, in loving memory of Claude Morin.

Credit : Tam Photography CHATTE

/ ÉCUREUIL / CHAUVE-SOURIS / ENSEMBLES // ASIE, L’INDIFFÉRENT (SHÉHÉRAZADE)

MARTINA MYSKOHLID

MEZZO-SOPRANO

A finalist in the OSM Competition 2021, Martina Myskohlid also received the Encouragement Award of the Metropolitan Opera National District Competition. In 2021, she sang with the Orchestre Métropolitain and the Orchestre symphonique de Laval, and was the official cover for the Second Lady in Opéra de Montréal’s The Magic Flute . She will travel to Paris in June to take part in the Génération Opéra international competition.

Martina Myskohlid is generously sponsored by Pascal Lépine. martinamyskohlid.com

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THÉIÈRE / ENSEMBLES ANGELO MORETTI TENOR

Angelo’s natural vocal projection and remarkable stage presence led him to many opportunities and successes at a young age. Recent experiences include the role of Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge in The Bells of Baddeck , a musical drama created by Lorna MacDonald and Dean Burry, and making his professional operatic debut at the Opéra de Montréal as Ruiz in Verdi’s Il Trovatore

Angelo Moretti is generously sponsored by Joan Vogelesang and Fred Heese.

angelomorettitenor.com

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ENSEMBLES / LA FLÛTE ENCHANTÉE (SHÉHÉRAZADE) MISHAEL EUSEBIO

TENOR

Mishael Eusebio is fascinated by the creation of new works. His recent portrayal of Young Harvey in the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’s world premiere of Harvey Milk Reimagined was recently featured in Opera America Magazine . He was a Passenger ( Le Flambeau de la nuit ) and sang the Navigator/Manoj ( A Space of Sky, Houston Grand Opera workshop).

Mishael Eusebio is generously sponsored by Dr. François Loubert.

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NICOLAS ELLIS CONDUCTOR

Nicolas Ellis is the Artistic Director, Conductor and Founder of the Orchestre de l’Agora and currently serves as Artistic Partner to the Orchestre Métropolitain and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He was recently named Principal Guest Conductor of Les Violons du Roy starting in the 2023–2024 season. Mr. Ellis has performed as guest conductor with numerous Canadian orchestras including the Vancouver Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Orchestre de chambre

I Musici de Montréal, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Symphony Nova Scotia, the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens.

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SYLVAIN SCOTT

STAGE DIRECTOR AND SET DESIGNER

Since graduating from the professional theatre department at Collège Lionel-Groulx in 1988, Sylvain Scott has made a name for himself as an actor, singer, stage director, and composer. He is also the co-founder and artistic co-director of Théâtre Le Clou, a company that creates shows for youth and adult audiences in Quebec and in Europe. For the company, he has directed works including Faire crier les murs , Le chant du Koï, and Océantume. His productions of Je suis William and Le Scriptarium 2019 won critics’ awards for Best Young Audience Show from the Quebec Theatre Critics Association.

MARC SÉNÉCAL COSTUME DESIGNER ( L’ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES )

Marc Senécal has worked as a set and costume designer in the theatre world for over thirty-three years. He has contributed to several critically and popularly acclaimed productions, the products of enriching collaborations, including Les Voisins and Le dîner de con, both directed by André Robitaille, Des souris et des hommes , directed by Vincent-Guillaume Otis and Bonjour, là, bonjour and Métamorphose by Claude Poissant. Marc is a faithful collaborator of several highly distinguished stage directors. Last fall marked his ninth collaboration with Lorraine Pintal in Le roman de Monsieur Molière presented at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde. His work earned him public recognition at the 2018 Prix Gascon-Roux, and an award for his costume designs for Les fourberies de Scapin

ÉLYSABETH DAIGLE COSTUME DESIGNER (SHÉHÉRAZADE )

A graduate of the Theatre School of the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe in 2009, Elysabeth Daigle was introduced to the worlds of the circus, theatre, opera, and dance through collaborations in various projects as a costume designer and wardrobe assistant. In 2022, she designed the costumes for L’enfer des lumières staged by François Racine, a collaboration between the Orchestre de l’Agora and the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal. She also works as a seamstress, project manager and wardrobe specialist.

ALEXANDRE PILON-GUAY LIGHTING DESIGNER

After graduating from the theatre program at Collège Lionel-Groulx in 2003, Alexandre quickly became involved with the Montreal professional dance scene. An artist who is continually developing, he draws his inspiration from performers’ gestures and their relationship to the space around them. His work fully embraces the interplay between the body and light. His approach could be characterized as giving primacy to light in its pure state. Nothing in his work is a futile detail: shadow and darkness are not the result of an oversight or an error, but the complement of directed light.

JUSTINE DENONCOURT-BÉLANGER HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN

A resourceful and self-taught adept in her field, Justine DenoncourtBélanger began as an assistant to makeup artist Amélie BruneauLongpré in productions including Roméo et Juliette (Juste pour rire and the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde) and the opera Carmen (OSM). A truly versatile craftsperson, her track record also includes several collaborations with photographers. While her field of expertise is theatre, she frequently forays into the worlds of television, fashion, music, and more recently, circus arts. Her work is particularly esteemed by theatre artists.

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REBECCA KLASSEN-WIEBE REHEARSAL PIANIST

Rebecca Klassen-Wiebe is a pianist whose attention to detail and ability to learn and adapt quickly make her an invaluable collaborator. Rebecca is the recipient of a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. She won the 2014 Verna Mae Janzen Competition and upon graduation, received the prestigious President’s Medal from this institution.

Rebecca Klassen-Wiebe is generously sponsored by Carolyn Vogelesang and Robert Dancik.

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CHRISTOPHER GAUDREAULT PIANIST AND ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

Canadian conductor and collaborative pianist Christopher Gaudreault seeks to foster an environment in which the qualities of each individual voice can be heard. Christopher is the recipient of a major scholarship for his master’s degree, the Constance Willey Prize, the Paul-Marcel Gélinas et Verna-Marie Parr Gélinas Piano Award, as well as the Ellen Ballon Piano Scholarship.

Christopher Gaudreault is generously sponsored by Normand Cardella.

Credit : Tam Photography

Through the support of the Vanda Treiser Initiatives, artists-in-residence with the Atelier lyrique have access toaccess to some of the finest resources available to them for achieving their full vocal and artistic potential. This includes the masterclass, given on December 9, 2022, with distinguished Canadian soprano and orchestral conductor Barbara Hannigan . An intensely fruitful moment of sharing and artistic exchange.

VANDA TREISER (ODM)

© Brent Calis

Vanda Treiser with Chantal Lambert

Credit photo : Kevin Calixte

OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO THE VANDA TREISER INITIATIVES FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR EMERGING ARTISTS!

COOPERA PROJECT

The sets for this production were based on a selection of drawings by the 80 students of the of the coOpera project, which brings together 4 school classes from the Centre-Sud area of Montreal. The following question was sent to the coOpera students: “After a big conflict with a parent or friend, if you were given permission to express your frustrations on your bedroom wall, what would you draw?”

The coOpera project has entered its 18th season of collaboration with the Opéra de Montréal. Each year, the young people in the project create their own opera.

TEAMS

PERMANENT TEAM

Patrick Corrigan, General Director / Hélène Turp, Associate to the General Director / Michel Beaulac, Artistic Director / Catherine Levac, Artistic Administrator / Louis Bouchard, Strategic Operations Director

ATELIER LYRIQUE DE L’OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL

Chantal Lambert, Director / Marie

Maous, Program Coordinator /

Geneviève Lessard, Production Manager / Esther Gonthier, Head Vocal Coach / Ariane Girard, Principal Voice Teacher / Holly Kroeker, Training Assistant

ARTISTIC AND PRODUCTION

Pierre Massoud, Production Director / Marie Hélène Larivière, Production Coordinator / Patrick Belzile, Technical Director / Catherine Germain, Project Manager / Drew W. Lyall, Technical Director Assistant / Laurence

Pronier, Stage Director and Manager / Dominique Guindon, Head of Wardrobe / Sonya Bayer, Associate Head of Wardrobe / Sandra Chirico, Supervisor - Costume Worshop

ADMINISTRATION

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Marie-Pier Perron, Acting Communications and Marketing Director / Daniella Johnson, Communications Manager / Darnyse

Memnon, Client Services Manager / Marine Geffroy, Communications and Marketing Coordinator / Filémon

Brault-Archambeault, Client Services Coordinator / Estelle Mouden, Coordinator’s Aide / Alexandra

Allard, Eden Paradis, Maika Bélanger, Nolwenn Picquet, Client Services Agents

DEVELOPMENT

Jean-Pierre Primiani, Development Director / Antoine Gervais, Manager, Donor Relations and Partnerships / Amy Grainger, Coordinator annual campaign / Marion Malon, Coordinator, Philanthropic Events / Geneviève Levasseur, Associate, Philanthropic Development

ACTION SOCIALE ET ÉDUCATION

Pierre Vachon, Director, Civic Impact and Education / Charlotte Gagnon,

Project Manager, Civic Impact and Education

FINANCES

Luc Perron, Director, Finance / Marie-Claude Lagacé, Accounting Agent

Me Christian Leblanc

Fasken

Dr François Loubert

Clinique médicale Angus

Guillaume Marion

Diagram Ventures

Richard Pan

Power Corporation du Canada

Emmelle Segal

Administratrice de sociétés

Vanda Treiser

Administratrice de sociétés

Elizabeth Wirth

Wirth-Brand Inc., Wirth Rail

Alysia Yip Hoi

Présidente fondatrice Maison Alysia * Officers

TEAM OF THÉÂTRE PARADOXE

Luis Gonçalves, Hall Manager / Annabelle Simon, Deputy Director / Gérald St-Georges, Executive Director /Martin Cesar, Maintenance Manager / Lorène Chesnel, Communications and Ticketing Manager / Tanya Comeau, Events Coordinator

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIRMAN

Me René Branchaud Lavery

FORMER CHAIRMAN

Bernard Stotland* CA, CPA, FCA, FCPA Richter S.E.N.C.R.L./LLP

VICE-PRESIDENT

Louise Roy*, O.C., O.Q., CIRANO Louis Arseneault*, Université McGill

TREASURER

Sylvie Marois*

Banque Nationale, Gestion Privée

SECRETARY

Pascal Lépine*, MBA, Adm. A.

Atypic

MEMBERS

François Carrier

Valeurs mobilières Desjardins

Me Bruno-Étienne Duguay

NOVACAP

Frédéric Godbout, CFA

Mouvement Desjardins

Me Joanie Lapalme

Fasken

PARADOXE TECHNICAL PERSONNEL

Benoit Amesse / Marc Ledoux, Technical Directors / Chanelle

Desjardins, Lighting Director / Matthew Haley, Sound Director / Félix Gamache, Stage technologies formatter / Fateh Baadj, Video formatter / Guillaume Tremblay / Jean-Christophe Bellefeuille, Audiovisual technicians

TECHNICIANS IN TRAINING (MACHINISTS)

Lenora Desautels, Geneviève

Gionet, Samuel Tanguay-Toutant, Adam Tanguay, Aboubacar Sidiki Kone, Roldy Gilles, Nicola Ouellette, Gabrielle Duquette, Gabriel

Earle- Jasmin, Victoria Ferreira

Desrochers, Guy Vanes Pierre-Louis, Yacine Sotomey, Melissha Morrison

ATELIER LYRIQUE PARTNERS

MAJOR PARTNERS

Grands par tenaires

Grands par tenaires

Par tenaires présentateurs

PRESENTING PARTNERS

Par tenaires présentateurs

National Audition Partners

MRS. VANDA TREISER and in memory of M. BENJAMIN TREISER

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIRMAN

Michel Bélanger-Roy

Legal Counsel, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Norton Rose Fulbright

VICE-CHAIR

Chloé Chabanole

Concertmaster, Orchestre de l’Agora

TREASURER

Christian Ruel

CPA, CMA MBA Vice-President, Finance and Administration, Palais des congrès de Montréal

SECRETARY

Maurane Cloutier

Legal Counsel, Fiera Capital Corporation

ADMINISTRATORS

Sylvain Dupuis

President, 4P inc.

Audrey Gabriella Conarroe

Physician, Pianist, and Co-founder of the OA

Isabelle Demers

Director-Consultant, IDMRS Business Strategy and Communications

Louise-Hélène Lefebvre

Director - City of Montreal

Large Parks, Parc du Mont-Royal and Sports

Nicolas Ellis

Artistic Director, Orchestre de l’Agora

HONORARY MEMBER

Xavier Roy

General Director, Festival de Lanaudière

ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM

Nicolas Ellis

Founder

and Artistic Director

Jean-Frédéric Caron Executive Director

Alexandra Tibbitts

Artistic Operations Manager

Audrey Chea

Communication and Partnerships

Noémie Caron-Marcotte

Youth and Community Coordinator

Julien Patrice

Musicians’ Manager

Lise-Marie Riberdy

Music Librarian

Sheila Skaiem

Press Relations

The Agora Orchestra (OA), under the direction of Nicolas Ellis, uses music as a tool for sustainable social change while presenting innovative and daring concerts. Our musicians, young professionals from the Montreal area, are among the best of their generation and actively participate in our social actions through music.

Founded in 2013, the Orchestra’s core values are collaboration, commitment and daring, reflected in the Orchestra’s many initiatives over the years. These include the Gala de la Terre pour les enfants, presented in June 2022, which raised $255,000 in support of environmental and humanitarian causes.

The Orchestra began its partnership with the Montreal Detention Centre in 2021-2022 to present concert-workshops for persons detained in the penitentiary. Since 2013, the Orchestra’s musicians have been offering music lessons and mentoring to hundreds of children from underserved backgrounds in partnership with Share the Warmth.

The Orchestre de l’Agora would like to sincerely thank all the individuals, donors and patrons who make the success of its activities possible and extends special thanks to:

Sandra and Alain Bouchard, Bita Cattelan, François Leclair and John Farrell, Ariane Riou and Réal Plourde, Jacques Marchand, Stéphane Roy, Elizabeth Wirth, Roger Dubois, as well as its many volunteers, including its administrators.

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Avec la soprano

Karina Gauvin

Musique de Mozart et Gluck Sous la direction de Nicolas Ellis

Jeudi 27 avril et Vendredi 28 avril 2023 20h00

Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours (400 Rue Saint-Paul E )