Evening Program - Madama Butterfly

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PUCCINI

MAY 6-9-11-14-16, 2023

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COMPOSER: GIACOMO PUCCINI

LIBRETTISTS: LUIGI ILLICA AND GIUSEPPE GIACOSA

Language: Italian with French and English surtitles

Premiere: Giacomo Puccini, Teatro alla Scala, Italy, 1904

Cio-Cio-San

Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton

Sharpless

Joyce El-Khoury, soprano

Matthew White , tenor

Hugo Laporte , baritone

Suzuki Lauren Segal , mezzo - soprano

Goro Éric Thériault , tenor

The Bonze Matthew Treviño, bass

Kate Pinkerton

Yamadori / The official Registrar

The Imperial Commissioner

Cio-Cio-San's mother

The aunt

The cousin

Uncle Yakusidé

The child (Dolore)

Kate Pinkerton, 10 years later (silent role)

L'enfant (Dolore), 10 years later (silent role)

Conductor

Stage Director

Martina Myskohlid , mezzo - soprano

Geoffrey Schellenberg , baritone

Matthew Li , bass

Sydney Frodsham , contralto

Meghan Fleet , soprano

Marie-Claire Drolet , soprano

Mikelis Rogers , baritone

Jasmine Nguyen

Pauline Tessadri

Enzo Zhang

Pedro Halffter

Stephanie Havey

Costume Opéra de Montréal

Set Design Opéra de Montréal

Lighting Designer Anne-Catherine Simard Deraspe

Video Designer

Assistant to the stage manager

Rehearsal Pianist

Assistant to the Conductor

Assistant to the Rehearsal Pianist

Nicholas Chimienti

Bethzaïda Thomas

Chorus Master Claude Webster

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Duration: 2h45 (including one intermission of 25 minutes) A PRODUCTION OF: Opéra de Montréal

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May 6, 9, 11 and 16 at 7:30 p.m. and May 14, 2023 at 2 p.m. Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts

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MICHEL BEAULAC

Beyond exoticism.

Puccini gave a voice to some of the most famous heroines of Italian verismo.

With great sensitivity, the composer was able to express their fragility, as well as their strength and courage, with music of an all-too-rare emotional intensity.

Cio-Cio-San, the more than century-old geisha, has aged extremely well! No longer viewed through a traditionally myopic Orientalist lens, Madama Butterfly has today become more universal and timeless. More light is shed on the work’s very essence: love, betrayal, and abandonment—feelings that all human beings are destined to experience, regardless of origin, gender, or identity.

Let us all be moved…

PRELUDE

Ten years have passed since the tragic death of Cio-Cio-San. Kate Pinkerton, who has raised her adopted child as her own in America, opens a scroll among the geisha’s personal belongings. Never having shared with her child the circumstances of his birth, she feels it’s now time to reveal the truth about his Japanese heritage. As they read the scroll, the story of Madama Butterfly unfolds, and the boy is taken back in time.

CHAPTER 1

In Japan, near Nagasaki, matchmaker Goro is showing the American officer Pinkerton his new home. He introduces him to Suzuki, the servant of his future wife. Sharpless, the U.S. consul, warns Pinkerton against marrying Cio-Cio-San, a 15-year-old geisha who radiates happiness at the idea of this marriage.

As the invited guests gather for the wedding, Butterfly shows Pinkerton the sword her father used to commit hara-kiri. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the Bonze, her uncle, disowns her. Butterfly’s shocked family withdraw. A long love duet brings together the new bride and groom.

CHAPTER 2

Three years have passed; Pinkerton has long since returned to America, and Butterfly, with no news from him, waits and waits. She is convinced he will return.

Butterfly rejects the advances of the wealthy Prince Yamadori: she is still married, she says. Sharpless, who knows that Pinkerton has meanwhile married in the United States, tries to reason with her. When he asks her what she would do were Pinkerton not to return, Butterfly replies that she would kill herself. Suddenly a canon echoes in the port, greeting the arrival of a ship. Butterfly recognises Pinkerton’s ship; she has flower petals sprinkled all over the house and prepares herself to welcome him worthily – and lovingly.

CHAPTER 3

After a sleepless night, Butterfly falls asleep just as Pinkerton arrives with Sharpless. Seeing the flowers, Pinkerton is unsettled and flees. Going to look for him, Butterfly comes upon his new wife: she agrees to turn over her son on the condition that Pinkerton himself comes to see her. Once alone, Butterfly hands the child an American flag, then commits hara-kiri with her father’s sword, collapsing in front of the just-returned Pinkerton.

Intermission - 25 minutes

Source: Opera Online

GIACOMO PUCCINI

Puccini is the most popular Italian opera composer after Verdi. Born to a long line of composers and organists, he lost his father at the age of five. His musical training was taken over by his uncle, and at 16, he entered the Istituto Musicale Pacini, where he composed his first works. Lucca, the town of his birth, enjoyed a rich cultural life, with regular visits from touring theatrical companies. In 1876, in Pisa, Puccini fell in love for the first time: a performance of Verdi’s Aida sealed his fate as an opera composer. He continued his studies at the Milan Conservatory under Amilcare Ponchielli, composing instrumental and vocal pieces, including the Messa di gloria (1880). His first attempt at opera was Le villi, entered — but not selected — in a competition for one-act operas. However, a performance of the same opera at the renowned Teatro dal Verme in Milan in 1884 launched his career. It was there that publisher Giulio Ricordi noticed him and assured him unwavering support. Only with his third opera, Manon Lescaut (1893) did Puccini begin to achieve any success. Ricordi found him two excellent librettists, Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, who co-wrote the librettos for his immensely popular works: La bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), and Madama Butterfly (1904). Puccini closely oversaw the writing of his librettos, starting and abandoning numerous projects, which considerably slowed his output. After The Girl of the West, which premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1910, he began the composition of a triptych of one-act operas, Il tabarro, Suor Angelica , and Gianni Schicchi, which also received their first performances at the Met in 1918. He was unable to complete his last opera, Turandot, which was performed posthumously at La Scala in 1926.

STEPHANIE HAVEY:

A SENSITIVE READING OF MADAMA BUTTERFLY

“I always wanted to be a director. Performing on stage, I was more interested in the big-picture view of the story that I was in my character. What fascinated me was the relationships between the various characters, set designs, and narrative choices that could tell the story in an effective way and move an audience.”

THE JOY OF COLLABORATING

In her shift from onstage to backstage, Stephanie happily forwent the lonely hours practicing in a studio in favour of her time in rehearsal spaces where she could exchange with an entire team about a work being produced.

“Collaboration is my passion!” she exclaimed. “I work with the design team, the production team, and the artists. Every day is different, every rehearsal is different, the schedule is constantly changing, and I’m always working with new people. There are always new challenges and new questions to be answered, and that’s what I love.”

After winning top honours with Eugene Onegin in 2019, a production “nearly flawless, both in its staging and its fantastic cast,” (Ludwig van Montréal), director Stephanie Havey is back at the Opéra de Montréal to bring to life an indomitable classic, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.

How ought we to tackle such a monument? How do we tell this story in 2023? Stephanie Havey is poised to give us a finely crafted narrative, one carefully considered and sensitively imparted.

FROM MUSIC TO DIRECTING

Born into a rural family that blithely reach for their musical instruments on the slightest opportunity, Stephanie learned to read music at a young age and began taking voice lessons. As a teenager, her appetite for stage directing was awakened and persisted unabated.

LETTING THE TEXT SPEAK FOR ITSELF

Before meeting with her collaborators about a project, this director first sets about grasping the text through introspection and reflection. “My first step in a project is to spend some time alone with the text, analyzing it in depth. When I set the music aside and go back to the text, that’s when my initial concepts come to me and I’m able to detach from everything I have seen and heard of the work. Then I can begin with a fresh perspective. I reflect on how the text speaks to me in the present and what makes me want to tell this story now.”

This was her approach to Madama Butterfly, an opera which she has seen again and again, but is now directing for the first time.

APPROACHING A WORK WITH RESPECT AND SENSITIVITY

For Stephanie Havey, producing an opera entails heavy responsibility. “I want to be respectful and honour this great work of the operatic repertoire, and so too the truth behind the story. I think I avoided confronting it earlier because of the challenge in the storytelling angle. The narrative is based on two true stories but presented from a Western point of view. That of a foreigner who sees all these ceremonies and garments without fully grasping their meaning and importance, not of someone of Japanese origin.”

To stake out her interpretation of the work, she sought to answer two questions: who is telling this story? And, why? The answer came to her with the story’s conclusion. “I realized at the end that the story being told was about the origins of Butterfly’s child: how his parents met, how they fell in love, his birth, his father’s return to Japan, his departure to America.”

THE CHILD AT THE CORE OF THE STORY

The director accordingly decided to situate us 10 years after the story’s tragic ending, with Kate Pinkerton revealing to this child, who is now 13, the story of his mother. Mindful of the sensitivity of this subject matter, she explored this idea further in discussions with a few Asian-born colleagues and friends who were adopted and raised by Caucasian-American parents.

“In some cases, I found that the adoptive parents had no information to pass on about Asian culture. These children grew up completely assimilated to white American culture. That was the starting point for the concept of this production. The opera unfolds with this child picturing in his mind the story being told to him, according to his own set of references and limited understanding.”

A COMPANY SUPPORTIVE OF ARTISTS

The Opéra de Montréal in an ideal setting for Stephanie to hazard her deep and beautiful dive into Madama Butterfly. “No joke, it’s the nicest company I ever worked with. I say that to everyone! The atmosphere is welcoming, and the whole team is fully invested in the artistic vision and in the project’s success. It’s quite special. I feel truly supported here as an artist. I knew that everyone would be behind me and would be committed to taking up the work with just as much respect and sensitivity.”

HEADED FOR THE PREMIERE

How does she imagine herself in that moment when the curtain goes up on the first performance? “In that moment, since all the production’s technical aspects will have been resolved, I will simply dive into the story and set off on a journey with the performers. Empathy is the driving force of everything I do at an artistic level. At the premiere, I’ll be able to sit back and experience what the characters are feeling throughout the story, with nothing to divert my attention.”

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JOYCE EL-KHOURY

Lebanese-Canadian soprano Joyce El-Khoury, is a regular guest at major opera and concert houses around the world. Recently she debuted the role of Amelia/Un ballo in maschera with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Riccardo Muti, which was reprised at the Toyko Spring Festival this year. She sang Violetta/La Traviata at the Royal Opera House London, Micaela/Carmen, Tatyana/Eugene Onegin and Liu/Turandot all at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto and debuted Leila/Les pêcheurs de perles at the Dallas Opera. With her title role debut in Anna Bolena at ABAO Bilbao Opera, she recently added a third Donizetti Queen role to her repertoire. On the concert side, she sang Strauss’ Vier Letze Lieder at the Luzern Festival and Verdi’s Messa di Requiem under Riccardo Muti at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. With roles like Tosca, Cio-Cio-San/Madama Butterfly, Mimi/La Bohème or Anna/Le Villi, Joyce El-Khoury is one of the most interesting Puccini singers today. OdM debut

LIEUTENANT B. F. PINKERTON

MATTHEW WHITE

American tenor Matthew White, whom the New York Classical Review has praised for his “distinctive tenor [with a] dark and powerful lyric sound” is, in the 2022–2023 season, performing Alfredo in La traviata with Houston Grand Opera, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Opéra de Montréal, Duca in Rigoletto with Utah Opera, and for his much anticipated European debut, Don José in Carmen with Oper im Steinbruch in Austria. On the concert stage, he will sing the Shepherd in Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex with the Houston Symphony, and Handel’s Messiah with the Nashville Symphony and the US Naval Academy in Annapolis. In the 2021–2022 season, Matthew White performed Don José with Santa Fe Opera, Rodolfo in La bohème with Detroit Opera and Spoleto Festival USA; Don José with the Arizona Opera, Lancelot in Chausson’s Le roi Arthus with Bard SummerScape, and the title role in Faust et Hélène with the Houston Symphony. OdM debut

SHARPLESS

HUGO LAPORTE

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SUZUKI

LAUREN SEGAL

In recent seasons her operatic engagements have included Maddalena (Rigoletto) at the Opéra de Montréal; the title role in Carmen with Saskatoon Opera; Nicklausse (Les contes d’Hoffmann) with the Canadian Opera Company; Sukuzi (Madama Butterfly) with Manitoba Opera; Dorabella (Così fan tutte) for Pacific Opera Victoria; and Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia) with Opera Hamilton. Past performances also include Maddalena with Manitoba Opera and Opera Hamilton, Nicklausse with Edmonton Opera and productions of Die Zauberflöte, Nixon in China and Ariadne auf Naxos with the Canadian Opera Company. Equally at home on the concert stage, she has appeared at the Westben Festival, Le FestiVoix de Trois-Rivières, the National Arts Center in Ottawa, the Orchestra Métropolitain; the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, the Victoria Symphony, the Brott Music Festival, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and will be making her debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra this season. Upcoming performances will also include Suzuki with Calgary Opera, a Gala evening with l’Opéra de Québec, Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with Niagara Symphony and Bach’s Johannes Passion with the Grand Philharmonic Choir. Last OdM appearance: Otello (2016)

GORO

ÉRIC THÉRIAULT

In addition to obtaining his Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Éric Thériault also trained at the Canadian Vocal Art Institute and the Nice International Summer Academy. He has appeared with several Canadian and international ensembles since the start of his career and was the recipient of the Campbell Wachter Memorial Award while engaged as an apprentice with the Santa Fe Opera in 2007. Early highlights include singing Gnyphos in the world premiere of Lou Harrison’s Young Caesar, appearing as a soloist in the North American premiere of Telemann’s oratorio Jauchze, jubilier, und singe, and winning an Opus Award for his participation in the BachToTango concert with the Quartango ensemble. More recently, he sang Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Bobinet (La vie parisienne), and Malcolm (Macbeth) with Opéra de Québec, as well as Alfredo (La traviata), Canio (Pagliacci) and Radamès (Aida) with Montrealbased company Opéra Immédiat. Last OdM appearance: Carmen (2016)

THE BONZE

MATTHEW TREVIÑO

Hailed as possessing a “mellifluous bass that is at once robust and gentle” (Opera Magazine), Matthew Treviño is captivating audiences through his work in opera, theatre, and the recording arts. Recent highlights include Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro), Guy Cotter (Everest), and Timur (Turandot) with Austin Opera; Sparafucile (Rigoletto) and Zuniga (Carmen) with Hawaii Opera Theatre; Hobson (Peter Grimes) and Sparafucile with the English National Opera; and The Ghost (The Canterville Ghost) with Opera Leipzig. Last OdM appearance : Il Trovatore (2022)

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MARTINA MYSKOHLID

In 2021, Martina was a finalist in the OSM Competition and received the prize of encouragement to the Metropolitan Opera National District competition. This season, she sang Shéhérazade and L'Enfant et les sortilèges and doubled Rose Valand in La Beauté du monde (OdM). She was named among the artists "CBC under 30" and will join the studio of the National Opera of Holland in 2023-24. She will also fly for Paris in June to take part in the international competition Génération Opéra. Last OdM appearance: L'Enfant et les sortilèges (2023)

Member of the Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal. Martina Myskohlid is generously sponsored by Pascal Lépine.

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GEOFFREY SCHELLENBERG

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Praised for his "impressive vocal colour" (Opera Canada), CanadianAmerican baritone Geoffrey Schellenberg has been featured in a number of North American opera productions, including those with Vancouver Opera, Portland Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, and Calgary Opera. He has been recognized for his performances of Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), and Marcello (La bohème). A graduate of Opera de Montreal’s l’Atelier lyrique program, Geoffrey will be featured in several upcoming OdM productions including Yamadori in Madama Butterfly and Marquis D’Obigny in La Traviata. Geoffrey has completed a number of additional artist residencies including those with Portland Opera and Calgary Opera. He additionally completed a number of revered training fellowships including Highlands Opera Studio and Music Academy of the West. He has also earned a number of accolades in vocal competitions, including the of the Concours OSM (Stingray Rising Stars Award), the MONC Auditions (District Winner), and the COC Centre Stage Competition (Third Prize). Last OdM appearance: Ainadamar (2023)

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THE IMPERIAL COMMISSIONER

MATTHEW LI

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). Last OdM appearance: L'Enfant et les sortilèges (2023)

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Matthew Li is generously sponsored by the Andrea Alacchi Family.

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THE ARTISTS

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SYDNEY FRODSHAM

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 The Magic Flute, Irene in Theodora, and Bradamante in Alcina. Last OdM appearance: L'Enfant et les sortilèges (2023)

Member of the Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal. Sydney Frodsham is generously sponsored by Colleen and Mirko Wicha.

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THE AUNT

MEGHAN FLEET

From the studio of Jean MacPhail, soprano Meghan Fleet graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance, subsequently enrolling at The Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. She performed in the Festival Ensemble at Stuttgart under the direction of Helmuth Rilling. Earlier performances of Meghan Fleet include Mimi in scenes from La Bohème, Susanna in scenes from La Nozze di Figaro and Frasquita in scenes from Carmen with the University of Toronto Opera School. Other performances included her participation in Poetry and Performance of the German Lied at the Franz Schubert Institute; Nora in The Glenn Gould School production of Riders to the Sea by Vaughn Williams; Jenny Lind in Chopin and The Nightingale at the Royal Ontario Museum; and the soprano soloist in Fauré’s Requiem with the Humbercrest United Church Choir. OdM debut

THE COUSIN

MARIE-CLAIRE DROLET

SOPRANO CANADA

Originally from Quebec City, Marie-Claire Drolet is a young soprano with a burgeoning career. A recent graduate of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and Université de Montréal, she has been praised for her “powerful and crystalline” voice. In recent years, she has appeared in several roles, most notably as Micaëla in Carmen and Ciboletta in Une nuit à Venise. She also sang Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, under the direction of Alain Trudel. On the concert stage, MarieClaire was the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Missa solemnis K. 139 with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec (OSQ), under the direction of Fabien Gabel. More recently, Marie-Claire was heard in the role of Musetta in La bohème at the Saint-Eustache Opera Festival and doubled the title role in Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict, as part of Opera Kelowna’s Valley Opera Summer Intensive (VOSI). OdM debut

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MIKELIS ROGERS

Mikelis completed his undergraduate studies in voice performance in 2022, studying under Jean MacPhail and earning a Bachelor’s of Music, Performance in Voice. Mikelis made his entry to the Canadian opera scene by winning the Stingray Rising Star award at Opéra de Montréal’s 2021 Talent Gala national competition while still completing his final year of undergraduate education at the University of Toronto. Last OdM appearance: L'Enfant et les sortilèges (2023)

Member of the Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal. Mikelis Rogers is generously sponsored by Marie-Hélène Fox, in loving memory of Claude Morin.

PEDRO HALFFTER

Pedro Halffter Caro is a conductor and composer. Highlights of his success in both facets of his career have included the premiere of his new orchestration of Der Kaiser von Atlantis at Teatro Real in Madrid in 2016 and his symphonic versions of Wagner’s works, which have been performed by orchestras in Spain, Italy, and France. His career as a composer extends from his first works, premiered in 1998, to his commission from the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra, which was performed in 2015. His numerous compositions have been interpreted by major orchestras, with his recordings appearing on such labels such as Deutsche Grammophon, Warner Music, and Warner Classics. He has also held such distinguished positions as Principal Guest Conductor of the Nürnberger Symphoniker and Principal Conductor of the Bayreuth Festival Youth Orchestra (2001-2004), Principal and Artistic Director of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria (2004-2015), Artistic Director of the Real Orquesta Sinfónica of Seville (2004-2014), and Artistic Director of Teatro de la Maestranza of Seville (2004-2018). He has led orchestras in Vienna, Berlin, London, Paris, Madrid, Beijing, Moscow, Tokyo, Shanghai, Salzburg, Munich, Barcelona, Essen, Mannheim, and Toulouse, in addition to conducting operatic titles at companies around the world. His most recent season has included Tosca at Teatro Cervantes in Malaga, La voix humaine / Eine florentinische Tragödie at ABAO, Florencia en el Amazonas in Tenerife, and La traviata at Teatro de la Maestranza. Next season, he returns to ABAO to conduct Tosca. OdM debut

STEPHANIE HAVEY

Winner of the Adelaide Bishop Award and the Opera America DirectorDesigner Showcase, Stephanie Havey has staged productions for Pittsburgh Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Arizona Opera, Atlanta Opera, Opera Omaha, New York City Opera, North Carolina Opera, and Hawaii Opera Theatre, as well as new productions of La rondine for The Curtis Institute of Music, Tosca for the Lyrique-en-mer Festival International de Belle-Ile, The Crucible for Opera Santa Barbara, Shining Brow for Tulsa Opera, Il matrimonio segreto for Carnegie Mellon University, Rigoletto for Syracuse Opera, Falstaff for Resonance Works Pittsburgh, and Gluck’s Armide for OperaNeo. She was also a member of the staging staff at San Francisco Opera and The Santa Fe Opera. Ms. Havey was selected to participate in San Diego Opera’s “Opera Hack”—a two-year project funded by an Opera America Innovation Grant to discover new ways for technology to be used in the production and presentation of opera. She also had the honour of hosting the 2019 Opera America Director-Designer Showcase in San Francisco as a returning alumna. She is a frequent collaborator for the development of new opera, staging new works with Opera Philadelphia, Opera America’s New Works Forum, and the North American New Opera Workshop. She has also been a guest instructor for several young artist training programs. Her 20222023 season features many exciting engagements, including her Opéra de Montréal debut directing Madama Butterfly, as well as new productions of Le nozze di Figaro at Pittsburgh Opera and Rigoletto at Utah Symphony and Opera. Last OdM appearance: Eugène Onéguine (2019)

LIGHTING DESIGNER

ANNE-CATHERINE SIMARD DERASPE

With a background in the performing arts, she is a Jill-of-all-trades when it comes to lighting: dance, theatre, exhibitions, and architecture. For the opera stage, she has designed lighting for productions including Die Zauberflöte, Rusalka, Lakmé, Madama Butterfly, The Marriage of Figaro, Porgy and Bess, Tosca, Werther, Another Brick in the Wall – The Opera and Svadba at the Opéra de Montréal. Last OdM appearance: Rigoletto (2019)

VIDEO DESIGNER

NICHOLAS CHIMIENTI

As One (Atlanta Opera), Grease the Musical (MNM), Everything is Super Great (FAU Theatre Lab), Sunday in the Park (PBAU), Silent Sky (PBAU)

Associate/Assistant:Chris Rock Dave Chappelle No Phones Tour, Twelfth Night (Classical theatre of Harlem), On that Day in Amsterdam(Primary Stages), Cabaret (Atlanta Opera), The Vagrant Trilogy (The Public), 2 Wolves and a Lamb (Triad Stage), Dracula (Triad Stage), Man of la Mancha (Triad Stage). Nick is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and would like to thank his family and friends for all of their support. OdM debut

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CHORUS MASTER

CLAUDE WEBSTER

Claude Webster has worked in the field of opera as a rehearsal pianist and vocal coach for some thirty years. His work is widely recognized in North America and Europe. Internationally sought after as a specialist in the French repertoire, he has participated in many programs including those in Tel Aviv, Berlin, Ravinia and New York. He was the head coach at the Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal from 1997 to 2017 and has been the Opéra de Montréal’s chorus master since 2007. Last OdM appearance: Ainadamar (2023)

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REHEARSAL PIANIST

HOLLY KROEKER

Holly is an operatic vocal coach, collaborative pianist and répétiteur based in Montreal, QC. A graduate of Opera de Montreal’s Atelier Lyrique Young Artist Training Program (2018-2021), she currently works as pianist and assistant to musical formation for the program. In the 2022-2023 season, her activities include principal rehearsal pianist for Bluebeard’s Castle (Against the Grain Theatre), Don Giovanni (National Arts Centre/Banff Centre), Cosi Fan Tutte (Opera Kelowna) and Madama Butterfly (Opera de Montreal), as well as a new music workshop of Vavrek/Cusson’s Indians on Vacation. Other production credits include Riders to the Sea/Le Flambeau de la nuit by Vaughn Williams/Tanguay-Labrosse (Opera de Montreal), Bizet’s Les pecheurs de perles (Jeunesse Musicales du Canada), Cosi Fan Tutte (Edmonton Opera) and Die Zauberflote (Opera de Montreal), and Prestini/Vavrek’s Silent Light (Banff Centre). Last OdM appearance: La Flûte enchantée (2022)

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MUSICIANS

FIRST VIOLINS

Yukari Cousineau, Solo

Ryan Truby, Associate

Johanne Morin, Assistant

Marcelle Mallette

Monica Duschênes

Carolyn Klause

Florence Mallette

Alexander Lozowski

Ariane Bresse

Julien Oberson

Isabelle Bélanger-Southey

Oleg Larshin

SECOND VIOLINS

Nancy Ricard, Solo

Lucie Ménard, Associate

Sylvie Harvey, Assistant

Lizann Gervais, Assistant

Claudio Ricignuolo

Céline Arcand

Helga Dathe

Daniel Godin

Flavie Gagnon

Flaviu Zanca

VIOLAS

Pierre Tourville, Solo

Brian Bacon, Associate

Gérald Daigle, Assistant

Julie Dupras

Jean René

Élisa Boudreau

François Vallières

Camille Mireault-Lalancette

Sheila Hannigan

CELLOS

Christopher Best, Solo

Agnès Langlois, Associate

Julien Siino, Assistant

Caroline Milot

Thérèse Ryan

Vincent Bergeron

DOUBLE BASSES

Marc Denis, Solo

Gilbert Fleury, Associate

Réal Montminy, Assistant

Catherine Lefebvre

FLUTES

Jocelyne Roy, Solo

Jean-Philippe Tanguay

Caroline Séguin, Piccolo solo

OBOES

Kirsten Zander, Solo

Élise Poulin

Mélanie Harel, Principal English horn

CLARINETS

Simon Aldrich, Solo

Martin Carpentier

François Martel

BASSOONS

Michel Bettez, Solo

Carmelle Préfontaine

FRENCH HORNS

Louis-Philippe Marsolais, Solo

Simon Bourget

Lyne Santamaria

Vincent Rancourt

TRUMPETS

Taz Eddy, Solo

Lise Bouchard

Henri Ferland

TROMBONES

Patrice Richer, Solo

Madeleine Doyon-Robitaille

Matthieu Bourget, Principal bass trombone

Trevor Dix, Principal contrabass trombone

TIMPANI

Julien Bélanger, Solo

PERCUSSIONS

Alexandre Lavoie, Solo

Vincent Séguin

Corinne René

Olivier Maranda

Léo Guiollot

Catherine Varvaro

HARP

Robin Best, Solo

CHOEUR DE L'OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL SUPERNUMERARIES

SOPRANOS

Nadya Blanchette

Suzan Elizabeth Brown

Sophie De Cruz

Marie-Claire Drolet

Julie Ekker

Meghan Fleet

Véronique Gauthier

Nadine Guertin

Danielle Lalonde

Isabelle D. Leclerc

Anne-Sophie Maguire-Armand

Léa Weilbrenner

MEZZOS

Jeanne Bovet

Mireille Beriault

Chantal Denis

Marie-Christine Duplessis Zanga

Elizabeth Ekholm

Julie Goupil

Anne Julien

Catherine Levac

Marie-Claude L'Heureux

Béatrice Stoklas

Michelle Sutton

Danielle Vaillancourt

TENORS

Nils Brown

Mathieu Abel

Pascal Blanchet

Éric Gauvin

Julien Girard

Nathan LeLièvre

Mike Melino

Gustave Richard

Jaime Sandoval

Jean-Louis Sanscartier

David Trower

ADULTS

Ludovik Béchard-Tremblay

Mehdi Jdily

Pauline Tessadri

TEENAGER

Enzo Zhang

CHILD

Jasmine Nguyen

THÉRAPIE PAR LA MUSIQUE

MAURICE BÉJART

GEORGE BALANCHINE

made me fall in love with the art form, and after this experience in Opera Workshop, I knew that opera was my destiny.

JOYCE EL-KHOURY CIO-CIO-SAN

DID YOU ALWAYS KNOW YOU WANTED TO BE AN OPERA SINGER?

I didn’t grow up listening to opera as in wasn’t part of our culture. We listened mostly to Lebanese music and pop. I grew up singing Whitney Houston and Celine Dion covers, having big dreams of becoming a pop star. Little did I know that my trajectory would be beyond what I could have imagined!

IF YOU HAD NOT BECOME AN OPERA SINGER, WHAT CAREER PATH WOULD YOU HAVE FOLLOWED?

I was prepared to pursue nursing studies at the University of Ottawa, but when the time came to apply for university programs, my parents encouraged me to study music instead. “Joyce, you have a voice... You should pursue music.” As a result, I decided to audition for the Vocal Performance Music program at the University of Ottawa, and I was accepted. I was fortunate to study with Prof Ingemar Korjus, whose wise words still ring in my ears to this day. My first year in the program, I joined a course called “Opera Workshop” at the time, lead by the wonderful Mezzo Sandra Graham. Our first opera was Carmen, and I was given the chance to sing scenes from Carmen with fellow voice students. This opera truly

WHAT DOES THE ROLE OF CIO-CIO-SAN MEAN TO YOU? HOW DOES THE STORY OF MADAMA BUTTERFLY CONNECT WITH YOU?

Madama Butterfly is a role that I’ve had my eye on for years. From the first time I experienced it as an audience member, I knew that I wanted to sing it one day. It was the first opera to ever make me cry. CioCio-San is an example of vulnerability and unconditional, limitless love. She believes with all her heart and soul until the very end. Her faith against all obstacles is what really moves me. Her love for Pinkerton, so immense and so powerful is the air that she breathes. She is one with it and it sustains her. And then, when the unthinkable happens, she sacrifices it all for her child. Love, and only love, ruled over her. It is a heartbreaking, breathtaking story full of all human emotions that touches the soul on a very deep level.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE MADAMA BUTTERFLY, IN THREE WORDS?

I can’t choose just three! Devastating. Moving. Captivating. Overwhelming. Cathartic. Thought-provoking.

WHAT MAKES THE WORK UNIQUE AND RELEVANT TO GO SEE, IN 2023?

Even though this opera premiered in 1904, it is still a story that we can relate to. It’s about love, hope, loss, despair. Even though one may not have lived Cio-Cio-San’s fate, we all have our own emotional journeys, and we all have pain of our own. The story and music of Madama Butterfly gives us a place to explore our emotions via hers.

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

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 with Chantal Lambert © Brent Calis

© Kevin Calixte

AMBASSADORS’ CIRCLE

We wish to warmly thank all our generous individual and family contributors who care to support the Opéra de Montréal and its activities. Your help is essential to the pursuit of our mission and your contribution is an integral part of the vitality of both our company and Montreal’s operatic life.

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THE FRIENDS OF THE OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL

A special thanks to the FRIENDS of the Opéra de Montréal whose contributions strongly encourage us in the pursuit of our mandate

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Larry Stonesifer

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À la mémoire de Raoul et Helene Tessier

Gérard Therrien

Simon & Mathilde Tinawi

À la mémoire de Madame

Anne-Marie Trahan

Martine Tremblay

Yolande Tremblay

Huguette Trudel

Julie Trudel

Josée Turpin

Daniel Tweed

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Pledges made from January 1 st , 2022 and May 1 st , 2023.

GOVERNMENT PARTNERS

PROGRAMMING PARTNERS

CIVIL IMPACT AND EDUCATION PARTNERS

ATELIER LYRIQUE PARTNERS

Major Partners

Presenting Partners

MEDIA PARTNERS

SERVICE PARTNERS

Charlotte Lefebvre, décoratrice florale

Clark Influence

DoubleTree by Hilton Montréal

GRDN

GLO Marie-Claude Paquette, graphic designer

National Auditions Partner

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

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

PRODUCTION

Pierre Massoud, Production Director / Marie Hélène Larivière, Production Coordinator / Patrick Belzile, Technical Director / Drew Lyall, Technical Director Assistant / Laurence Pronier, Stage Director / Dominique Guindon, Co-Head of Wardrobe / Sonya Bayer, Co-Head of Wardrobe / Sandra Chirico, Wardrobe Superviser

ADMINISTRATION

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Marie-Pier Perron, Interim Director, Marketing and Communications / Daniella Johnson, gestionnaire communications / Darnyse Memnon, Client Services Manager / Marine

Geffroy, Coordinator, Communications and Marketing / Filémon BraultArchambeault, Estelle Mouden, Coordinators, Box Office / Maïka

Bélanger, Coordinator’s Aide / Antoine

Hatem, Fatima Ali, Client Services Agents

DEVELOPMENT

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

CIVIL IMPACT AND EDUCATION

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

CONCERT TEAM

PRODUCTION

Pierre Massoud, Production Director / Marie Hélène Larivière, Production Coordinator / Patrick Belzile, Technical Director / Drew Lyall, Technical Director Assistant / Saturnin Goyer, Assistant Technical Director / Olivier OuelletHébert, Assistant Technical Director, video

STAGE MANAGEMENT

Laurence Pronier, Head Stage Manager / Bethzaïda Thomas, Principal Stage Manager / Joëlle Desjardins, Thomas Lussier, SimonCharles Tremblay-Béchard, Assistants to the stage manager

SUPERTITLES

Myriam Provost-Riel, Projection / Christine Archambault, Mélanie Caillierez, Danny Kay, Shelley Gaffe, Proofreaders

COSTUMES

Dominique Guindon, Co-Head of Wardrobe / Sonya Bayer, Co-Head of Wardrobe / Sandra Chirico, Wardrobe Superviser / Cassandre Josepovic, Wardrobe Technician / Daniel Beaudet, Marie-Claire Doyon, Anita Tataru, Christine Tremblay, Mireille Tremblay, Seamstress-Sewer / Richard Provost, Hat Maker & Sewer / Fauve Du Tilly-Lefebvre, Pattern Maker & Seamstress / Vincent Pastana, Tailor / Anne-Sophie Boucher, Intern / Geneviève Fortin, Head Dresser / Salle WilfridPelletier: Joël Boudreault, Head Dresser

PROPS

Madeleine St-Jacques, Head Props / Philippe Pointard, Anne-Marie Bérubé, Prop Maker

HAIR

Pierre Lafontaine, Head – hair department / Denis Parent, Assistant Head – hair department / Manon Alexandre, Kareen Deest, André Duval, Marie-Ève Ménard, Kimberley Murphy, Guylaine Sant, Stylists

MAKE-UP

Julie Casault, makeup department / Marianne Bobet, Mélina Di Cristo, Lizane Lasalle, Camiel McLean, Stéphanie Villemaire, makeup artists

RUNNER

Jean-Sébastien Lavoie

TECHNICAL STAFF

Daniel Masse, Head, carpenter / Julie Latulippe, Martin Jannard, Assistant Head Carpenter / Pierre Veniot, Head, sound / André Corbeil, Head Sound Assistant / David Leblanc, Head, props / Vincent Plante, Head Props Assistant  / Charles Denis, Head, fly / Eric Piché, Head, fly Assistant/ Saturnin Goyer, Head, lighting / Martin Dussault, Head Lighting Assistant / Richard Gravel, Head, video Stage technical services are provided by: Le regroupement des techniciens de la scène du Québec inc. (RTSQ)

Thank you to our collaborators:

Pierre Dufour, Les Ateliers Yves Nicol / Pierre Laporte, Patrice Bienvenue, Trans Québec / Steve Traynor, Les Entreprises TruckNRoll

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIRMAN

Me René Branchaud*

Lavery

FORMER CHAIRMAN

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

VICE-PRESIDENT

Ms. Elizabeth Wirth*

Wirth-Brand Inc , Wirth Rail

M. Pascal Lépine*, MBA, Adm. A. Atypic

TREASURER

Mme. Sylvie Marois* Banque Nationale, Gestion Privée

SECRETARY

Ms. Alysia Yip Hoi*

Founding President Maison Alysia

MEMBERS

M. Louis Arseneault

Université McGill

M. François Carrier Valeurs mobilières Desjardins

Me Bruno-Étienne Duguay

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M. Frédéric Godbout, CFA Mouvement Desjardins

Me Joanie Lapalme

Fasken

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M. Richard Pan Power Corporation du Canada

Mme. Louise Roy, O.C., O.Q.

CIRANO

Ms. Emmelle Segal Administratrice de sociétés

Ms. Vanda Treiser

Administratrice de sociétés

* Officers

MAY 21, 2023

12 PM

1223 Atateken, Montréal, QC

CAFÉ D’ART VOCAL CONCERT

Canadian coloratura mezzo-soprano Martina Myskohlid and the pianist Rebecca Klassen-Wiebe bring the Découvertes du Café d’art vocal series to a close.

As seating is limited, we recommend you reserve as soon as possible via the website: artvocal.ca

MAY 23, 2023

7:30 PM

Le Gesù

1200 Bleury Street, Montréal, QC

ESPACE TRANSITION À L’OPÉRA

L’Enfant et les sortilèges by Maurice Ravel. Adapted and re-interpreted by the participants of Espace Transition.

Duration: 30 minutes.

Followed with a wine service and an exhibition on the creative process.

ET at the Opera is a 15-week co-creation project. Some ten participants of ages 15 to 24, dealing with mental health issues, become both artisans and performers in a creative process resulting in a mini-opera. They re-write the story and design the sets, costumes, and props, right in Place des Arts, guided by a team of professional artists.

Free. General Admission.