HAMLET
L'OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
WRITTEN ON SKIN
OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
Scénographie :Frédérick Ouellet
Costumes: Sarah Balleux
Lumières: Renaud Pettigrew
16, 19, 21 et 24 novembre 2024
Direction musicale: Jacques Lacombe
Elliot Madore (Hamlet)
Sarah Dufresne (Ophélie)
Karine Deshayes (Gertrude)
Nathan Berg (Claudius)
Antoine Bélanger (Laërte)
Alain Coulombe (Spectre)
Alexandre Sylvestre (Horatio)
Rocco Ruolo (Marcellus)
Matthew Li (Polonius)
Photos: Vivien Gaumand
LA VIE PARISIENNE
ATELIER D'OPÉRA DE L'UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL
WRITTEN ON SKIN
OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
Set Design :Carl Pelletier
Costume Design: Pierre-Luc Boudreau
Hair/Make-up: Pierre Lafontaine
Choreography: Noëlle-Émilie Desbiens
Lighting Design: Renaud Pettigrew
Conductor: Jean-François Rivest
David Turcotte / Martin Davout (Bobinet)
Emmanuel Hasler / Mathieu Richer (Gardefeu)
Camille Brault / Aurore Le Hannier (Métella)
François Delorme (Gontran)
Justin Domenicone (Joseph)
Dominique Veilleux / Pierre Rancourt (Baron)
Mélissa Zerbib / Caroline Godebert (Baronne)
Jérémie Chéné-Arena (Brésilien/Frick)
Emmanuel Raymond (Brésilien/Frick)
Agnès Ménard / Clémence Danvy (Gabrielle)
Juliette Tachino / Léa Buijtenhuijs (Pauline)
William Aziz (Prosper)
Queen Hezumuryango-Dushime (Léonie)
Chantale Gascon (Léonie)
Maud Lewden / Ayako Horihata (Louise)
Roseline Marois-Bernier / Robyn Perry (Clara)
Photos: Antoine Saito
WRITTEN ON SKIN
OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
Set : Olivier Landreville
Costumes: Philippe Dubuc
Lighting Design: Éric Champoux
January 25, 28, 30 & February 2 2020
Conductor: Nicole Paiement
Magali Simard-Galdès (Agnès)
Daniel Okulitch (The Protector)
Luigi Schifano (Angel 1 / The Boy)
Florence Bouget (Angel 2 / Marie)
Jean-Michel Richer (Angel 3 / John)
EDMONTON OPERA
Conductor: Judith Yan
Laquita Mitchell (Violetta)
Jason Bridges (Alfredo)
James Westman (Germont)
Cara McLeod (Annina)
Giles Tomkins (Grenvil)
Beste Kalender (Flora)
Justin Welsh (Baron Douphol)
Jamie McLennan (Gastone)
Aaron Dimoff (Marchese D'Obigny )
LA TRAVIATA
MANITOBA OPERA / EDMONTON OPERA / PACIFIC OPERA VICTORIA / VANCOUVER OPERA
CALGARY OPERA
MANITOBA OPERA
Conductor: Tyrone Paterson
Angel Blue (Violetta)
Adam Luther (Alfredo)
James Westman (Germont)
Shannon Unger (Annina)
David Watson (Grenvil)
Barbara King (Flora)
Andrew Love (Baron Douphol)
Michael Barrett (Gastone)
Howard Rempel (Marchese D'Obigny )
Set and costumes Design: CHRISTINA PODDUBIUK
Lighting Design: KEVIN LAMOTTE
PACIFIC OPERA VOCTORIA
February 14, 16, 22, 24, 2019
Conductor: Timothy Vernon
Lucia Cesaroni(Violetta)
Colin Ainsworth(Alfredo)
James Westman (Germont)
Caitlin Wood (Annina)
Giles Tomkins (Grenvil)
Megan Latham (Flora)
Alexandre Sylvestre (Baron Douphol)
Jamie McLennan (Gastone)
Peter Monghan (Marchese D'Obigny )
CALGARY OPERA
April 2, 6, 8, 2022
Conductor: Gordon Gerrard
Talise Trevigne (Violetta)
Andrew Haji (Alfredo)
Hyung Yun (Germont)
Juliana Krajčovič (Annina)
Matthew Trevino (Grenvil)
Simran Claire (Flora)
Jeremy Dubé (Baron Douphol)
Tayte Mitchell (Gastone)
Dominic Veilleux (Marchese D'Obigny )
VANCOUVER OPERA
October 17, 19, 24, 27, 2019
Conductor: Yves Abel
Emily Dorn (Violetta)
Andrew Haji (Alfredo)
Chenye Yuan (Germont)
Irina Medvedeva (Annina)
Angus Bell (Grenvil)
Gena van Oosten (Flora)
Nicholas Borg (Baron Douphol)
Daevyd Pepper (Gastone)
Willy Miles-Grenzberg (Marchese D'Obigny)
L'OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
May 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 2024
Conductor: Jordan de Souza
Talise Trevigne (Violetta)
Rame Lahaj (Alfredo)
James Westman (Germont)
à confirmer (Annina)
Jean-Philippe McClish (Grenvil)
Ilanna Starr (Flora)
Mikelis Rogers (Baron Douphol)
Angelo Moretti (Gastone)
Geoffrey Schellenberg (Marchese D'Obigny )
“La traviata is a slightly modernized version taking place in the 1920s with Violetta making her entrance as a showgirl in a Folies Bergères-style plumed headdress and beaded dress. The whole production has fantastic elements in costumes and sets, including lavish speakeasy parties, cocktail waitresses in scandalous outfits, and the occasional Marlene Dietrich-like woman in drag. The setting lends itself well to the show, to contrast the wild party lifestyle of Violetta in stark contrast to her illness, and her life in the country. [It] was a delight for the senses, and full of heartfelt emotions, beautiful sets, costumes, love, heartbreak, and hope...”
Scmopera
« The director’s choice to set the opera in 1920s Paris gives the production a very glamorous feel which is especially reflected in the beautiful set with its large, shuttered Parisian windows, a grand staircase, red pleated curtains and velvet chaise longues. The costumes too take full advantage of the era’s flapper fashions and the colour palette of the collective wardrobe recreates the time impeccably. We are transported so vividly to 1920s Paris that I got major Gertrude Stein salon vibes and Josephine Baker feels throughout.
La Traviata holds your attention for the entire 2.5 hours. It is beautiful and romantic. The creators have managed to stage a 19th-century tale while making it relevant for our current digital age audience. This is an admirable feat in itself and a wonder to witness.”
The Vancouver Art Review
L'ÉTOILE
JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC / INDIANA UNIVERSITY
« So, what about the production? It is outstanding, in every aspect. [...] The Montreal-born Alain Gauthier took on the stage director assignment and authoritatively used his French Canadian background to infuse the singers with Gallic essences needed to give the opera an authentic feel, all the while looking out for the farce that embodies everything happening on stage. »
The Times-Herald
October 13, 14 + 20, 21, 2017
Set designer: Tim McMath
Costume designer: Linda Pisaro
Lighting designer: Patrick Mero
Conductor: Marzio Conti
Vincent Festa / Nathan Krishnaswami (Ouf 1er)
Luke Robinson / Quinn Galyan (Siroco)
Tiffany Choe / Esther Schneider (Laoula)
Courtney Jameson / Melissa Krueger (Lazuli)
Anna Farley / Ashlyn Brown (Aloès)
Brad Bickhardt / Darian Clonts (Hérisson de Porc-Épic)
Jeremy Weiss (Tapioca)
Photos: IU Jacobs School of Music / IU Opera & Ballet Theater
ELEKTRA
OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
November 22, 24, 26, 28, 2015
Set designer: Victor Ochoa
Costume designer: Dominique Guindon
Lighting designer: Étienne Boucher
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Choeur de l'Opéra de Montréal
Orchestre Métropolitain
Lise Lindstrom (Elektra)
Agnes Zwierko (Klytämnestra)
Nicola Beller Carbone (Chrysothémis)
John Mac Master (Ägisth)
Alan Held (Orest)
Tomislav Lavoie (Der Pfleger des Orest)
France Bellemare (Die Vertraute)
Caroline Gélinas (Die Schleppträgerin)
Claude Grenier (an old servant)
Photos: Yves Renaud
« The Opéra de Montréal's Elektra is a true success.[....] Visually, the simplicity of the set and the costumes, that bring forward Agamemnon's statue, is superb. »
Hufftington Post
« One can only admit that with this Elektra, the company surpasses itself. This was a masterly production worthy of the most famous opera company of the world and, in the opinion of many, one of the best production of l’Opéra de Montréal's history. »
Le blogue lyrique de Daniel Turp
SAMSON ET DALILA
OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
January 25, 27, 29 et 31, 2015
Set designer: Annick Labissonnière
Costume designer: Dominique Guindon
Projections: Circo di Bakuza
Lighting designer: Éric Champagne
Conductor: Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Choeur de l'Opéra de Montréal
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Endrik Wottrich (Samson)
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Dalila)
Gregory Dahl (Le Grand-Prêtre de Dagon)
Philip Kalmanovitch (Abimélech)
Alain Coulombe (Un vieillard hébreu)
Pasquale D'Alessio (Un messager philistin)
Photos: Annick Labissonnière
« The real surprise in this Samson et Dalila présented by Opéra de Montréal was the contemporary and perspicacious staging of Alain Gauthier. Forget the usual pasteboard set and see, instead, a wall directly inspired from the one built by the State of Israel to isolate the Palestinians. Later on, the fall of the temple tragically reminds us the Twin Towers collapsing. Above all, we've liked the bacchanal scene where, in lieu of the usual kitsch carnaval, they have choose to open a window on erotism and its virtual consommation. »
Le Soleil
« Alain Gauthier, stage director of Dead Man Walking and winner of the 2013 Opus Award for Musical Event of the Year, introduced a sensual, contemporary HD video component to the otherwise more composed, biblical themed visuals. »
PBS Mountain Lake
LA VIE PARISIENNE
OPÉRA DE QUÉBEC
« Alain Gauthier is obviously the leader behind this show. You cannot invent culture but you can certainly see it when it,'s there, and I can't even imagine what would be our opera's stages if they could not rely on a talent as safe as his... »
Le Devoir
« This production directed by Alain Gauthier is one of the most successful and consistent achived by the company... L'Opéra de Québec has perhaps never gave anything as cleverly designed and perfectly tuned as the third act of this Vie parisienne. »
Le Soleil
May 11, 14, 16, 18, 2013
Set designers: Alain Gauthier/ Opéra de Québec
Costume designer Judith Fortin
Lighting/Projection designer: Serge Gingras
Make-up designer : Élène Pearson
Conductor: Jean-François Rivest
Choeur de l'Opéra de Québec
Orchestre symphonique de Québec
Robert Huard (Baron de Gondremarck)
Monique Pagé (Baronne de Gondremarck)
Marc Hervieux (Le Brésilien)
Nathalie Paulin (Métella)
Pascale Beaudin (Gabrielle)
Éric Thériault (Bobinet)
Hugues Saint-Gelais (Frick / Prosper)
Patrick Mallette (Gardefeu)
Photos: Louise Leblanc
« A memorable season ending for L'Opéra de Montréal, presenting a Faust with dazzling musical performances, sets and staging. It was one of those exceptional evening where a kind of miracle made you rediscover a work you thought you knew perfectly, but revealing its unespected richness. »
Avant-Scène Opéra
FAUST
OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
May 19, 22, 24, 26, 2012
Set designer: Olivier Landreville
Costume designer: Dominique Guindon
Lighting designer: Martin Labrecque
Conductor: Emmanuel Plasson
Choeur de l'Opéra de Montréal
Orchestre Métropolitain
Guy Bélanger (Old Faust)
Antoine Bélanger (Young Faust)
Mary Dunleavy (Marguerite)
Alexander Vinogradov (Méphistophélès)
Étienne Dupuis (Valentin)
Emma Char (Siebel)
Noëlla Huet (Marthe Schwerlein)
Philip Kalmanovitch (Wagner)
Photos: Yves Renaud
« A performance marked by a pertinent and very human direction by Alain Gauthier. »
Le Devoir
LA BOHÈME
OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
May 25, 28, 30 + June 2, 4, 2011
Set designer: Olivier Landreville
Costume designer: Opéra de Montréal
Lighting designer: Claude Accolas
Conductor: Giuseppe Pretraroia
Choeur de l'Opéra de Montréal
Orchestre Métropolitain
Antoine Bélanger (Rodolfo)
Marianne Fiset (Mimi)
Étienne Dupuis (Marcello)
Alexandre Sylvestre (Colline)
Pierre Rancourt (Schaunard)
Roy Del Valle (Benoît / Alcindoro)
Lara Ciekiewicz (Musetta)
Isaiah Bell (Parpignol)
Photos: Yves Renaud
PAGLIACCI / GIANNI SCHICCHI
OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
September 26, 30 + October 3, 5, 8, 2009
Set designer: Olivier Landreville
Costume designers: Joyce Gauthier
Lighting designer: Claude Accolas
Conductor: James Meena
Choeur de l'Opéra de Montréal
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Pagliacci
Marc Hervieux (Canio),
Marie-Josée Lord (Nedda)
Gregory Dahl (Tonio)
Étienne Dupuis (Silvio)
Pascal Charbonneau (Beppe)
Gianni Scihicchi
Gregory Dahl (Gianni Schicchi)
Marianne Fiset (Lauretta)
Antoine Bélanger (Rinuccio)
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Zita)
Patrick Mallette (Marco)
Normand Richard (Amantio)
Pierre Rancourt (Pinellino)
Roy Del Valle (Guccio)
Cyril Fonseca (Gherardino)
Taras Kulish (Simone)
Aidan Ferguson (La Ciesca)
Alexandre Sylvestre (Betto)
Raphaëlle Paquette (Nella)
Gaétan Sauvageau (Gherardo)
Philippe Martel (Spinelloccio
Photos: Yves Renaud
« A brilliant season opening for the Opéra de Montréal, where Alain Gauthier confirms he is a very sure bet. With his staging of Gianni Schicchi, the director completes his Trittico, which he undertook three years ago. And, by choosing to begin the evening with Pagliacci and its prologue, featuring the same singer (Gregory Dahl) as for Gianni Schicchi’s epilogue, on the same naked stage bathed in multicoloured lights, Gauthier and his team succeeded in creating an impressive and unified work. »
Opéra Magazine
« Great directing by Alain Gauthier, as required for these two operas in which acting is just as important as singing. (…). The essentials are there: the characters in both operas are extraordinarily believable; all the singers are also performing as actors, a sure sign that the direction was extremely skilled. »
La Presse
« In each of Gauthier’s productions, we can observe his careful attention to lighting, even when he works with different lighting designers. (…) but, Gauthier succeeds first and foremost in legitimizing this diptych as a production where reality and theatre intermingle seamlessly. »
Le Devoir
« The staging of Alain Gauthier is energetic, often violent, sometimes oddly comical, but always highly intelligent. »
Voir
« At the premiere of this double-bill, the show already seemed to be running smoothly. Besides, we're not sure what to do first: praise Alain Gauthier’s staging and his skilled direction, or the dazzling performance of the singer-actors. »
Resmusica.com
« The company opened its 30th season Saturday in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier with an admirably robust double bill, fully tragic, fully comic and very much an illustration of the power of the art form. »
The Gazette
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
February 2, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16, 2008
Set designer: Robert Prévost et Guy Neveu
Costume designer: Joyce Gauthier
Lighting designer: Anne-Catherine Simard-Deraspe
Conductor: Jacques Lacombe
Choeur de l'Opéra de Montréal
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Aaron St. Clair Nicholson (Figaro)
Julie Boulianne (Rosina)
Frédéric Antoun (Le comte Almaviva)
Stephen Morscheck (Basilio)
Donato Di Stefano (Bartolo)
Sarah Myatt (Berta)
Stephen Hegedus (Fiorello)
Pierre-Étienne Bergeron (Ambrogio)
Photos: Yves Renaud
« The Opéra de Montréal hit the bull’s eye with a revival of the Barber of Seville that generates good humour in the audience as well as on the stage. (…) Alain Gauthier’s staging includes a number of cartoon-like effects that reflect perfectly the tone envisioned by the work’s creators. »
Voir
« Rossini’s comedy has remained popular for good reasons, and the current incarnation makes most of them apparent. Director Alain Gauthier arranges the duets clearly and nicely synchronizes the serenaders and soldiers. (...) The lesson scene was amusing, with Almaviva torn between his beloved Rosina and his need, as a disguised music teacher, to play the harpsichord. »
The Gazette
« Cincinnati’s Così fan tutte was produced in an elegant 1930’s Hollywood setting (…) staged by Alain Gauthier as if it were a film. The concept worked; it was a super-sophisticated delight. »
Opera News
« In larger part, Così’s success derives from the masterful control that director Alain Gauthier, who staged last season’s L’étoile, exercises over every detail of the production. From concept through execution, he made the production truly, knowingly, deeply comic. That means considerably more than just inventing funny stage business, which he did, and tacking on some laughs here and there, which he did plenty. »
City Beat Cincinnati
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
CINCINNATI OPERA
June 28, 30, 2007
Set design: Seattle Opera / Cincinnati Opera
Costume design: Cincinnati Opera
Lighting designer: Thomas Hase
Conductor: Stefan Lano
Cincinnati Opera Chorus
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Alexandra Deshorties (Fiordiligi)
Marianna Pizzolato (Dorabella)
Shawn Mathey (Ferrando)
Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Guiglielmo)
William Shimell (Don Alfonso)
Nathalie Paulin (Despina)
Photos: Philip Groshong
« Both casts are very strong. (…) here comes stage director Alain Gauthier. The way he’s directing the spouse and her lover to move closer together and then apart, right under the husband’s nose, is much more eloquent than words. Gauthier also obtained from Marie-Josée Lord a highly realistic portrayal of a young girl condemned to become a nun for having given birth outside marriage. »
La Presse
« Alain Gauthier’s staging, sustained by Jean-Marie Zeitouni’s conducting, is most impressive. The gloomy, almost Hitchcock-like atmosphere that pervades the whole production (Il tabarro) continues to grow darker and darker until the final conclusion. »
Le Soleil
IL TABARRO / SUOR ANGELICA
OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
September 23, 27, 30 + October 5, 2006
Set design: Opéra de Montréal
Costume design: Opéra de Montréal
Lighting designer: Anne-Catherine Simard-Deraspe
Conductor: Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Choeur de l'Opéra de Montréal
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Il Tabarro
Grant Youngblood (Michele)
Turid Karlsen (Giorgetta)
Marc Hervieux (Luigi)
Thomas Macleay (Tinca)
Chad Louwerse (Talpa)
Robynne Redmon (La Frugola)
Suor Angelica
Marie-Josée Lord (Angelica)
Robynne Redmon (Principessa)
Louise Guyot (Zelatrice)
Marianne Fiset (Dolcina)
Geneviève Després (Maestra)
Chantal Lambert (Badessa)
Julie Daoust (Osmina)
Charlotte Corwin (Genovieffa)
Claire Pascot (Novizia)
Photos: Yves Renaud