Event Info
Les Feluettes (Lilies):
LES FELUETTES (LILIES) / Bouchard/March
In French with English surtitles
Pl...
$25 - $135
Event Description
LES FELUETTES (LILIES) / Bouchard/March
In French with English surtitles
Playing
April 20, 22, 28, 2017 at 8 pm
Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 2:30 pm
In 1912 a group of boys at a Quebec college rehearse Gabriele D'Annunzio’s sensual play, The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. As a devastating love triangle plays out, one boy dies, one is sent to prison, one becomes a bishop. Decades later, the bishop is made to watch as prisoners re-enact the tragedy.
Based on a celebrated play by Michel Marc Bouchard, with the libretto by the playwright, Les Feluettes is a romantic drama of startling beauty. Australian composer Kevin March weaves a musical tapestry of waltz rhythms, French Canadian folk music, and the sophisticated lushness and bittersweet delicacy of Debussy – all grounded in the splendour of Bouchard's language.
A new work co-commissioned by Pacific Opera Victoria and Productions ODM Inc. (for L’Opéra de Montréal)
Old Simon Doucet – Gino Quilico
Count Vallier de Tilly – Jean-Michel Richer
Monseigneur Jean Bilodeau – Gordon Gietz
Countess Marie-Laure de Tilly – Aaron St. Clair Nicholson
Lydie-Anne de Rozier – Daniel Cabena
Jean Bilodeau – James McLennan
Director – Serge Denoncourt
Conductor – Timothy Vernon
Librettist – Michel Marc Bouchard
Composer – Kevin March
Venue
805 Broughton Street
since 1913
In-Person Event
Sun. April 30th 2017 + Add to Calendar
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