{"id":8178,"date":"2023-04-25T15:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T19:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.orchestre.ca\/?p=8178"},"modified":"2024-04-04T15:04:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T19:04:53","slug":"a-life-in-opera-homage-to-joseph-rouleau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.orchestre.ca\/a-life-in-opera-homage-to-joseph-rouleau\/","title":{"rendered":"A LIFE IN OPERA: HOMAGE TO JOSEPH ROULEAU"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
To commemorate the fifth\u00a0anniversary of the passing of our beloved former Board Chair, the world-famous operatic bass\u00a0Joseph Rouleau<\/b><\/a>, join us for a night of the most beloved opera excerpts by composers such as Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Bizet, Delibes and Offenbach. It will be a passionate evening of opera hits you won\u2019t want to miss.\u00a0<\/p> A quartet of Canada\u2019s star opera singers will be accompanied by the OCM in full symphonic form. This final concert of the 84th<\/sup> Season marks\u00a0Jacques Lacombe<\/b><\/a>\u2019s culmination of his first season as OCM\u2019s Artistic Director.<\/p> We are also thrilled to welcome award winning young Innu soprano, Elisabeth St-Gelais<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and pianiste Louise Pelletier<\/strong><\/span> in a pre-concert recital at 6:30pm in the lobby of the Maison Symphonique, thanks to the Jeunesses Musicales Canada<\/a><\/strong> and their collaboration on this initiative. This recital, at 6:30pm, will present French m\u00e9lodies by Bizet, Duparc and Poulenc.\u00a0<\/p> This concert is sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Wirth<\/strong> in honour of the Rouleau family.\u00a0<\/p> Tickets are now on sale at the Place des Arts box office<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Excerpts from:\u00a0<\/p> A. Mozart<\/b><\/a>\u00a0:<\/b> Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni<\/em> Aline Kutan<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>soprano \u00c9lisabeth St-Gelais<\/a><\/strong>, soprano (pre-concert) To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the passing of world-famous operatic bass Joseph Rouleau, join us for a night of the most beloved opera excerpts by composers such as Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Delibes and Offenbach. It will be a passionate evening of opera hits you won\u2019t want to miss. A quartet of Canada\u2019s star opera singers will be accompanied by the OCM in full symphonic form. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nRepertoire<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
G. Verdi<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>:<\/b> A\u00efda, La Traviata, Rigoletto, Don Carlos<\/em>
G. Bizet<\/b><\/a>\u00a0:<\/strong> Carmen<\/em>
L. Delibes<\/b><\/a>\u00a0:<\/strong> Lakm\u00e9<\/i>
J. Offenbach<\/b><\/a>\u00a0:<\/strong> Les Contes d\u2019Hoffmann
<\/em>R. Wagner<\/b> : Tannh\u00e4user<\/span><\/em><\/a>
<\/em>F. Leclerc<\/b><\/a>\u00a0:<\/strong> Chansons<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tArtists<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Mireille Lebel<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>mezzo-soprano
\u00c9ric Laporte<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>tenor
Philippe Sly<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>bass-baritone
Jacques Lacombe<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>conductor<\/p>
Louise Pelletier<\/a><\/strong>, piano<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"