For their major lyrical production of the year, the students of the Conservatoire de musique turn into princes, princesses, godmothers and stepmothers in this adaptation by Jules Massenet of Charles Perreault’s tale. Up there with Werther and Manon among the composer’s greatest successes, Cendrillon seduces with its lyricism, its emblematic tunes (“Que mes soeurs sont heureuses”, “Ah! douce enfant”, and “Enfin, je suis ici”), its sparkling colours and its streak of humour treated with delicacy and elegance in music by the composer. This musical fairy tale is presented three evenings with two distinct casts. (Alexandre Villemaire)
ARTISTS AND PROGRAM:
Chœur de chambre de la Société de concerts de Montréal
Pascal Germain-Berardi, director
Denis Gougeon: La chanson des gitans
Louis Desjarlais: Le Bestiaire
Hugo Levasseur-Déziel: À l’aube d’un régime post-littéraire
Pierre Grandmaison: Ave Maria
Marcel Laurencelle: Kyrie, from Messe pour les Dimanches de l’Avent et du Carême
Ana Sokolović: ASAP 4 SATB
Jean-Christophe Arsenault: T’en souviens-tu Godin
Lionel Daunais: Le Pont Mirabeau
Claude Vivier: O! Kosmos!
Pascal Germain-Berardi: Les arts univers
