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A woman of the theater, producer and director, Nathalie Deschamps has been active in the world of opera for many years, having directed over 65 productions for a number of organizations, including Opéra de Montréal, Augusta Opera, ECM, Opéra Immédiat, Festival Orford and Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal. More recently, she was behind the opera staging of Michel Tremblay’s Albertine en cinq temps, with music by Catherine Major, which we’ve featured prominently in these pages.
Nathalie Deschamps also acts as artistic coordinator and mentor at the Festival d’art vocal de Montréal, currently taking place at the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Music, teaching young trainees, both singers and directors, about character construction and staging. In this capacity, she will oversee the staging of Mozart’s production of The Magic Flute, as well as assisting in the development of the opera gala, to be presented respectively on July 27 and 24 at Salle Claude-Champagne. Ahead of these two concerts, Alexandre Villemaire spoke to her about this involvement and the work she’s doing with the young people at ICAV.
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