Additional Information
The holiday season and its many musical programs include this year’s Mrs. Claus concert. Mezzo Kristin Hoff, soprano Jacqueline Woodley, and harpist Juliette Duguay will perform a selection of Christmas carols, including compositions by women, on Tuesday, December 16, at 5 p.m. in the magnificent Art Deco venue Le 9e. This venue is back in service, much to the delight of Montrealers. It was once the legendary dining room of the Eaton’s department store in downtown Montreal. The goal is to welcome families, parents and children to late afternoon concerts that are adapted to family life. Mère-Noël is an excellent opportunity to familiarize yourself with this format.
Kristin Hoff answers PAN M 360’s questions about this festive event. Our interviewee is the co-founder of Musique 3 Femmes (M3F), a contemporary opera company dedicated to “amplifying the work of female opera creators,” “to focus on promoting emerging female and non-binary composers and librettists,” and by “the collective desire to imagine opera through a new lens—a lens where female creators have the license to create innovative stories and define new worlds on the opera stage.”
Program
Cantique de Noël – A. Adam
Noël Blanc/White Christmas – I. Berlin
O nuit de paix/Night of Silence – F. Gruber/D. Kantor
Trois anges sont venus ce soir – A. Holmès, arr. G. Patenaude
Do you hear what I hear? – G. Shayne
He shall feed his flock/Come unto Him, Messiah – G.F. Handel
A la nanita – J. Ramón Gomis
Interlude, A Ceremony of Carols – B. Britten
Nana – M. de Falla
Mariae Wiegenlied – M. Reger
Greensleeves – traditionnel, arr. G. Patenaude
Marie-Noël – R. Charlebois
Happy Christmas – J. Lennon, arr. J. Patenaude
Petit Papa Noël – H. Martin, arr. G. Patenaude
Noël, c’est l’amour – N. Glanzberg, arr. G. Patenaude
Artists
- Kristin Hoff, Mezzo-soprano and artistic director of OpéraM3F at the 9e Grande Salle, she possesses “an appealing clarity and emotional weight.” – New York Times
- Jacqueline Woodley, soprano, “Urgent and compelling… an emotional journey” – The Washington Post
- Juliette Duguay, harpist, 2025 European Prize winner in the String Category
