We know the cinematic incarnation, avatar of the picaresque novel, and here now as the curtain rises is its musical counterpart: the road opera. On a random road in northern Quebec, in the middle of winter, Léa, seeking sanctuary, meets Madeleine, who promises to take her where no one goes. L’hiver attend beaucoup de moi, a libretto by Pascale St-Onge with music by Laurence Jobidon. Piano and musical direction, Jennifer Szeto. With Florence Bourget and Vanessa Croome.
Also on the bill is La Voix humaine, a one-act lyrical tragedy about a difficult romantic break-up, composed by Francis Poulenc in 1958 based on a monologue written for the theatre by Jean Cocteau in 1930. Performed by France Bellemare. Piano and musical direction by Marie-Ève Scarfone.