The 2019-2020 season takes its first leap with Carmina Burana & Stabat MATER by Edward Clug from October 3 to 19, 2019.
More than 150 artists will be on stage to offer you an exceptional performance: 40 dancers, 70 musicians of Les Grands Ballets Orchestra, 40 chorists and 3 renowned vocal soloists with soprano Aline Kutan, tenor Spencer Britten and baritone Dominique Côté.
Romania’s Edward Clug revisits a fundamentally humanizing 20th century work with the power to bring people together, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, inspired by medieval verse. The work’s introduction, O Fortuna, evokes the World's destiny while Man is powerless in facing its uncertain future.
Les Grands Ballets' artistic director decided to call once more on gifted choreographer Edward Clug – firmly anchored in modernity – in order to reflect, first, the implicit torment of Carmina Burana, but more importantly springtime, hope and love, central themes in the work, which touches human beings in their most visceral dimension, that of their legacy, and longevity.
'' A piece of great beauty. The dancers are charismatic, hypnotizing (…).''
Eugénie Lépine-Blondeau, Radio-Canada
With Les Grands Ballets' Orchestra, with Choir and Soloists
Composer Carl Orff’s powerful score will be carried by three solo voices. Soprano Aline Kutan, tenor Spencer Britten and baritone Dominique Côté will join the Choir and 70 musicians of Les Grands Ballets Orchestra.
With Les Grands Ballets Orchestra, Choir and Soloists
Total duration: 1h50, including a 20-minute intermission
*Subject to change
STABAT MATER
Dancers
Julia Bergua, Esabelle Chen, Kiara Ferder, Emily He, Mai Kono, Yi Li Law, Eline Malègue,
Tetyana Martyanova, Anya Nesvitaylo, Maude Sabourin, Eleonore Thomas, Catherine Toupin,
Raphaël Bouchard, Célestin Boutin, Giuseppe Canale, Matthew Cluff, Jean-Sébastien Couture,
Jérémy Galdeano, Nicholas Jones, James Lyttle, Hamilton Nieh, Melih Mertel,
Stefano Russiello, Stephen Satterfield.
Soloists
Soprano: Kimy McLaren
Mezzo-soprano: Maude Brunet
Intermission
CARMINA BURANA
Dancers
Julia Bergua, Rachele Buriassi, Esabelle Chen, Kiara Felder, Emily He, Anna Ishii, Mai Kono,
Yi Li Law, Tatiana Lerebours, Eline Malègue, Tetyana Martyanova, Vanesa G.R. Montoya,
Anya Nesvitaylo, Maude Sabourin, Myriam Simon, Yui Sugawara, Eléonore Thomas,
Catherine Toupin, Raphaël Bouchard, Célestin Boutin, Giuseppe Canale, Matthew Cluff, Jean-Sébastien
Couture, Roddy Doble, Jordan Faye, Graeme Fuhrman, Étienne Gagnon-Delorme,
Jérémy Galdeano, Dane Holland, Nicholas Jones, Marcin Kaczorowski, James Lyttle,
Hamilton Nieh, Stefano Russiello, André Santos, Stephen Satterfield
Soloists
Soprano: Aline Kutan
Tenor: Spencer Britten
Baritone: Dominique Côté
Choir
Soprano: Cynthia Gates, Dorothéa Ventura, Marie Magistry, Rebecca Dowd, Stephanie Manias, Bronwyn Thies-Thompson, Frédéricka Petithomme, Carole Therrien, Anne-Marie Beaudette, Marie-Claude Arpin
Altos: Angèle Trudeau, Josée Lalonde, Charlotte Cumberbirch, Ghislaine Deschambault, Katryn Welte, Marie-Josée Goyette, Alexandra Asher, Mireille Dufour, Sandra Simard, Danielle Vaillancourt
Tenors: Artur Tanguay-Labrosse, Bernard Cayouette, Jean-François Daignault, Marcel de Hêtre, Jean-Sébastien Allaire, Patrick McGill, David Menzies, Mathieu Abel,.Kerry Bursey, Joé Lampron-Dandonneau
Basses: Clayton Kennedy, Alasdair Campbell, John Giffen, Normand Richard, Andrew Maruzzella, Simon Chaussé, Claude Grenier, William Kraushaar, Clermont Tremblay, Thomas Jodoin
Les Grands Ballets Orchestra
First Violins: Geneviève Beaudry, Veronica Thomas, Céline Arcand, Pascale Frenette, Élise Lortie, Frédéric Lefebvre, Valérie Belzile, Jean Ai Seow, Émilie Rabaraona, Line Deneault
Second Violins: 1 Marie-Josée Arpin, Natalia Kononova, Ragnhild Hettema, Anne Saint-Cyr, Andra Giugariu, Josiane Breault, Mana Shiraishi, Marie-Claude Massé
Violas: Bojana Milinov, Martine Gagné, Mihaela Tistu, Anne Beaudry, Jean-Marc Martel, Marie-Lise Ouellet
Cellos: Catherine Perron, Jeanne de Chantal Marcil, Carla Antoun, Annie Gadbois, Monika Risi, Laurence Leclerc
Double Basses: Marc Denis, Richard Capolla, Pierre Pépin, Anaïs Vigeant
Flutes: Ariane Brisson, Josée Poirier, Jean-Philippe Tanguay (+piccolo)
Oboes: Kirsten Zander, Andréanne Chartier Labrecque, David Jomphe (+cor anglais)
Clarinets: Zaven Zakarian, Martin Carpentier (+Mib), François Martel (+basse)
Bassoons: Lise Millet, Françoise Henri, Carmelle Préfontaine
Horns: Marjolaine Goulet, Simon Harel, Maude Lussier, Lyne Santamaria
Trumpets: Benjamin Raymond, Diane Gagnon, Tazmyn Eddy
Trombones: Angelo Munoz, Martin Ringuette, Hugo Bégin (basse)
Tuba: Scott Cheyne
Timpani: François St-Jean
Percussions: Robert Slapcoff, Catherine Meunier, Vincent Séguin, Catherine Varvaro, Léo Guiolot
Piano & Positive Organ: Rosalie Asselin
Piano/célesta: Esther Gonthier
Staff Manager: Richard Capolla
