Industry News | April/May 2026: All the Winners Announced
Appointments On Feb. 10, Canadian Opera Company (COC) announced Ian Derrer as their next general director beginning July 1, 2026. He currently serves as general…
Browsing: Grégoire Legendre
Covid-19: Cancellation of the Festival d’opéra de Québec 2020 (in French)
[QUÉBEC, le vendredi 10 avril 2020] Le Festival d’opéra de Québec suit la situation entourant la COVID-19 de très près, et ce, depuis plusieurs semaines.…
Grégoire Legendre looks back
He remembers that, in the staging of Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle by Robert Lepage, when the women emerge from a bath covered in blood, teenage girls…
François Girard: From Film to Opera
I’m there to serve an idea, serve the music, not so much to transmit my own views or personal concerns […] You have to ask…
François Girard: Du cinéma à l’opéra
« Je suis là pour servir un propos, une musique, pas tellement pour faire passer mes vues ou mes préoccupations personnelles […] Il faut se poser…
Eighth Festival d’Opéra de Québec: Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Revisited by Robert Lepage
Over the years, the Festival d’opéra de Québec has gained an enviable reputation earned several honours, including the 2012 Opus Awards in three categories. This…
