Interview with Alain Thibault, composer of the first Chants Libres production Ne blâmez jamais les bédouins What convinced you to be a part of the opera Ne blâmez jamais les bédouins? Alain Thibault: Having generally worked in electronics, I was interested... Read More
Interview with Renée Daniel Dubois, librettist from the first Chants Libres production Ne blâmez jamais les bédouins. Tell us about the libretto of Ne blâmez jamais les bédouins It’s a very explosive story, with lots of humour and characters with strong... Read More
Tell us about the founding of Chants Libres Myself, Pauline Vaillancourt and Joseph Saint-Gelais wanted to help bring to life current works for opera. Pauline Vaillancourt was the core around which this adventure began. What was it that convinced you... Read More
30 years ago, Pauline Vaillancourt brought to life the vocal creation company Chants Libres with stage director Joseph Saint-Gelais and writer Renald Tremblay. We will celebrate this anniversary with a series of articles on our blog which will retrace the... Read More
How did your collaboration on Cantique des Oiseaux start? She contacted me after she found my translation of the Cantique des Oiseaux at Éditions Diane de Selliers. Tell us about the libretto of this opera It’s a libretto based on the... Read More
How did your collaboration on La nuit est ma femme start? It was in spring 2017, when I was participating in the creation of the show Nikamu Mamuitun – Chansons rassembleuses that Mathilde Côté spoke to me about the creation... Read More
How would you define your style? It fascinates me to construct an extreme musical tension, an acoustic landscape like a charged and unwavering energetic state, which can be compared to an emotional state of anger. I like to focus on... Read More
How did your collaboration on this opera project begin? With a telephone call from “Chants libres.” In fact, it was Pauline Vaillancourt who, after reading L’orangeraie, had the idea to suggest that I produce a libretto on this. A short... Read More
How did your collaboration on this opera project with Analía Llugdar begin? I had written a radioplay for a Mexican composer who is a friend of Analia Llugdar, Javier Maldonado. She reached out to him because she was having problems with... Read More