Pierre Michaud, music and libretto | René-Daniel Dubois, stage direction | Gabriel Tsampalieros, stage design | Guy Simard, lighting | Marianne Thériault, costumes | Jacques-Lee Pelletier, make-up | Manon Bouchard, assistant stage director
François-Olivier Jean, tenor | Marie-Annick Béliveau, mezzo-soprano | Dion Mazerolle, baritone | Andrzej Stec, tenor | Rebecca Woodmass, coloratura soprano | Michiel Schrey, tenor | Dorothéa Ventura, soprano
Ensemble SMCQ : Quatuor Bozzini, Quasar – Quatuor de saxophones and Ensemble à percussion Sixtrum | Walter Boudreau, conductor
Co-production with SMCQ
May 15, 2014, Monument-National, Montreal, world premiere
May 16, 17, 2014, Monument-National, Montreal
In this new episode of Si Chants Libres m’était conté, the protagonists of Le Rêve de Grégoire look back at this Kafkaesque fable, whose questions remain as relevant as ever, 10 years after its premiere.
2014 — Prix Opus “Creation of the year”.
Le rêve de Grégoire (Gregor’s Dream) begins with an arrest. In his cell, a man awaits his execution. He has no idea what he might have done to deserve such a fate, but whether he finds out or not, it won’t change his situation. He will die. Or maybe not.
But why? Le rêve de Grégoire is a fable. A fable about our world. A savage fable, maybe even a desperate one. But certainly not defeatist.
A fable which asserts: “There is something in me that power and authority, no matter how absurd or out of control, can never destroy.”
René-Daniel Dubois
