Our Si Chants Libres m’était conté series returns to the early 2000s in this metaphorical electr’opera. Pauline Vaillancourt and Jean Maheux offered us a performance that would question its time, with an invented language comprising poems translated into several languages and serving as material for Zack Settel’s electroacoustic music.
CREATIVE TEAM
Zack Settel, musiC
Pauline Vaillancourt, concept and stage direction
Pauline Vaillancourt, Martin Boisjoly, stage design
Yves Labelle, video
François Roupinian, lighting
Jacques-Lee Pelletier, make-up
Caroline Mercier, costumes
Johanne Madore, choreography
Alain Cadieux, sculpture design & production
Sylvie Boucher, mummy & prosthetic design & production
PERFORMERS
Pauline Vaillancourt, soprano
Jean Maheux, actor, baritone
ABOUT
Si Chants Libres m’était conté (If Chants Libres were a story) is an important work of memory and archives which hopes to present seventeen new operas created by the company between 1990 and 2022, under the direction of Pauline Vaillancourt. Each video capsule allows us to go back to the genesis of these creations, a witness to their times. By means of interviews and excerpts from original productions, you can discover the challenges and the anecdotes that marked each of these works!
PRODUCTION TEAM
Original concept: Manuel A. Codina, Pauline Vaillancourt
Production: Groupe Sighter | Pauline Vaillancourt, Co-Director | Bruno Desrosiers, Co-Director, Photo Direction, Editing, Sound Mix | Manuel A. Codina, Archival Restoration | Jacques-Lee Pelletier, Make-up | Sandra Lefebvre, Associate Producer, Sound Recording
