8th ÉDITION
6 OPERA CREATIONS IN PROGRESS
Come discover 6 operas in the making, in a wide variety of proposals, from chamber opera to musical theatre, with a detour through pocket opera and multidisciplinary performance.
HOUSE OF FIRE
André Ristic, music & Cecil Castellucci, libretto (Canada)
WAKING THE WITCH
Ashi Day, music & libretto (United States)
HORT/GARDEN
Elena Tarrats & Mario G. Cortizo, music (Spain)
BARBARA
Luis Ernesto Peña Laguna, music (Canada/Cuba) &
Pierre Berlioux, libretto
SONGS OF THE DROWNINGS
Roozbeh Tabandeh, music (Canada/Iran) &
Sandeep Bhagwati, libretto
LOST IN PLAIN SIGHT
Takuto Fukuda, music (Canada/Japan) & Patrick Leroux, libretto
Saturday August 24, 2024, at 7:30 pm
Sunday August 25, 2024, at 2:00 pm and et 7:30 pm
Espace Bleu, Édifice Wilder
1435, Bleury Street, Montreal
General Admission : 10 $
BOX OFFICE TO COME
This 8th edition will be preceded by a week of activities, meetings, discussions and exploration around lyrical creation.
PROGRAMME:
Creation workshop with Yulia Zakharava
Conferences & Demonstations:
- Racoon Opera, Rebbecca Gray & Rachel Gray
- Sainte Marine, Katia Makdissi-Warren, Marie-Annick Béliveau & Charlie Poirier-Bouthillette
Screening Evening Si Chants Libres m’était conté…
- Hosted by Daniel Turp | Guest: Pauline Vaillancourt
A presentation by Revue L’Opéra
Roundtable discussion with Oper’Actuel composers and performers, moderated by Florence Blain MBaye.
Stay tuned for the complete program!
August 19 to 23, 2024
In partnership with UQAM’s Department of Music
Oper’Actuel | Works in progress 2024 is produced by Chants Libres, in coproduction with Paramirabo and presented in collaboration with Le Vivier.
OPER’ACTUEL | Works in progress is a highlight event of Chants Libres, which helps bring to life new operas while also familiarising young singers and the public with new forms of musical expression.
For this 8th edition, Chants Libres is inviting Florence Blain Mbaye as curator of the event. An interdisciplinary performer, professional oboist, actress and singer, Florence aims to develop a programme that invites the world of opera creation to question the nature and role of the singer, the opera performer in his or her vocality, musicality and physicality, and in his or her relationship with the composer and librettist.
At a time when operatic creation must work to decolonise and decompartmentalise, what role can the singer play in this process?
