Organization

Festival Opéra de Québec

Conductor

Dina Gilbert

Stage director

Angela Konrad

Set designer

Anick La Bissonnière

Costume designer

Pierre Guy Lapointe

Lighting designer

Sonoyo Nischikawa

Video designer

Alexandre Desjardins

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Stéphanie Pothier

Marguerite

Soprano

Kimy McLaren

Grace

Baritone

Hugo Laporte

Jerry

Tenor

Jean-Michel Richer

Daniel

Pierre Rancourt

A capitain

Suzanne Taffot

A singer

L'Opéra de Montréal

Orchestra

Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal

Les Violons du Roy

French

Opéra à la carte

Montreal

Canada

Le Centre Pierre-Péladeau

Salle Pierre-Mercure

Public

Private

Une île de passions

English

Approved

Inspired by the life and work of Marguerite Yourcenar, this Quebec creation by librettist Hélène Dorion and the late Marie-Claire Blais is set to music by composer Éric Champagne. Focused mainly on her relationships with Grace Frick and Jerry Wilson, the opera highlights the tensions that shaped Marguerite Yourcenar’s life as a woman, companion, and writer.

Marguerite Yourcenar was a novelist who strongly impacted the literary world of the 20th century. Torn between the discipline which writing demanded and her thirst for freedom, between the stability of emotional balance and her own passionate nature, she gathered implacable strength out of these dualities, enabling her to break with the social conventions of her time.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer