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Although it is the penultimate opera composed by Rossini, this very accomplished work is not so well known to the Quebec public. This is the first time that the Opéra de Québec has programmed it, while the Opéra de Montréal has only done so once, in 1989.
Filled with subtle saucy innuendoes, this opera takes place during the Crusades. This is a French opera by Rossini with a light subject and refined music. Director Jean-Romain Vesperini offers a slightly crazy and offbeat romantic universe. Conductor Laurent Campellone directs the soloists, choristers and the OSQ.
Along with La traviata and Rigoletto, Il trovatore is one of Verdi’s operas whose success has continued over time. A pillar of the repertoire and among the most performed in the world, it was only presented at the Opéra de Québec on one occasion. For this new production, the Quebec Opera is banking on the intelligence and creativity of director Jean-Sébastien Ouellette who had so finely revisited Donizetti’s Don Pasquale in 2022. The arrival of Italian conductor Federico Tibone, also pianist and conductor singing and currently associate conductor at the Marseille Opera, is full of promises.
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ébec, in 2010.
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Since the founding of the Opéra de Québec in 1983, opera has lived on the stages of Québec City through grandiose productions, unique events and the creation of a festival.
