Rigoletto
Carmen

Season 17-18

Performed on October 21, 24, 26 and 28, 2017

Verdi’s Rigoletto

Rigoletto, a cynical buffoon who entertains the court of the Duke of Mantua, is also the tender and loving father of the young Gilda whom he jealously protects. When he learns that his daughter is in love with the Duke, a scandalous libertine, Rigoletto hires a hit man to eliminate him and avenge his honor. But his plans eventually backfire…

Original Italian version with French surtitles

Distribution

Rigoletto | Gregory Dahl 
Gilda | Raphaëlle Paquette 
The Duke of Mantoue | Steeve Michaud 
Sparafucile | Marcel Beaulieu 
Maddalena | Geneviève Lévesque 
Giovanna | Judith Bouchard
Count Monterone | Marc-André Caron 
Matteo Borsa | Jonathan Gagné 
Marullo | Marc-Antoine d’Aragon 
Count Ceprano | Michel Cervant 
Countess Ceprano | Marie-Michèle Roberge 
A page | Élizabeth Veilleux 
A bailiff | Dominique Gagné 

Orchestre symphonique de Québec
Choir of the Opéra de Québec

Project Masters

Musical Direction | Derek Bate 
Staging | François Racine 
Scenography | Michel Baker 
Costumes | Judith Fortin 
Accessories | Annabelle Fortin 
Lights | Serge Gingras 
Makeup | Élène Pearson 
Hairstyles | Frédéric Guay 

Performed on May 12, 15, 17 and 19, 2018.

Bizet’s Carmen

Carmen, a gypsy woman working in Seville’s tobacco factory, aspires to freedom and independence. Don José, a young brigadier, already engaged in his home village, nourishes an obsessive passion for her that will be fatal to them.

Original French version with French surtitles

Distribution

Carmen | Ketevan Kemoklidze
Don José | Thiago Arancam 
Escamillo | Armando Piña 
Micaëla | Myriam Leblanc 
Frasquita | Audrey Larose-Zicat 
Mercédès | Caroline Gélinas 
The Remendado | Eric Thériault 
The Dancaire | Dion Mazerolle 
Zuniga | Neil Craighead 
Moralès | Geoffroy Salvas 

Orchestre symphonique de Québec
Choir of the Opéra de Québec

Project Masters

Musical Direction | Giuseppe Grazioli 
Staging | Jacqueline Langlais 
Scenes | Annabelle Roy 
Costumes | Judith Fortin 
Video | Lionel Arnould 
Lights | Serge Gingras 
Makeup | Élène Pearson