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• International Voices 2010: Open for Registrations

  From June 7th to the 11th, 2010, this professional workshop for singers brings together five internationally renowned workshop leaders to explore the contemporary repertoire and its corresponding tools.

  • More information, and how to enroll

  News posted by the team at Chants Libres on Wednesday, February 17, 2010

• Auditions for the next new opera by Chants Libres

  Chants Libres is looking for sopranos, mezzo-sopranos, baritones and tenors for its next new opera, Arias. Chants Libres is celebrating its twentieth anniversary by presenting arias from all of the 13 new operas created since the company founding in 1990. Directed by Pauline Vaillancourt, Arias will be performed on May 14, 2011 at the Monument-National in Montreal, in collaboration with the original creative teams of each production, and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM) conducted by Lorraine Vaillancourt.

  Auditions for Arias:
  Wednesday March 3rd, 5:00 pm to 10:30 pm
  Wednesday March 10th, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
  Place: Conseil des arts de Montréal — Édifice Gaston-Miron
  1210, Sherbrooke St., East, Montreal (Québec), H2L 1L9

  Information and audition requirements: 514-841-2642 / creation@chantslibres.org

  For twenty years, Chants Libres has been offering an operatic repertoire reflecting all the colours of modernity, and continues its tireless exploration of new techniques and approaches to the vocal arts. Working closely with creators and researchers from all artistic disciplines, the company aims to showcase every facet of the voice. Chants Libres explores opera in all its forms from chamber operas, a capella operas, operas with small ensembles, large orchestras, or electroacoustic music, while pursuing experimental, traditional or groundbreaking approaches.

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  News posted by the team at Chants Libres on Tuesday, February 16, 2010

• Enchanted Opera Videoclip

  

  Opéra féerie — L’eau qui danse, la pomme qui chante et l’oiseau qui dit la vérité

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  • See more information on Enchanted Opera

  News posted Wednesday, February 10, 2010

• Upcoming Events for Chants Libres

  After the unequivocal success of the production of L’eau qui danse, la pomme qui chante et l’oiseau qui dit la vérité, the 13th new opera by Chants Libres seen by more than 1400 people, the company is already working on many important projects:

  • International Voices 2010, a professional workshop for singers slated for June 2010
  • Auditions for the 20th anniversary celebration for Chants Libres in February/March 2010
  • The remount of The Ice Child as part of the Vox Clamans Festival organised by the Center for Contemporary Opera in New York City in July 2010
  • Preparation for the special event to honour Chants Libres’ 20th anniversary planned for Spring 2011
  • The creation of Chants Libres’ next new opera for 2011-12 Alexandra inspired by the life of the explorer Alexandra David-Néel

  News posted by the team at Chants Libres on Wednesday, January 13, 2010

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Chants Libres, the lyric creation company based in Montreal, has been producing and creating internationally renowned contemporary and new forms of opera since 1990.

Upcoming Events

• International Voices 10
  • • Monday June 7, 2010 to Friday June 11, 2010
    Montréal, Québec
    Tickets: $400.00 • Information: 514-841-2642

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