Camille Claudel : dans l'ombre du géant

Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 3 p.m.

Without intermission

Longueuil

Théâtre de la Ville

Salle Jean-Louis-Millette

150 De Gentilly St. E.

An innovative multimedia creation combining music and immersive video scenography, inspired by the work and destiny of Camille Claudel, an exceptional female French sculptor. Mezzo-soprano, photographer, and designer Stéphanie Pothier and the Quatuor Molinari have created a musical journey into the heart of the sculptures and paintings of women artists who have been ignored for too long!

 

“Highly recommended! (…) I did not lose focus for even one second.” – Caroline Rodgers, Ludwig van Montréal

Program


Claude Debussy (1862-1918) arr. Jake Heggie

Trois Chansons de Bilitis (1897-98; text: Pierre Louÿs)

  1. La Flûte de Pan
  2. La Chevelure
  3. Le Tombeau des Naiades

 

Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)

Quatuor à cordes (1919)

  1. Modéré
  2. Intermède
  3. Final : Vif

 

Jake Heggie (1961- )

Camille Claudel: Into The Fire (2012)

Prelude: Awakening

  1. Rodin
  2. La Valse
  3. Shakuntala
  4. La Petite Châtelaine
  5. The Gossips
  6. L’Âge mûr
  7. Epilogue: Jessie Lipscomb visits Camille Claude, Montdevergues Asylum, 1929

Stéphanie Pothier

Mezzo-soprano

Olga Ranzenhofer

Violin

Antoine Bareil

Violin

Frédéric Lambert

Viola

Pierre-Alain Bouvrette

Cello

Julien-Robert

Video design

Artists


Stéphanie Pothier, mezzo-soprano and photographer


Quatuor Molinari

Olga Ranzenhofer, violin, artistic director

Antoine Bareil, violin
Frédéric Lambert, viola
Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, cello


Julien-Robert and Stéphanie Pothier, video design

Jean-François Patoine, lighting design