L’OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL, in a North American premiere, presented opera at the crossroads of fashion, song, electronic music and theater. The show was dedicated to emotion. The emotion of clothing and music.
What’s there to marvel at? Excellence of style? The subtlety of phrasing? The beauty of the costumes? Has there ever been such fine audacity in this repertoire? Between the contralto’s rare and unsettling timbre and the dense, dark sound of the DJ and Art Vj, the osmosis is carefully maintained. Drum’n’base, ElectroPoP, Deep House Burlesque and Opera Airs mingled with Organza, Satin, Organdy , Denim, and Crêpe. YSO and Dominique Guindon, head of the costume workshop, made a splash. Fashion was looking for emotion.
The musical arrangements by Christian Pronovost (whom Paris loves) and Zilon’s Basquiat-flavored live visual arts performances charmed. The harmonious blend of the voices of Antoine Bélanger (dark, fiery tenor), Étienne Dupuis (baritone, allegro) and Caroline Bleau (tenor) was an outstanding success.
I particularly liked Caroline Bleau. Serious and tragic, she is vocally sumptuous; her last aria, in particular, was rightly acclaimed at length: she has the ideal voice for the role, and plays it perfectly. Her coquettishness adds to her charm, justifying the personal triumph she received at the salute.
An urban blend of what our lives have become: Instant Modernity.
Receiving a standing ovation from an audience that we would have liked to see even larger for a fashion recital of this quality, Mode et Opéra will be performing its next show in Hollywood this autumn.
The thrill continues…
Ciao!
Alessandro | t : @thecaprissimo
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