April 14th at Bourgie Hall, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
with Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano
Rediscovered Celestial Arias
The Ensemble Clavecin en concert (15 musicians)
under the direction of Luc Beauséjour, harpsichord
Unpublished arias from 18th century opera masters, engraved by Pierre Gouin and edited by Luc Beauséjour. Following operas by Handel and Vivaldi, Clavecin en concert invites you to discover those of additional 18th-century opera composers who were famous in their time. The beauty of the various arias is expressed through different moods, conveying feelings of languor, hope, love, passion, and despair… Julie Boulianne will sing arias by these bel canto masters – works that have never been edited or sung since their creation.
Program :
Porpora – Io partirò (Temistocle), Digli ch’io son fedele (Poro),
Pescetti – Finché per te mi palpita (Ezio),
Georg Christoph Wagenseil – O placido il mare (Il Siroe),
Tommasso Traetta – Nel duol che prova (Didone abbandonata),
Johann Adolph Hasse – Se tutti i mali miei (Demofoonte),
Domènec Terradellas – Se miro quel volto (Artaserse),
Giovanni Battista Pescetti – Quanto mai felici siete (Ezio),
Baldassare Galuppi – Misero tu son sei (Demetrio),
Davide Perez – Se d’un amor tiranno (Artaserse),
Antonio Maria Mazzoni – Son Regina, e sono amante (La Didone abbandonata),
Josef Mysliveček – Non so se più t’accendi (Semiramide riconosciuta)
A graduate of the Schulich School of Music at McGill University, the Juilliard School and the Université de Montréal, Ms. Boulianne will return in the 2021-2022 season to the Metropolitan Opera in the title role of Massenet’s Cinderella, the Wiener Staatsoper as Charlotte in Werther, and the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden and the Glyndebourne Festival as Dorabella in Così fan tutte. In her native Quebec, she will join the Opéra de Montréal as Rose Valland in the world premiere of Julien Bilodeau’s La beauté du monde and the Opéra de Québec as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. Highlights of her operatic career include performances at the Metropolitan Opera, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Frankfurt Opera, Paria Opera, Lyon Opera, Capitole de Toulouse, Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, La Monnaie in Brussels and Glyndebourne Fesitval. On the concert stage, she has performed with major orchestras including the San Francisco Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra at the Concertgebouw. She has won the Canadian Music Competition and the Joy of Singing Competition in New York, as well as the Directors’ Choice Award for the most promising career at the Montreal International Singing Competition.
Harpsichordist and organist Luc Beauséjour has a very active career, having performed as a soloist in North and South America and in Europe. He has received nine Prix Opus from the Conseil québécois de la musique, which also named him “Performer of the Year 2003”. He has also won two Felix trophies at the ADISQ Gala for two of his recordings. Luc Beauséjour has performed much of Johann Sebastian Bach’s harpsichord and organ music. He has led more than 45 recording projects, both as a soloist and musical director. Since 1994, Luc Beauséjour has been the musical director of Clavecin en concert. He teaches at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and at the Université de Montréal where he obtained a doctorate in performance.
Location: Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Ticket prices: Regular: $50, Senior: $44, Student: $35
