Pauline Vaillancourt's contemporary opera company, Chants Libres, premiered Alternate Visions at Montreal's Usine C on Tuesday with music by John Oliver and book by Genni Gunn. Exploring intimate ...

But Pauline Vaillancourt, Chants Libres's artistic director, says that The Trials of Patricia Isasa is not a political opera as such. "It's an opera about courage," she said.

The local composer's collaboration with librettist Genni Gunn was commissioned by Montreal's Chants Libres company, which is staging the work in that city's Usine C performance space.

Sainte Marine: An Immersive Encounter with the Past is an innovative opera presented by Chants Libres and Oktoecho, opening on November 9, 2024, at the Société des arts technologiques in ...