Lorin Maazel
1984
Libretto by J.D. McClatchy and Thomas Meehan
Based on George Orwell's novel "1984"
New Production
May
2008: 02 (20:00), 04 (20:00), 06 (20:00), 08 (20:00), 10 (20:00), 14 (20:00), 17 (20:00)
The Opera
Online ticket sale closed
Approximate Running Time:
3 hours 15 minutes
The prophetic theme of Big Brother, of a world controlled by technology in an opera created after George Orwell's famous novel, whose paradoxical description of totalitarianism is unfortunately still topical today.
Conductor
Lorin Maazel
Staging
Robert Lepage
Sets
Carl Fillion
Costumes
Yasmina Giguère
Lights
Michel Beaulieu
Choreography
Sylvain Emard
Characters
Cast
Winston
Julian Tovey (2, 6, 10, 17 May)
Ian Greenlaw (4, 8, 14 May)
Ian Greenlaw (4, 8, 14 May)
Julia
Nancy Gustafson
Gym Instructress/Drunken Woman
Iride Martinez (2, 4, 6, 10, 17 May)
Silvia Vazquez (8, 14 May)
Silvia Vazquez (8, 14 May)
O'Brien
Richard Margison
Charrington
Mark S. Doss
Syme
Peter Tantsits (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 14 May)
Wayne Hobbs (17 May)
Wayne Hobbs (17 May)
Prole Woman
Mary Lloyd Davies (2, 4, 6 May)
Elisabeth Sikora (8, 10, 14, 17 May)
Elisabeth Sikora (8, 10, 14, 17 May)
Parsons
Jeremy White
Pub Quartet
Ramtin Ghazavi
Leonardo Caimi
Guido Loconsolo
Giancarlo Boldrini
Leonardo Caimi
Guido Loconsolo
Giancarlo Boldrini
Disembodied voice
Mark Richardson
Production Big Brother Productions, LLC
Conception Le Projet Ex Machina (Quebec City)
Conception Le Projet Ex Machina (Quebec City)
