the Musical Christmas
PHOTO EDOUARD PLANTE-FRÉCHETTE, ARCHIVES THE PRESS
Elliot Maginot will be one of the artists of the musical Christmas, on December 16 at the Center St-Jax in Montreal
Organized by Audiogram and XP_MTL, this “Christmas music-not-necessarily-Christmas party” will certainly be the least traditional of the lot. On the menu, five artists or groups, each as cool as the next: Qualité Motel, Fanny Bloom, Elliot Maginot, Comment Debord and the very young and promising Marilyne Léonard. With in addition an exterior 5 to 7, followed by a Dj set led by the super group Choses Sauvages, the event promises to be long, and dancing, and joyful.
On December 16 at the Center St-Jax in Montreal, tickets on the lepointdevente website.
Christmas in the park
PHOTO ÉRICK LABBÉ, ARCHIVES THE SUN
Alaclair Ensemble during the Quebec City Summer Festival
The Christmas in the park event took off on Friday evening, and will present no less than 40 free outdoor shows at Place Émilie-Gamelin by December 23. They will be brought together by theme, this Saturday for example will be an “electro-hip-hop evening” with Hologramme, Poirier and Alaclair Ensemble, December 16 will be a “succession evening” with Ariane Roy, Joseph Carré and Mon Doux Saigneur, while December 19 will be dedicated to the “fairground ball for toddlers” with Ari Cui Cui, Atchoum and Élémât.
All the programming on the Christmas site in the park.
Christmas of the little violins
BENJAMIN SEROPIAN PHOTO, PROVIDED BY THE LITTLE VIOLINS
A holiday classic, the Petits Violons concert
The Petits Violons ensemble, a music school founded in Montreal in 1965, is back for its traditional Christmas concert. Led by Marie-Claire Cousineau, the young musicians will play works by Corelli, Vivaldi and Manuel de Falla, as well as the Quebec Suite by Jean Cousineau, which brings together Christmas and folklore tunes.
December 5 at 3 p.m. at the Saint-Pierre-Apôtre church. Free entry, info on the Petits Violons website.
A New Year’s Eve with the Dion family
PHOTO LAURENCE LABATT
Five of the Dion family
After more than 15 years of absence, Celine Dion’s siblings return to the stage in this unpretentious show, presented since 1er December at the Cabaret du Casino de Montréal. Claudette, Liette, Ghyslaine, Michel and Paul offer a family evening inspired by Christmases of yesteryear, and promise to make us laugh with all kinds of anecdotes.
Until December 14. Tickets on the Casino de Montréal website.
Christmas, a tradition in song
PHOTO MARTIN CHAMBERLAND, PRESS ARCHIVES
Luce Dufault is part of the cast of the show.
This collective show that hit the road on November 26 is presented in some twenty cities in Quebec. Laurence Jalbert, Luce Dufault, Maxime Landry, Paul Daraîche, Annie Blanchard and Nicolas Pellerin and Les Grands Hurleurs form the cast of this show directed by Joël Legendre, in which they will sing Christmas classics, but also pieces from their repertoire. , solo, duo, trio and even more! Until December 23.
Tour info and tickets on the Productions Martin Leclerc website.
Christmas at the opera
PHOTO PROVIDED BY LYRICO
The Lyrico set
The Canadian ensemble Lyrico, made up of tenors Marco Bocchicchio and Sam Champagne and baritone Matthew Adam, offers this unique concert in which we can hear both Christmas pieces and arias from Italian operas and popular songs. An eclectic repertoire therefore, while the trio will be accompanied by 46 musicians from the FILMharmonic Orchestra and 40 choristers, under the direction of young conductor Francis Choinière.
December 5 at the Théâtre Maisonneuve. Tickets on the Place des Arts website
12 voices, a piano
PHOTO PROVIDED BY QUÉBEC ISSIME
The Quebec Issime troupe
The Quebec Issime troupe will be back at Place des Arts this year, not with its classic show December, which is postponed to 2022, but with 12 voices, a piano, a spectacle perhaps more sober but no less generous. The 12 performers, accompanied by Pierre Doré at the piano, will therefore sing both popular songs and Christmas tunes, taken from their numerous shows, and will simultaneously celebrate the 25e anniversary of the troupe from Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean.
At the Théâtre Maisonneuve from December 9 to 19, tickets on the Place des Arts site
I like winter
PHOTO SANDRICK MATHURIN, PROVIDED BY OSL
Alain Trudel and the Orchester symphonique de Laval
Directed by conductor Alain Trudel, the Orchester symphonique de Laval offers a concert where you can hear traditional Quebecois tunes and excerpts from Nutcracker, but whose main piece will be the interpretation of Hockey jersey, a musical tale created by Roch Carrier in 1979 – it is moreover the author himself who will narrate it. December 15 at Salle André-Mathieu, in Laval.
Tickets on the OSL website.