Christmas on stage | The Press

Shows for all tastes to put us in the Christmas spirit.

All Live from the universe

After last year’s success, it’s no surprise that the talented band of singers fromLive from the universe be back with his show The holiday vigil. The six performers with fabulous harmonies will give a dozen performances, which will take them through Saint-Jérôme, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec and Trois-Rivières, among other places. If you like them medleys long-lasting, folklore, popular music and timeless classics, this show is for you, whether the holidays make you happy or melancholy.

Party tunes with the Metropolitan Orchestra

When the Orchester métropolitain meets the Orchester national de jazz de Montréal, the result is a concert Party tunes, which will bring a pleasant touch of swing to Christmas classics thanks to the arrangements of the brilliant Antoine Gratton. If in addition the Metropolitan Choir and four world-class female voices – Laura Anglade, Ranee Lee, Kim Richardson and Dawn Tyler Watson – this concert under the direction of conductor Jean-Nicolas Trottier, presented only once on December 10 at the Maison symphonique, promises to be as elegant and cozy as it is shimmering and lively.

Mariah Carey

Whatever we think, Mariah Carey is the undisputed queen of Christmas. And the sovereign honors us with a visit to Montreal on November 29 at the Bell Center as part of her tour Merry Christmas One And All! during which she will only give 13 concerts and only 2 in Canada. With her voice of incomparable agility, she will sing her timeless hit All I Want for Christmas Is You, as well as a mixture of compositions and timeless pieces. A show that promises to be full of color and which will undoubtedly kick off the Christmas festivities.

Parapapam

Parapapamit is 40 musicians from the Orchester Filmharmonique de Montréal conducted by Francis Choinière60 choristers, four quality soloists – Patrick Bruel, Mario Pelchat, Vladimir Korneev and Marie-Josée Lord –, an enchanting decor. There is a real desire to create magic behind this show which is presented for the second year, which offers a combination of popular and classical music, and which wanders between cultures and traditions. The Holidays in all their splendor, during five performances at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier.

Christmas in the park

An unmissable event of the season, the Christmas Festival in the Park is in its 30th^e presentation and will take place from December 8 to 31 under the auspices of spokesperson Luis Clavis, of Qualité Motel. The group is also one of dozens of artists who will perform during these three weeks, from Émile Bilodeau to Alaclair Ensemble, including Maude Audet, Pierre Kwenders and Laura Niquay. A large place is also left to emerging artists, such as Kinkead, Miro Chino or Allo Fantôme. To celebrate by making discoveries, and encouraging local artists.

The Christmas pop-up show

There is very little information available on this famous Christmas pop-up show which will be presented at Club Soda. But seeing that the entertainment is provided by the sultry Mona from Grenoble, that the guests are Sam Cyr, Jo Cormier, Coco Belliveau, Liliane Blanco-Binette and Marylène Gendron, we suspect that the evening will be under the sign of excess and exaggeration, and certainly without taboo. For a very, very left-field Christmas show, this is a good choice.

Party from Quebec Issime

The Quebec troupe Issime presents its show for the second year in Montreal Party, which has existed for 20 years in Saguenay. On the menu, no Christmas songs, but great musical hits that have stood the test of time. Around twenty singers, dancers and musicians, around a hundred songs divided into 12 scenes, projections, and even a dance floor: everything is in place to make the evening as festive as possible. Until December 31 in the intimate Studio-Cabaret of Espace Saint-Denis.

Christmas, a tradition in song

This show, which has attracted 100,000 spectators since its debut six years ago, is establishing itself as a classic for the month of December. This year, Marie Carmen, Marie Denise Pelletier, Paul Daraiche, Claudette Dion, Suzie Villeneuve and the show’s director Joël Legendre are harmonizing their voices to perform Christmas classics, under the direction of Jacques Roy. Christmas, a tradition in song took off on Friday in Saguenay, will end on December 23 in Laval, and will pass through a host of cities between now and then, from Gatineau to Mont-Laurier via Quebec, Montreal, Sherbrooke, Joliette, Drummondville and Trois-Rivières .

The Tenors in Outremont

The popular Canadian quartet has just released the album Christmas With the Tenors, and immediately undertook a major tour which started in Victoria on Thursday, and which will end at the Outremont Theater in Montreal on December 23. Their atmosphere is more pop than lyrical, and they give classics, both the oldest and the most recent, a little modern twist. All carried by the power of their warm voices, and their obvious desire to sow joy during this festive period.

Roch Voisine and the Quebec Philharmonic Orchestra

With his caressing and warm voice, Roch Voisine was born to sing Christmas repertoire. His friend, the violinist Alexandre Da Costa, invited him to join this series of holiday concerts by the Quebec Philharmonic Orchestra, which he directs and of which he is the soloist. This show in which the two artists will share their musical favorites and the spirit of Christmas, with its unifying traditions, will be presented in four cities in December: Laval, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Longueuil and Mont-Tremblant.