Michel-Marc Bouchard, Pointe-à-Callière Museum… For the last weekend of November, here are some suggestions for outings proposed by our journalists.
The beauty of the world at Wilfrid-Pelletier
Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the opera by Michel-Marc Bouchard and Julien Bilodeau is presented on November 24 and 27 at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des arts. “To witness the birth of a major Quebec opera is a privilege, for the critics as well as for the public. All the more so with a rich work like The beauty of the world by Julien Bilodeau and Michel-Marc Bouchard”, our collaborator Emmanuel Bernier explained to us on November 22.
Emmanuel Bernier, special collaboration, The Press
Short films in the southwest
The Longue vue sur le court… festival is underway! Until November 27, short films from here and elsewhere are presented in theaters in southwest Montreal, including the Paradoxe theater and the Center culturel Georges-Vanier. On the program for this eighth edition, there are 12 different programs, for a total of 41 short films from Quebec or Canada (such as Professional Poolby Alec Pronovost, Suzanne & Chantalby Rachel Graton, and Wasp, by Marc Beaupré) and 34 international works. Note to families: tickets for the youth program are free.
Catherine Handfield
Headdresses and head ornaments for traveling to the Pointe-à-Callière museum
The Pointe-à-Caillère museum hosts these days the exhibition The world in mind, a collection of over 300 headdresses by the philanthropist Antoine de Galbert. “This exhibition is a real invitation to travel and to discover different cultures through a common object: the headgear, which is also called headdress, hat, crown, tiara, tiara, hood, headband, hat, turban, helmet. These headdresses and headdresses make us understand why humanity has been covering its head for millennia,” journalist Olivia Lévy told us on November 22.
The exhibition is presented until March 12, 2023.
The rebirth of Disraeli Revisited at the McCord Museum
The McCord-Stewart Museum presents the documentary work produced in the village of Disraéli by Claire Beaugrand-Champagne, Michel Campeau, Roger Charbonneau and Cedric Pearson in 1972. “A landmark chapter in the contemporary history of Quebec photography. And an ever-current reflection on image rights, our sensitivity to criticism and the social impact of art,” journalist Éric Clément explained to us on October 29.
Showtime!
The Bocal Project trio, made up of Sonia Cordeau, Raphaëlle Lalande and Simon Lacroix presents Showtime – A big play at the Jean-Duceppe Theater. ” show time, which pastiches several theatrical genres, is very entertaining, that we find with pleasure its founders, very endearing, as well as their guests – Éric Bernier and Dominique Leduc in the lead, explains journalist Jean Siag. That said, we must salute the audacity of the artistic directors of Duceppe to present a show typically produced at La Licorne, which gently makes fun of American theater – a genre that made the heyday of the Duceppe theater – but also of the sponsors — who are the bread and especially the butter of these artists. »
Jean Siag, The Press
A fresco by Marie Chouinard at Usine C
This is a unique opportunity to see this memorable creation by Marie Chouinard, presented only once in Montreal to date. Inspired by the grandiose painting by the Dutch painter Jérôme Bosch, a triptych considered by many to be one of the greatest paintings to have existed, The garden of delights imagined by Chouinard echoes it with a work in three acts – The Garden of Earthly Delights, Hell, Heaven. Grandiose, the piece, first created in 2016 in the wake of the 500e anniversary of the painter’s death, deploys moving reproductions, painted scenes and playful dances bringing to life on stage positions and accessories found on the canvas. A phantasmagorical fresco to see or see again.
Iris Gagnon-Paradise, The Press
Bach honored at Bourgie Hall
Bach’s work will be honored during the show Praise and Hope of Harpsichord in concert presented at Bourgie Hall this Sunday. Thirty singers and instrumentalists will perform three festive cantatas under the direction of Luc Beauséjour. Soprano Jacqueline Woodley, mezzo-soprano Florence Bourget, tenor Louis-Charles Gagnon and baritone Geoffroy Salvas will be in the concert, which will showcase baroque music. At Bourgie Hall, Sunday, November 27, 2 p.m.
Veronique Larocque, The Press
At the movie theater : She Said
The film She Said presents the investigation of the two journalists of the New York Times, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, which led to the downfall of film producer Harvey Weinstein. A film which, according to journalist Marissa Groguhé, works rather well despite a few small hiccups “which, in the end, serve to keep the spectator in suspense. “The actresses Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan embody their roles very well and allow us to become attached to these journalists while making us understand the weight they carry.
Marissa Groguhe, The Press