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La Reine-garçon Full Credits

Cast

A portrait of Kirsten MacKinnon

Kirsten MacKinnon

Christine
A portrait of Kirsten LeBlanc

Kirsten LeBlanc

Christine (February 7)
A portrait of Philippe Sly

Philippe Sly

Karl Gustav (February 2, 5)

Nathan Keoughan

Karl Gustav (February 7, 9, 13, 15)
A portrait of Isaiah Bell

Isaiah Bell

Johan Oxenstierna
A portrait of Daniel Okulitch

Daniel Okulitch

Axel Oxenstierna
A portrait of Owen McCausland

Owen McCausland

René Descartes
A portrait of Aline Kutan

Aline Kutan

Marie-Éléonor
A portrait of Alain Coulombe

Alain Coulombe

Assistant to Descartes

Anne-Marie Beaudette

Chant Kulning

Gordon Harper

The Albino

Queen Hezumuryango

Ebba Sparre

Originally from Burundi, Queen Hezumuryango holds both her master’s degree and bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from the University of Montreal, where she earned a number of prizes that include the Ferguson Scholarship, the Gadbois Bursary, and the support of the Jeunesses Musicales Canada foundation. Performance credits include Marquise de Berkenfield in La fille du régiment (Festival d'opéra de Québec), Mercédès in Carmen (Canadian Opera Company), Larina in Eugene Onegin (Highlands Opera Studio), and Carmen in La tragédie de Carmen (Atelier d'opéra à l'Université de Montréal). Hezumuryango was a semifinalist in the OSM Competition in 2021 and has participated in several prestigious programs including the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute, the Toronto Summer Opera Workshop, and the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance. 

Creative

A portrait of conductor Johannes Debus

Johannes Debus

Conductor

Derek Bate

Assistant Conductor

Angela Konrad

Director

Thomas Lussier

Assistant Director

Anick La Bissonnière

Set Designer

Sebastien Dionne

Costume Designer

Éric Champoux

Lighting Designer
A portrait of Sandra Horst

Sandra Horst

Price Family Chorus Master

Alexandre Desjardins

Projections Designer

Siobhan Richardson

Resident Fight & Intimacy Coordinator

Stephanie Marrs

Stage Manager

Lesley Abarquez

Assistant Stage Manager

Michal Lewandowski

Assistant Stage Manager

Tanvi Vyas

Apprentice Stage Manager

Francis Perron

Head Coach

Rachael Kerr

Répéttiteur

Brian Cho

Ensemble Studio Coach

Brian Cho studied in London, Ontario, where he completed his Bachelor of Musical Arts and Masters in Collaborative Piano at Western University and has since participated in the Orford Summer Music Academy, the Accademia Europea Dell’Opera, and, most recently, Music Academy of the West. He won first place in the 2023 Marilyn Horne Song Competition and has been nominated numerous times in the Classical Musician of the Year category of the Forest City London Music Awards. In addition to being an accomplished concert pianist and music director, Cho is the co-founder and head coach of Can of Soup Collective, a non-profit organization dedicated to making opera accessible and relatable to wider audiences.

Chorus

Sopranos

  • Lindsay Barrett

  • Mary Bella

  • Virginia Hatfield

  • Leanne Kaufman

  • Alexandra Lennox

  • Eve Rachel McLeod

  • Kathleen (Katie) Murphy

  • Tiffanie Samuels

  • Ilana Zarankin

Mezzo-Sopranos

  • Michal Aloni

  • Susan Black

  • Wendy Hatala Foley

  • Erica Iris Huang

  • Rachel Miller

  • Lyndsay Promane

  • Megan Quick

  • Vilma Indra Vītols

  • Nathania-Rose Chan

Tenors

  • Stephen Bell

  • Taras Chmil

  • Marcel d'Entremont

  • Ryan Downey

  • Stephen Erickson

  • Jason Lamont

  • James Leatch

  • Nazar Lozynskyy

  • Derrick Paul Miller

  • Ross Mortimer

Basses/Baritones

  • Nicholas Borg

  • Bradley Christensen

  • Jesse Clark

  • Bruno Cormier

  • Michael Downie

  • Keith Lam

  • Jason Nedecky

  • Calvin Powell

  • Michael Sproule

  • Peter Wiens

  • Michael York

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

A co-production with Opéra de Montréal

Sandra Horst and the COC Chorus are generously underwritten by Tim & Frances Price

Johannes Debus is generously underwritten by Riki Turofsky & Charles Petersen

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored by The Schulich Foundation and by W. Bruce C. Bailey

Queen Hezumuryango is generously sponsored by The Arrell Family Foundation

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