L’Orchestre Métropolitain: Eternal Orlando

Virginia Woolf’s Orlando is a timeless character. Eternally young, he changes lives and genders but remains fascinated by art. While the novel tells the history of English literature, the theatrical adaptation—incorporating symphonic music and directed by the great Lorraine Pintal—delves into the evolution of music.

The orchestra will accompany Orlando throughout his travels and romantic escapades, from the court of Elizabeth I, with music from the time of Handel to tsarist Russia with Tchaikovsky.

Naomie Woo, conductor; Seth Parker Woods, cello; Lorraine Pintal, director; Michaël Rolli, playwright; Rachel Graton, Orlando; Cynthia Wu- Maheux, Vita Sackville; Sarah Laurendeau, Princess Sasha; Marcel Pomerlo, Queen and Archduke; Fabrice Yvanoff Sénat, narrator

Program:
MONTEVERDI, Orfeo, Prologue; HANDEL, Royal Fireworks Music, Ouverture and Peace; HAYDN, Symphony No. 96 “The Miracle”, Vivace; TCHAIKOVSKY, Serenade for Strings, Élégie; SATIE, Gymnopédie No. 1; CHAUSSON, Poème de l’amour et de la mer, Interlude; E. SMYTH, The Wreckers Overture; N. JOACHIM, Cello Concerto (Canadian premiere, co-commissioned by OM, Spoleto Festival and New York Philharmonic)

In collaboration with: Théâtre du Nouveau Monde

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