Name: Talent Gala 2026
Start: 2026-11-10T17:30:00
Location: Place des Arts

Opéra de Montréal

On the opening night of Puccini’s sublime Turandot, your exclusive experience will begin with a pre-performance cocktail, followed by a first course served during intermission. After the final act, the elegant dinner will continue in the company of the artists and creators, gathered to celebrate and support Opéra de Montréal’s mission.

Nessun Dorma

Place des Arts

A true grand-scale production, Turandot unleashes the full spectacle of opera: massive chorus, dancers, bold staging. This coproduction with Washington and Dallas extends Opéra de Montréal’s artistic reach across North America.

Turandot

On November 10, 2026, the curtain rises on the Talent Gala, an unforgettable celebration held directly on the stage of Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier.

Talent Gala 2026

Coproduced with the Canadian Opera Company and Vancouver Opera, Werther features an exceptional cast, marking the grand return of Julie Boulianne to the Opéra de Montréal and the Montreal debut of the rising French tenor Julien Dran.

Werther

Can love withstand the inevitable passage of time? Absent from Montreal stages for more than thirty years, Richard Strauss’s operatic masterpiece Der Rosenkavalier returns in a concert version co-produced with the Opéra de Montréal and the Orchestre Métropolitain.

Der Rosenkavalier

Pedro Halffter is both the composer and the conductor, while the libretto — co-written by Kristian Frédric and Michel Beaulac — pulses with emotional urgency and dramatic tension. Spanish sculptor Victor Ochoa contributes directly to the staging, crafting his artwork live as the story unfolds. Performed in both French and Spanish to the sounds of the Orchestre de l’Agora, this new opera offers a raw, deeply human experience.

La lettre au général Franco

University of Quebec in Montreal

American composer Jonathan Dawe, known for his hybrid approach blending baroque and contemporary musical language, joins forces with stage director Stéphanie Jasmin, whose work bridges literary, theatrical, and visual expression. Together, they reimagine Lully and Quinault’s opera as a contemporary political drama, transposed to the United States in the 1980s.

Atys

Salle Ludger-Duvernay

Under the direction of François Racine, this staging revisits Victor Hugo’s Le Roi s’amuse with intensity, exposing a world where passion, authority, and moral corruption collide.