Contes pour enfants pas sages

8 cautionary entertainments
May 27, 2012, 8 pm
May 28, 2012, 2pm - school matinee
May 29, 2012, 2pm - school matinee
May 29, 2012, 8 pm
918 Bathurst
918 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, CA, M5R 3G5 map

More wisdom and bewilderness from the animal kingdom: a multi-layered, multi-media setting of all eight fables of French poet Jacques Prévert by Canadian composer Christopher Butterfield, a master at once of poignant gesture and musical slapstick. The zaniness of Prévert’s fables, coupled with Butterfield’s ear for the absurd and the spectacular forces required for this production, make this one of the premiere events of Toronto’s musical season.

Program

  1. Contes pour enfants pas sages (complete) *
    Christopher ButterfieldCA

* Premiered by Continuum

I.L'autruche
II.Scène de la vie des antilopes
III.Le dromadaire mécontent
IV.L'éléphant de mer
V.Cheval dans un île
VI.Jeune lion en cage
VII.L'Opéra des girafes
VIII.Les premiers ânes

Performers

Anne Grimm, soprano
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Choir 21 with David Fallis, conductor
Continuum’s ensemble
Adrian Gross, mandolin

Images by Sandra Meigs
Mise-en-scène by Laurence Lemieux
Gabriel Cropley, Lighting Designer/Technical Director

Tickets

$30 adults / $15 students, seniors & arts workers
Help support Contes with The Great Tale Sale


Presented in part with the generous support of:
The Julie Jiggs Foundation
Roger D. Moore
The McLean Foundation

Contes pour enfants pas sages
Christopher Butterfield, composer

Anne Grimm, soprano

Benjamin Butterfield, tenor

David Fallis, Choir 21 conductor