The Nutcracker – December 11 to 30, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier LiveEvents December 9, 2014 3450 Montreal’s own holiday tradition Les Grands Ballets Canadiens’ performance of The Nutcracker No season would be complete without The Nutcracker! This timeless ballet tells the adventures of little Clara and...
Paquita – October 16-19, at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier LiveEvents October 9, 2014 3982 Paquita Paris Opera Ballet Joseph Masilier’s Paquita enchanted Théophile Gautier when it was first performed at the Paris Opera in 1846. Carlotta Grisi was one of its principal performers and Marius Petipa to...
Léonce & Léna – September 18-27, Theatre Maisonneuve LiveEvents September 11, 2014 4391 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens presents Léonce & Léna VAUDEVILLIAN ROMP, GERMAN-STYLE Christian Spuck’s fifth full-length ballet was inspired by the comic political satire Leonce and Lena (1838) by Georg...
Transfigured Night – May 15 – 24, at Theatre Maisonneuve LiveEvents May 4, 2014 5460 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens presents the World Premiere of Transfigured Night Inspired by a poem written by Richard Dehmel in 1896 and the innovative musical composition of the same name by Arnold Schoenb...
Marie-Antoinette – April 9-12, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier LiveEvents April 9, 2014 3512 A SUMPTUOUS HISTORICAL BALLET Marie-Antoinette, a sweeping narrative ballet about the life and death of the French queen Marie Antoinette, performed by the visiting Houston Ballet company. Featuring sumptuous ...
Rodin / Claudel – March 20-22, at Theatre Maisonneuve LiveEvents March 16, 2014 7662 Les Grands Ballets presents Rodin / Claudel A commissioned piece that premiered in September 2011, this narrative ballet recounts the torrid romance of French sculptors Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel, from...
La Bayadère – February 20-22, at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier LiveEvents February 8, 2014 4821 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTREAL - La Bayadère The National Ballet of Ukraine returns to Montreal to perform La Bayadère, an Indian epic of eternal love complete with lush temples, fanciful costumes, Hindu god...
The Nutcracker – December 12-30 at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier LiveEvents December 1, 2013 2789 Montreal's own holiday tradition - Les Grands Ballets Canadiens' performance of The Nutcracker On Christmas Eve, the entire family gathers together to celebrate at the home of little Clara. Her godfather, Her...
Sleeping Beauty, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens – October 10-26 LiveEvents October 8, 2013 4223 Created in 1996 for Hamburg Ballet, Sleeping Beauty tells the modern story of Princess Aurora, now a rebellious teen who has fallen victim to the prick of a heroin needle and a menacing drug dealer who has no i...
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