Dream Requiem

Name: Dream Requiem
Start: 2027-06-17T00:00:00
Location: Maison symphonique

concert • Classical Music •

Date

June 15, 2027

1 performance

7:30 p.m.

Place Maison symphonique

Price

Regular: $49.43 to $235.60 Tx and fees incl. Youth, student, and senior rates available

Orchestre Métropolitain

Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem reinvents the tradition of grand requiems by infusing it with visionary power.

The solemnity of the liturgical text joins “Darkness,” Lord Byron’s 1816 poem depicting a world collapsing after a climate disaster. A profound reflection on collective mourning, the urgency of solidarity and the need for human and social transformation.

Around Wainwright’s narration, a monumental scene emerges: the OM, Chœur Métropolitain, Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal and soprano Angel Blue, united under Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s baton. A dialogue between poetry and music that questions our present and preserves the tradition of the great requiems.

Duration 1h30 without intermission

WAINWRIGHT, Dream Requiem
Conductor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Narration

Rufus Wainwright

Soprano

Angel Blue

Choirs

Chœur Métropolitain, Chœur des Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal

Choirmaster

Julie Dufresne, Pierre Tourville
Production / Presentation

Orchestre Métropolitain (OM)

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