Heroines and Lyrical Passions

Name: Heroines and Lyrical Passions
Start: 2026-11-17T00:00:00
Location: Maison symphonique

concert • Classical Music •

Date

November 15, 2026

1 performance

3:00 p.m.

Place Maison symphonique

Price

Regular: $38.01 to $229.06 Tx and fees incl. Youth, student, and senior rates available

Orchestre Métropolitain

Some figures endure through the centuries, inspiring the greatest artists. Manon Lescaut, the heroine of the Abbé Prévost novel, embodies tragic passion: smitten and seductive, yet doomed to a cruel fate.

Soprano Sarah Dufresne brings this legendary figure to life by combining arias from two famous adaptations, by Auber and Massenet, to map out her psychological journey.

Alongside Manon, Keri-Lynn Wilson leads the OM in orchestral works by Clémence de Grandval, a pioneering female composer who carved a place for herself in a predominantly male world. Tchaikovsky and Wagner’s symphonic masterpieces then carry us through the tragic passions of Francesca da Rimini, heroine of The Divine Comedy, and Isolde, Tristan’s mythical lover.

Duration 1h55 with intermission

AUBER et MASSENET, Manon Lescaut Arias
GRANDVAL, Symphonic opera pages
TCHAIKOVSKY, Francesca da Rimini
WAGNER, Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Conductor

Keri-Lynn Wilson

Soprano

Sarah Dufresne
Production / Presentation

Orchestre Métropolitain (OM)

Collaboration

Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française

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