SUPERHEART L’OPÉRA at La Chapelle, Scènes Contemporaines

Superheart L’Opéra is an invitation to honour the slow and profound transformations that take place within us when our desire for control subsides. Between softness and pop effervescence, La Chapelle will ring out in celebration of feeling one’s way, of the unexpected, and an openness to all that comes our way this delivered as a luminous gesture of gratitude for the present. For the occasion, the theatre is transformed into a real musical instrument.

In place of the big display that is the operatic form, Superheart L’Opéra presents small, patiently unfolded sonic and visual detail. Expectations evaporate, time expands, perceptions amplify. The theatre vibrates with those assembled within it and resizes the spectacular by revealing it in the infinitesimal. Each element counts, however small it may be. Uncertainty forms a surprisingly virtuous circle, and within it lies the promise of a tranquility to come. TEASER

COMMUNAUTÉ SLO The SLO community, a transient one, is formed by the artists who gravitate around Superheart L'Opéra. Together, they work with respect for ideas that are slow to emerge and understand.

Nancy Tobin ideation and direction

Sarah Williams collaboration in direction | Line Nault collaboration in staging

Catherine Cédilot, Théo Durieux performance | Nathalie Claude performance-presence in public space | Stuart Jackson performance and instrumentation| Virginie Mongeau vocal performance | Émilie Versailles vocal performance and interpretation.

Émilie Martz-Kuhn dramaturgy | Cai Glover gestural poetry | Anaëlle Dreyer observation and listening | Lucie Bazzo lighting design and stage management | Julie Vallée-Léger scenography, costumes, and props | Roxanne Gallant production management | Simon Gauthier sound design, recorded material | lamathilde video design | Nicolas Jalbert technical direction, collaboration on sound and video design, stage management | Frédéric Le BelsSound design, recording | Katya Montaignac support and listening | Manon Péguillou stage management | Martin Tétreault Prepared records, heart gleaning.