Opéra de Québec or Opera of Quebec City is a Canadian opera company founded in 1983; it is related to
Opéra de Montréal
LOpéra de Montréal is an opera company in Montreal, Canada. It performs at the Place des Arts theatre complex in downtown Montreal, in the borough of Ville-Marie. It was founded in 1980 as a company focused on productions in French.
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, founded in 1980. The company does not have its own venue but performs in the
Grand Théâtre de Québec
The Grand Théâtre de Québec is a performing arts complex in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was conceived to commemorate the Canadian Centennial of 1967 and the Quebec Conference, 1864, one of the key meetings leading to the Canadian Confedera ...
on 269 Boulevard René-Lévesque Est.
A previous professional Montréal-based opera company, the Opéra du Québec (i.e. "of Le
Québec," the province), had operated in Montréal from 1971 to 1975 and also performed in
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is t ...
. There is also an annual Québec Opera Festival.
[The Québec Opera Festival www.festivaloperaquebec.com/acc_en.html -]
References
External links
Opéra de Québec website
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Opera houses in Quebec
Canadian opera companies
Culture of Quebec City