Montreal, Thursday, October 2, 2025 – Jeunesses Musicales Canada (JMC) is pleased to announce the launch of the tour of Souvenirs de Lakmé, an adaptation of Léo Delibe’s 1883 opera Lakmé. The first concert of the tour will take place on Friday, October 10, 2025, in the Auditorium of the BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec).
The opera will be on tour throughout Quebec and the Maritime provinces from October 15 to November 16, 2025.
Souvenirs de Lakmé
In this adaptation of Léo Delibes’s opera, Mallika takes on the role of narrator to evoke the memories of Lakmé, a young girl trapped in a rigid family and religious structure, but still deeply in love despite the cultural ban…
Premiering at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1883, the opera Lakmé by composer Léo Delibes tells a story of impossible love. Lakmé, the young daughter of a Hindu priest, and Gérald, a fickle British soldier, are passionate about each other. Supporting these two characters with the odds stacked against them is Delibes’ refined and poetic music, expressing every nuance of their tragic destiny.
Cast
Lakmé: Azur Simard, soprano
Mallika: Julie Boutrais, mezzo-soprano
Gérald: Joé Lampron-Dandonneau, tenor
Nilakantha: Élie Lefebvre Pellegrino, barytone
Jean-Luc Therrien, piano
Creative team
Musical Director, Esther Gonthier
Director, Constance Malenfant
Assistant Director/Stage Manager, Laura Kubler
Set design and props, Marianne Lonergan Pilotto
Lighting design, Émile Beauchemin
Costumes, Margarita Brodie
Makeup and hair, Marjorie Hardy
Technical direction, Onil Brousseau
Subtitles, Jean Sabourin
