Opera Atelier
Persée (Lully)
Dates:
26 Apr 2014, Elgin Theatre, Toronto
Sat. @19:3027 Apr 2014, Elgin Theatre, Toronto
Sun. @14:3029 Apr 2014, Elgin Theatre, Toronto
Tue. @19:3030 Apr 2014, Elgin Theatre, Toronto
Wed. @19:302 May 2014, Elgin Theatre, Toronto
Fri. @19:303 May 2010, Elgin Theatre, Toronto
Mon. @19:30Photos:
Quotes:
"The [Gorgons scene] is hilarious but also deeply moving thanks to Laquerre's display of their plight."
- Brian Hay (Norules-nolights.com)
"[Laquerre] fills the 'Méduse' with humour that leads to deeply poignant pathos"
- Brian Hay (Norules-nolights.com)
"Incorrigible funny man"
- Brian Hay (Norules-nolights.com)
"his commanding voice and playful stage presence rendering him an eminently watchable performer"
- Catherine Kustanczy (bachtrack.com)
"Laquerre does [a] fearsome (if hilarious and fabulously bewigged) Méduse"
- Catherine Kustanczy (bachtrack.com)
"as warm and velvety as before"
- Christopher Hoile (Stage-door.com)
"[Laquerre's Méduse] is as amusing as ever – much more a petulant drag queen than a fearsome beast."
- Christopher Hoile (Stage-door.com)
"The gorgons scene –especially Olivier Laquerre as Méduse–was funnier than last time."
- Leslie Barcza (Barczablog)
"good work from the regal Olivier Laquerre as troubled King Céphée"
- Richard Ouzounian (The Toronto Star)