Chœur Métropolitain

Comprising around 100 members, the Choir joins the Orchestre Métropolitain during its regular seasons to perform the great works of the repertoire. 

Along with the Orchestre’s musicians under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Choir has delivered memorable performances of Rachmaninoff’s The Bells, Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass, Bruckner’s Mass No. 3 in F minor and Wagner’s operas Lohengrin and Parsifal at the Festival de Lanaudière. The Choir has also performed Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion, Handel’s Messiah, Verdi’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2 “Lobgesang”, Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor, Brahms’ German Requiem, Poulenc’s Gloria, and Bruckner’s Te Deum. These performances earned the Choir exceptionally positive reviews. 

Over the years, the Choir has performed with many internationally renowned singers, including Joyce DiDonato, Mihoko Fujimura, Peter Rose, Christian Elsner, Diana Damrau, Renée Fleming, Karina Gauvin, Maria Guleghina, Marc Hervieux, Hiromi Omura, Henriette Schellenberg, Bryn Terfel, Julie Boulianne, Heidi Melton, Andrew Foster-Williams, Karen Cargill, Philippe Sly and other great voices from here and elsewhere. 

Alongside its activities with the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Chœur Métropolitain has, for several years, produced its Opus concert series, now under the direction of Julie Dufresne and Pierre Tourville. Through this series, it has presented works such as Brahms’s Liebeslieder