Montreal Festimania Mode et Opera by Samantha Eynon.
On Thursday evening we trotted down to the McGill College Avenue outdoor catwalk once again, more about this time for a collaborative show: garments pulled from the Opéra de Montréal costume vaults and showcased with modern fashion.
Montreal Festimania Mode et Opera by Samantha Eynon.
Mode & Opera was more theatre than fashion, salve featuring catwalk parades on different themes interspersed with solo performances from baritone Etienne Dupuis, tenor Antoine Belanger and best of all, soprano Caroline Bleau, all of whom sang rousing numbers from famous operas – Tosca, Carmen and Madame Butterfly.
Tenor Antoine Belanger gives his all to the enthusiastic crowds.
Montreal Festimania Mode et Opera by Rebecca Rawlings.
It was a fun chance to see the beautiful fabrics used in opera costume up close, styled with modern fashion to varying degrees of success. At the back of the stage a man in the shadows quietly fiddled on his ipad to produce the bright graphics on the big screens.
Soprano Caroline Bleau at Mode et Opera. All photography by Amelia Gregory.
Montreal Festimania Mode et Opera by Rebecca Oliver.
All of the Festival Mode et Design shows are open to the general public. Next stop LA, where the Mode & Opera show will take part in the Quebec in Hollywood festival on September 22nd 2011.
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