Robert Lepage

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Robert Lepage

Born December 12, 1957 · Québec City, Québec, Canada (age 68)

Robert Lepage, CC OQ (born December 12, 1957) is a Québécois playwright, actor, film director, and stage director, one of Canada's most honoured theatre artists.

Known For

Possible WorldsPossible Worlds · 2000
Possible Worlds
★ 6.22000
MovieMysteryScience Fiction
The same man lives out several parallel lives in different "worlds" and in different relationships at the same time.
SiegfriedSiegfried · 2011
Siegfried
★ 6.02011
MovieMusic
Robert Lepage’s remarkable Met Opera production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, the 2013 Grammy Award Winner for Best Opera Recording, is now available as individual DVDs. Siegfried features Bryn Terfel, Jay Hunter Morris, and Deborah Voigt, with Fabio Luisi conducting.
TestamentTestament · 2023
Testament
★ 6.82023
MovieDramaComedy
A retired archivist is annoyed and confused by a group of protestors who are angered by a mural inside the retirement home where he resides that glorifies colonialism.
Das RheingoldDas Rheingold · 2010
Das Rheingold
★ 6.82010
MovieMusic
In the depths of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens guard the Rhinegold, a treasure of immeasurable value. The Nibelung dwarf Alberich is dazzled by the sight of it. The girls explain that whoever wins the gold and forges it into a ring will gain power over the world, but must first renounce love. Frustrated by his unsuccessful attempts to catch one of the girls, Alberich curses love and steals the gold. Wotan, lord of the gods, is reproached by his wife Fricka: he has promised to give Freia, goddess of youth, to the giants Fasolt and Fafner in return for their building a fortress for the gods. When the giants demand their reward, Loge, the god of fire, suggests an alternative payment: the ring Alberich has forged from the Rhinegold, and his other treasures. The giants agree, and Wotan and Loge leave for the Nibelungs’ underground home.
The ConfessionalThe Confessional · 1995
The Confessional
★ 6.01995
MovieThrillerDrama
Pierre Lamontagne has returned to Quebec to attend his father's funeral. He meets up with his adopted brother, Marc, who has begun questioning his identity and has embarked on a quest for his roots that would lead them to the Quebec of the 1950s. Past and present converge in a complex web of intrigue where the answer to the mystery lies.
La Damnation de Faust - Metropolitan OperaLa Damnation de Faust - Metropolitan Opera · 2008
La Damnation de Faust - Metropolitan Opera
★ 8.02008
MovieMusicDrama
Radiant mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and dashing Italian tenor Marcello Giordani are unlucky lovers in La Damnation de Faust, Hector Berlioz’s classic take on dancing with the devil.
Far Side of the MoonFar Side of the Moon · 2003
Far Side of the Moon
★ 6.52003
MovieDramaComedy
After the death of his mother, a man tries to discover a meaning to his life, to the universe and to rebuild a relationship with the only family he has left: his gay brother.
StardomStardom · 2000
Stardom
★ 5.42000
MovieComedyDrama
A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.

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Das RheingoldDas Rheingold · 2010
Das Rheingold
★ 6.82010
MovieMusic
In the depths of the Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens guard the Rhinegold, a treasure of immeasurable value. The Nibelung dwarf Alberich is dazzled by the sight of it. The girls explain that whoever wins the gold and forges it into a ring will gain power over the world, but must first renounce love. Frustrated by his unsuccessful attempts to catch one of the girls, Alberich curses love and steals the gold. Wotan, lord of the gods, is reproached by his wife Fricka: he has promised to give Freia, goddess of youth, to the giants Fasolt and Fafner in return for their building a fortress for the gods. When the giants demand their reward, Loge, the god of fire, suggests an alternative payment: the ring Alberich has forged from the Rhinegold, and his other treasures. The giants agree, and Wotan and Loge leave for the Nibelungs’ underground home.

Producer

Die Walküre - Metropolitan OperaDie Walküre - Metropolitan Opera · 2019
Die Walküre - Metropolitan Opera
★ 5.02019
MovieDrama
Soprano Christine Goerke plays Brünnhilde, Wotan’s willful warrior daughter, who loses her immortality in opera’s most famous act of filial defiance. In this Live in HD transmission of Die Walküre, the second and most popular installment in the composer’s sweeping tetralogy, Goerke is joined by bass-baritone Greer Grimsley as Brünnhilde godly father, Wotan, and mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton as his unbending wife, Fricka. As the incestuous lovers Siegmund and Sieglinde, soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Stuart Skelton—alongside bass Günther Groissböck as Sieglinde’s bloodthirsty husband, Hunding—round out the principal cast. And on the podium, Maestro Philippe Jordan conducts Robert Lepage’s innovative staging, which uses state-of-the-art stage technology to tell Wagner’s mythic tale.

Director

The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de LoinThe Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin · 2016
The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin
2016
MovieMusic
Robert Lepage’s dreamlike production, with its thousands of twinkling LED lights stretching across the stage to represent the sea, encapsulates the mystic feeling of L’Amour de Loin, Saariaho’s haunting opera of distant love. Eric Owens is Jaufré Rudel, a troubadour in 12th century France who has become tired of his hedonistic life and longs for an idealized love. Enter the Pilgrim (Tamara Mumford) who tells him his perfect love does, in fact, exist, far across the sea. She is Clémence, Countess of Tripoli (Susanna Phillips). The magic of the characters’ inner lives as they explore the meaning of love, longing, life, and death is heightened by Saariaho’s hypnotic and bewitching score, conducted by Susanna Mälkki.

Director