PATRICK CORRIGAN, GENERAL Director
After solid musical training, Patrick Corrigan began his career in 1990 as an opera singer. In 1996, he joined the Pacific Opera Victoria company (POV) as Stage Manager, a position he held until 2000. In this period, from 1998 to 2000, he also worked at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, as House Manager of the Alix Goolden Hall and as Program Manager at the Opera Studio. In 2000, he was appointed Director of Marketing and Development at POV, a position he held until 2010, the year he became CEO of the company. From 2012 to 2015, he served as Chair of Opera.ca, the national association for opera in Canada.
Mr. Corrigan holds an MBA (Masters of Business Administration) from Royal Roads University and musical training from various Canadian institutions, including the Victoria Conservatory of Music, The Banff Centre for the Arts and McGill University.
Michel Beaulac, Artistic Director and Administrator
Michel Beaulac was born in Montreal, and started studying piano as a teenager. After studies in education and some ten years as a teacher, he furthered his studies at the UQAM, in art and voice. Nominated by the McAbbey Foundation (sculpture), he exhibited his work on the Montreal university circuit, in the Maisons de la culture network, and at the Galerie du Petit Musée in Quebec City. His passion for opera led to hosting duties for a radio show on which the Opéra de Montréal’s director at the time took notice of him and invited him to join the company’s communications team in 1989. He then went on to take up various other functions at the company, including work as a set and costume designer, as assistant to the Artistic Director, and, more recently, as Artistic Administrator, a position he filled for close to ten years.
As a set designer, co-set designer, and costume designer, he worked on over seven productions and co-productions for the Opéra de Montréal, including Andrea Chénier, Carmen, Fedora, Manon, Manon Lescaut, Don Carlo, Carmina burana (staged version), as well as productions for the Atelier lyrique’s Canadian tours, including The Elixir of Love and The Barber of Seville.
He has created namely the Gala (1996-2014) and some prestigious collaborations (Spanish sculptor Victor Ochoa and renowned Quebec librettist Michel Marc Bouchard).
His first decade as artistic director has brought us Quebec premieres of such works from the repertoire as La Fanciulla del West (2007), Roberto Devereux (2010), Rusalka (2011), Porgy & Bess (2013), and Elektra (2016).
He has also taken a more contemporary approach at the company by presenting Dead Man Walking (2012), Silent Night (2015), JFK (2018), Svadba (2018), Champion (2019),Twenty-seven (2019 ), Ainadamar (2023) and five world premieres: Les Feluettes (2016), Another Brick In The Wall - L'opéra (2017), L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi (2020), La Beauté du monde (2023) and La Reine-garçon (2024).
Collaborations with Canadian and French institutions will give rise to three new works: Le Flambeau de la nuit (2021) with BOP, Yourcenar (2022) with the Opéra de Québec and Les Violons du Roy, and Enigma (2022) with the Opéra de Metz Métropole.
The productions of Pagliacci/Gianni Schicchi and Dead Man Walking each earned the institution an Opus Prize.
In 2022, he was inducted into the Order of Canada for his contribution to the development of opera in Montreal and across the country.
Michel Beaulac is the Opéra de Montréal's fourth Artistic Director.
CONTACT INFO
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Patrick Corrigan, general director
Hélène Turp, associate to the general director
ARTISTIC MANAGEMENT
Michel Beaulac, artistic director
Nicolas Bourry, artistic administrator
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS
Louis Bouchard, director strategic operations
FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Maria Morse, director, finance and administration
Marie-Claude Lagacé, accounting clerk
Jessica Yip, accounting clerk
Ndieme Diene, payroll clerk
HUMAN RESOURCES
Elisabeth Malo, human resources director
PHILANTHROPY
Jean-Pierre Primiani, Chief Philanthropy Officer
Antoine Gervais, Philanthropy and Partnerships Manager
Audrey Le Cour, Philanthropy and Partnerships Officer
Amy Grainger, Philanthropic Operations and Communications Manager
Géraldine Leong Sang, Philanthropic Operations and Communications Coordinator
Marion Malon, Project Manager, Philanthropic Events
COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
Stéphanie Laichi, director
Daniella Johnson, manager, communications and public relations
Darnyse Memnon, manager, client services
Marie-Pier Perron, manager, marketing
Alice Menut, project manager, marketing
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION
Pierre Vachon, director
Charlotte Gagnon, manager, social impact and education
Marie-Line Arragon, coordinator education
PRODUCTION
Pierre Massoud, production director
Patrick Belzile, technical director
Laurence Pronier, stage manager
Marie Hélène Larivière, production coordinator
Drew Lyall, technical director assistant
Dominique Guindon, head of wardrobe
Sonya Bayer, associate head of wardrobe
ATELIER LYRIQUE DE L'OPÉRA DE MONTRÉAL
Jennifer Szeto, director
Geneviève Lessard, production manager
Marie Maous, program manager
Martin Dubé, head coach
Julie Abran, stage manager
Board of directors
PRESIDENT
René Branchaud
Lavery
VICE-PRESIDENT
Elizabeth Wirth
Wirth-Brand Inc., Wirth Rail
SECRETARY
Alysia Yip-Hoi Martin
Maison Alysia
TREASURER
Sylvie Marois
Financière des professionnels, Gestion de patrimoine
MEMBERS
François Carrier
Desjardins Marché des capitaux
Bruno-Étienne Duguay
NOVACAP
Joanie Lapalme
Fasken
François Loubert
Clinique médicale Angus
Guillaume Marion
Sagard
Louise Roy, O.C., O.Q., C.O.M.
CIRANO
Bernard Stotland, FCA, FCPA
Richter
Vanda Treiser
Philanthropist
Daniel Turp
Université de Montréal
Joan Vogelesang
Joan Vogelesang (JV) Consultants
Vickie Zhao
Philanthropist