NicolasEllis
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About Nicolas
Music Director: Orchestre National de Bretagne (from 2024/25) Artistic Director: Orchestre de l'Agora Principal Guest Conductor: Les Violons du Roy
Nicolas Ellis is Principal Guest Conductor of Les Violons du Roy and the Founder and Artistic Director of the Orchestre de l’Agora, who this season celebrate their tenth anniversary. He becomes Music Director of the Orchestre National de Bretagne in the 24/25 season. He previously held the position of Artistic Partner to Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain.
This season he debuts at the Opéra de Montréal (Le Nozze di Figaro and Poppea) and at the Opéra de Québec (Die Fledermaus); also with the San Diego Symphony for an all-Beethoven programme. He returns to the Orchestre National de Bretagne and Vancouver Symphony.
In his positions as Principal Guest of Les Violons du Roy and Artistic Director of Orchestre de l’Agora, he conducts repertoire this season ranging from Monteverdi L’incoronazione di Poppea, to Richard Strauss’ An Alpine Symphony; and from Bach Cantatas to new commissions.
Recent highlights have included Britten's War Requiem at Graz Opera, Ravel's L’enfant et les sortilèges at Opéra de Montréal and symphonic engagements with the Orchestre Métropolitain, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Saskatoon Symphony and Orchestre symphonique de Québec. Future plans include debuts with Tampere Philharmonic, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Edmonton Symphony and a European tour with the Ensemble Resonanz and Anna Prohaska.
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Season Highlights
Video
Nicolas Ellis conducts Mahler Symphony no. 3 - Excerpt
An excerpt of Nicolas Ellis conducting Mahler Symphony No. 3 with his Orchestre de l'Agora at the Maison symphonique in Montreal Credit: Orchestre de l'Agora
PlayingNicolas Ellis conducts Shostakovich 5 - Excerpt
An excerpt of Nicolas Ellis conducting Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 with the Orchestre Métropolitain Credit: Orchestre Métropolitain
PlayingNicolas Ellis conducts Strauss 'Don Juan'
Nicolas Ellis with the Orchestre Métropolitain at the Maison Symphonique de Montréal Credit: Orchestre Métropolitain
PlayingNicolas Ellis conducts Gluck: Armide "Enfin il est en ma puissance"
Nicolas Ellis with Violons du Roy and Karina Gauvin at Le Domaine Forget Credit: Violons du Roy
PlayingNicolas Ellis conducts Mozart Symphony no. 25
Nicolas Ellis with Violons du Roy at the Le Domaine Forget Credit: Violons du Roy
PlayingSarah Dufresne sings Mozart - Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!
Nicolas Ellis with the Orchestre Métropolitain and Sarah Dufresne Credit: Orchestre Métropolitain
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Projects
Anna Prohaska & Ensemble Resonanz
Star soprano Anna Prohaska and conductor Nicolas Ellis combine forces with Ensemble Resonanz to present a programme of 'Love and Betrayal', with music by Berg and Mozart. Mozart's 'Haffner' Symphony No. 35 serves as the backbone of the programme, and the performance intertwines encrypted love messages from Berg's 'Lyric Suite' with the dizzying emotional states expressed in many of Mozart's most famous arias, including from Le Nozze di Figaro and Cosi Fan Tutte.
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Anna Prohaska & Ensemble Resonanz
Star soprano Anna Prohaska and conductor Nicolas Ellis combine forces with Ensemble Resonanz to present a programme of 'Love and Betrayal', with music by Berg and Mozart. Mozart's 'Haffner' Symphony No. 35 serves as the backbone of the programme, and the performance intertwines encrypted love messages from Berg's 'Lyric Suite' with the dizzying emotional states expressed in many of Mozart's most famous arias, including from Le Nozze di Figaro and Cosi Fan Tutte.
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News
Press
Marriage of Figaro
Montreal OperaSep 2023Le spectacle est drôle et fonctionne à merveille…, s’adaptant au flot continu généré par Nicolas Ellis... Le chef québécois fait des prouesses, dans les nuances et surtout la respiration dramatique, sur des détails parfois saisissants, comme la manière dont le premier air de Cherubino s’insinue dans un même souffle dans le dialogue. The show is funny and works perfectly…, adapting to the constant flow generated by Nicolas Ellis... The Québécois conductor demonstrates his prowess in his use of dynamic contrasts and, above all, dramatic breathing, with details that are sometimes striking, such as the way Cherubino's first aria insinuates itself into the dialogue in the same breath.
- Christophe Huss, LeDevoir
- 25 September 2023
