From the Creator - Daniel Finzi Pasca {
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In the end, we will all have to learn to fly, be it with sings, on a bicycle, it doesn't
matter. In the end, there will be a party attended by our friends, all those people who
loved us so well, recalling memories, little details, fragrances of a life, will gather to
honour us. There will be a bed, and a long pageant of emotion will play out before that bed.
There will be angels, and if it's a clown that is dead, there will be acrobats, and an entire
circus will parade by. To turn a burial into a celebration, there will also have to be music...
wild, nostalgic and evocative strains. Music beckoning one to blend acrobatics and dance and
be carried away on a wave of memories.
If we are lucky, we will look back, and those we leave behind will wave white handkerchiefs
and cry out wonderful words to us. If we are lucky, we will leave behind an entire circus that
will weep and laugh, laugh and weep, that will celebrate by sharing memories, transforming our
life into a modest legend.
In the end, we will fly away and the music will take us by the hand and we will begin to
dance. We will close our eyes and remember everything, we will invent everything.
To become immersed in this show, we needed music that could take the audience by the hand
and lead it into a little dream--the dream of a clown who invents his death. Once the music
came, it was easier to begin to dance.
From the Producer - Benoit Groulx {
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The crowd is gathering in the square. They've come from all over, each with their
melodies and universe of sounds. Through their diversity, they celebrate the uniqueness
of life. It was in this spirit that I approached the music of Corteo, imbuing it with the
many colours of the world to illustrate the procession of peoples towards our meeting place.
Thank you for the composers, musicians and singers who joined the cortege, and special
thanks to the artists and musicians who bring this music from one public venue to another.
Thanks {
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Thanks to Carol Ryan, Véronique Richard, Francois Arbour and Roger Hewett for their
constant support, as well as Alain Vinet for his complete trust. Finally thanks to Paul
Bisson and the musicians for their generosity and beauty of their play.
Vocals {
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Lead vocals — paul bisson (2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16),
monique fauteux (6, 8, 16)
// Vocals — valentyna paylevanyan "the clowness" (6)
// Guiding voice — marco calliari (1, 5)
Choir on (3, 5, 8, 11, 13, 14) ==
Conductor — simon fournier
// Sopranos — annie-marie beaudette, jacinthe gauthier,
france lefebvre, annick pelletier
// Altos — marie bélanger, marie-annick béliveau,
lana carbonneau, josée lalonde
// Tenors — bernard cayouette, isabeau proulx-lemire,
michiel schrey, claude vallieres
// Basses — martin auclair, michel duval,
victory-jacques ménard, normand richard
// Soloist — monique fauteux (3, 13, 15)
Background vocals "Ritornare" — marie bélanger, mario fraser, julie leblanc,
france lefebvre, catherine léveillée, charles linton-prévost, vincent potel,
josé paradis, dominique primeau, rémy temblay
Musicians {
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Rythmic Section ==
Drums — tony albino
// Bass — norman lachapelle,
except eric legacé (14, 15)
// Acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin — donald meunier
// Piano -— jean-françois groulx
// Accordion — mélanie bergeron
Ethnic Section ==
Percussion — patrick graham, yvon plouffe, françois taillefer
// Kora — nathalie cora
// Oud — ismail hakki fencioglu
// Clarinet — mark simons
// Violin — carmen piculeata
Jazz Section ==
Soprano & alto saxophones, flute — françois d'amours
// Alto & tenor saxaphones — alexandre côté
// Trumpet — maxime st-pierre
// Tuba — robert ellis
Orchestra ==
Conductor — benoit groulx
// Flute — guy pelletier
// Clarinet and bass clarinet — mark simons
// Horn solo — louis-philippe marsolais
// Second horn — maude lussier
// Trumpet — maxime st-pierre
// Tenor trombone — david r. martin
// Bass Tombone — pierre beaudry
// Tuba — alexander (sasha) johnson
// Timpani and percussion — françois st-jean
// Harp — caroline lizotte
// Violin solo — olivier thouin
// Violins — nathalie bonin, angélique duguay, pascale gagnon, pascale giguére,
fenaud lapierre, christian preévost, michelle seto, julie triquet, nicole trotier
// Violas — annie morrier, gregory hay, ligia paquin
// Cellos — carla antoun, sheila hannigan
// Double bass — marc denis
Production {
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Music composed by — marian bonzanigo (3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13),
jean-françois côté (7),
daniele finzi pasca (2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13),
philippe leduc (1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15),
michel a. smith (16)
Produced, orchestrated and arranged by — benoit groulx for Midese (midiese.com)
// Recorded and mixed by — françois arbour
// Pro Tools editor and assistant recorder — ghislain brind'amour, Studio Planet
// Intern — virginie gagnon-leduc
// Assistant engineers — dominique lejeune, jérémie ricard, Studio Piccolo,
blake douglas, Sony Music Studios.
Additional arrangements — roger howett (10),
benoit groulx (10)
// Organ — philippe leduc (1)
// Percussion — patrick graham (6, 16),
yvon plouffe (5, 8),
françois taillefer (6,16)
Recording facilities — studio planet, studio piccolo, Montréal;
sony music studios, New York
// Mixed at — studio planet, Montréal.
// Mastered by — carl talobot, except
vincent cardinal (1); Studio Plasma, Montréal
Producer — cirque du soleil musique inc.
// Executive Producer — carol ryan
// Director of Creation, Music — alain vinet
// Project Coordinators — véronique ricard, tanya sarrazin
Show designed and directed by — daniele finzi pasca
Thank you to Jeff Pluth, Alison Crawford, Roger Hewett and the Corteo cast and crew.
Art Direction — pierre desmarais
// Graphic Design — emmanuelle sirard
// Additional Graphics — emmanuelle sirard
// Photos — marie-reine mattera
// Costumes — dominique lemieux
// © 2006 Cirque du Soleil
Studio Recordings ==
Music — maria bonzanigo, jean-françois côté, daniele finzi pasca,
philippe leduc, michel a. smith
// Produced, orchestrated and arranged by — benoit groulx for Midese
// Producer — cirque du soleil musique inc.
Ⓟ 2006 Cirque du Soleil Musique, Inc.
© 2005 Creations Méandres, Inc.
DVD Notes {
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"Through the Curtain" is a PRODUCTIONS CONTE INC. Production
Director — adrian wills
/ Executive Producer — jacques méthé /
Producer — martin bolduc
Corteo Guide — guy laliberté
/ Creator and Director — daniele finzi pasca
Original Music, Excerpts of Corteo Show & Music of — maria bonzanigo,
philippe leduc © 2005 Créations Méandres Inc.
"Norweg", "Pokinoi", "Ibis"; Music of — rené dupéré
/ © 1992, 1994 Créations Méandres Inc.
/ Ⓟ 1992, 1994 Cirque du Soleil Musique Inc.
© 2005 PRODUCTIONS CONTE INC.
All Rights Reserved
Approx: 22 minutes (NTSC)
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