Joseph Rouleau
1929-2019
Commander
2019
Credit
Ville de Montréal / Sylvain Légaré
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His formidable voice has featured in masterpieces of the lyric art alongside such artists as Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Joan Sutherland and Kiri Te Kanawa, under the direction of conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Zubin Mehta and Sir Georg Solti. His discography includes recordings of Berlioz, Gounod, Mussorgsky, Rossini and Félix Leclerc.
Joseph Rouleau was President of the Mouvement d’action pour l’art lyrique du Québec, which worked to create the Opéra de Montréal company. He also co-founded the Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM), an annual development competition for young, talented singers, pianists and violinists. President of Jeunesses Musicales Canada for over 25 years, he is still very active in fund raising for JMC through its Foundation.
The picture and biographical information appearing on this page were current at the time this person was admitted to the Ordre de Montréal.
