Vincent de Tourdonnet

 “… recalls Les Misérables in its operatic style and epic proportions … Pélagie is a major achievement in Canadian musical theatre…this time de Tourdonnet is directing with Cole as musical director. Their passion and understanding for a piece they’ve worked on for seven years comes through…”

Halifax Herald-2005 It takes some kind of a musical to get Torontonians weeping…genuine dramatic tension…echoes of Les Miz… This project has been realized with admirable courage, flair and occasional brilliance… by the time Pélagie comes home, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.”  The Globe & Mail- 2004  “Pélagie sports a combination of heart and craft unlike anything I’ve experienced in a Canadian musical…this baby has legs.” The National Post-2001 

 

“Surprising and happily ridiculous, a cabaret-styled evening of quirky satirical musicals … smart, tightly constructed, finely executed …Snappy Tales is a whimsical evening that stages a different kind of musical question.” The Globe & Mail-2002   “a quartet of musicals with a social conscience… clever directing by de Tourdonnet and a super cast, the evening is a delight.” NOW Magazine-2002 

 “Jeanne triumphantly takes

Quebec City… The public adores it… Joan of Arc is glorious subject, but a delicate one… remarkable how this piece manages to maintain the spectator’s interest without fail… It’s not only Jeanne’s victories that are miraculous here.”

Le Soleil-1997 (from the French)   “Saints be praised…the lyrics and original book by

Vincent de Tourdonnet tell the tale of love, valour and historical inevitability in a thought-provoking fashion… this ambitious, sweeping epic is as good as most of what Broadway has to offer.”

Montreal Gazette-1997    “Jeanne actually works… act of sheer chutzpah… infused with a vigour and commitment that bodes well for its future development.” Variety (

New York)- 1997  

“Attempts to horn in on the megamusical market have been, until now, disastrous…Enter Jeanne… a surprisingly charming and sellable musical… The Globe and Mail - May 1995 

“Strange Medicine… is a wildly original musical with a great score, a challenging and funny script… funny, scary and resonant” The Georgia Straight (

Vancouver) -1990

“Strange Medicine ..is a fascinating piece of work… dark satire of the medical profession filtered through the Brechtian sensibilities of writer de Tourdonnet… clever lyrics.. it worked very well with the audience… a crowd pleaser ” The Globe and Mail - 1990 ” The shades of truth that come from de Tourdonnet’s adaptation make Threepenny Opera seem like today’s brilliant satire rather than yesterday’s hallowed classic.” The Globe and Mail - 1988 

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Vincent de Tourdonnet’s lyrics have the bittersweet carnival gaiety of the Brecht-Weill collaborations.” The Globe and Mail - 1987 “The initiative belongs to

Vincent de Tourdonnet… he wrote an adaptation of the THREEPENNY OPERA as his honours thesis at McGill… it’s astonishingly good…”CBC Radio- 1985