La plante humaine

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Robert Marcel Lepage, who has collaborated with Québec film-maker Pierre Hébert for over a decade, is now treating us to the soundtrack of Hébert's animation film: La Plante humaine. "For his phonographic opus, Lepage chose to distance himself from the vocal style of film operas. Instead, this is a symphonic rendition of this lyrical work, a non-stop version of the fragmented pieces in the film. Through a skillful, fluid editing, "La plante humaine" offers a continuity and a legato that are more musical than audiovisual. Shining with contrasts between neo-romantic borrowings and modern rhythms, African percussions, hard rock and jazz and, reminiscences of Varčse-like tapestries of sound music, "La Plante humaine" shows Robert M. Lepage taking part in the contemporary opera." Réal La Rochelle