Le courage d'un peuple exilé
Inspired by the poem of H. Wadsworth Longfellow, "Le Courage d’un Peuple exilé" certainly tells the love story of Evangeline and Gabriel, but also talks about the courage, perseverance and tenacity of a people who I wanted to pay tribute to.
We are in the Acadian village of Grand-Pré in 1740. Basil Lajeunesse, the village blacksmith, helps and supports his best friend Benedict Bellefontaine, who does not seem to regain a taste for life since the death of his wife Mathilde. Their two respective children, Gabriel and Evangeline are unconditionally in love and about to get married. Fate only, could put an end to it.
This show also projects the importance of the relationship between Native Americans and Acadians. Love can happen in many ways, as expressed in the song performed by the beautiful Chanook, daughter of the chief of the native tribe. A romantic twist that is unexpected.
“If we are born to die what good is it to live?” taken from the song Naître et mourir by C. Lapierre, not only gives the tone for the show but also a meaning to life.
