After separate beginnings in dance, theatre, television and the opera field Renaud Doucet, Stage director & Choreographer, and André Barbe, Set & Costume Designer, created together over 40 new opera productions that are recognized for their creativity, sense of spectacle and minutely detailed dramaturgy.

Their work as a team gained international recognition with their new productions of DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE at the Glyndebourne Festival, LA CENERENTOLA, LA BELLE HÉLÈNE and DIE FLEDERMAUS at the Staatsoper Hamburg, LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT at Teatro La Fenice, IL SIGNOR BRUSCHINO at the Rossini Opera Festival & Teatro Comunale di Bologna, LA CENERENTOLA at the Latvian National Opera, PELLEAS ET MELISANDE at the Teatro Regio di Parma, SAMSON & DALILA at the Kungliga Operan in Stockholm, DIE FEEN by Wagner for Oper Leipzig in coproduction with the Bayreuther Festspiele, LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN at Oper Bonn & Volksoper Wien, PÉNÉLOPE by Fauré, SI J’ÉTAIS ROI by Adam, THÉRÈSE / LA NAVARRAISE by Massenet and IL BRAVO by Mercadante at the Wexford Festival Opera (Ireland), ARABELLA and LA GRANDE DUCHESSE DE GEROLSTEIN at Oper Köln, CENDRILLON by Massenet at l’Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg & l’Opéra de Marseille (France), New York City Opera (USA), Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (Germany) and L’Opéra de Montréal (Canada), the Viennese premiere of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, TURANDOT and RUSALKA at the Volksoper Wien (Austria), BENVENUTO CELLINI and IPHIGENIE EN AULIDE at l’Opéra National du Rhin, IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO at the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik & Oper Köln, TURANDOT at Opera Philadelphia, Seattle Opera, Minnesota Opera, Atlanta Opera, Utah Opera, Cincinnati Opera & Vancouver Opera, LA BOHÈME at Scottish Opera, Theatre St Gallen, Vancouver Opera & Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse, MANON at the Scottish Opera & Malmö Opera, the entire 2009-10 season of Florida Grand Opera in Miami with LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, IL PAGLIACCI, SUOR ANGELICA, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA &CARMEN; DON PASQUALE at Scottish Opera, Florida Grand Opera & Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova.

Upcoming productions will bring them to the Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse, Teatro Regio di Torino, Royal Opera Muscat, Canadian Opera Company, Teatro Comunale di Bologna.

André Barbe received a bachelor of Fine Arts at Concordia University then studied at the National Theatre School of Canada under the tutelage of designer François Barbeau. Up to now he designed over 300 productions for Theatre, Television and Opera.  He received the Irish Times Irish Theatre Award 2005 for best designer for the production of Pénélope at Wexford Festival Opera as well as the 2011 Rolf-Mares Prize for best sets & costumes for the production of La Cenerentola at the Hamburgische Staatsoper. Since 2010 he is regularly invited to teach Set & Costume design at the National Theatre School of Canada.

Trained musician Renaud Doucet began his performing career as a solo dancer, ballet master, teacher and choreographer in international dance companies. He was introduced to the opera world as baroque choreographer & baroque gesture specialist coaching singers like Alfredo Kraus, Jaime Aragall, Raina Kabaivanska or Mirella Freni. He also worked as an actor in various movies & TV series. He joined the Core team of l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal where he teaches the young singers and pianists.

In 2019 their production of Il Bravo by Mercadante received the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Opera Production. Die Zauberflöte, Il Bravo, La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein, La Belle Hélène and Pelléas et Mélisande are presented on TV in various countries. La Belle Hélène and Die Zauberflöte are available on DVD.