Comte Ory (Phlippe Talbot, sitting on steps on the left, without a headdress), his good friend Raimbaud (Jean-Kristof Bouton, standing on the table) and his merry band of . . . nuns . . . are up to no good at the château of the Countess of Formoutiers while all the other men are away on crusade. The head and shoulders of music director Laurent Campellone, directing the Orchestre symphonique de Québec in the pit below the front of the stage, can be seen in the centre foreground. (Photo by Michel Gagné courtesy of Opéra de Québec)