I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND IT MORE THAN CURIous that throughout history, members of the same family have often played crucial roles in a country's musical development. This second part of the 20th century, for instance, has produced a wide variety of world-class Canadian operatic families. One has only to think of, among others, the Brauns, the Relyeas and the Quilicos to realize that music has always been, and continues to be, a family affair.
In Quebec, one of the leading musical ...