July 2011 (Valencia) Female lead Marie-Michelle Faber From April 2005 (Montréal) to June 2007 (Columbus) From January 2008 (San Diego) to September 2008 (Ottawa) From December 2008 (Miami) to May 2011 (Madrid) Estelle Esse From April 2005 (Montréal) to September 2005 (Toronto) From September 2008 (Ottawa) to December 2008 (Miami) From March 2018 (New Orleans) to April 2018 (Knoxville) Denise Stefanie - From May 2007 (Columbus) to December 2007 (Costa Mesa) Sophie Guay - From March 2011 (Vienna) to April 2013 (São Paulo) Émilie Émiroglou - From April 2013 (São Paulo) to December 2015 (Quito) Aurélie Dauphin - From March 2018 (New Orleans) to Present'Female background Helena Saldanha - From April 2005 (Montréal) to January 2007 (Atlanta) Filmography Cirque du Soleil released their film adaptation of Corteo on April 11, 2006. It was filmed in Canada in 2005. During the Creative Arts ceremony on September 8, 2007, it won the Emmy award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Special. The following day, it also won a Gémeaux (Gemini Award) for Meilleur montage - humour, variétés, arts de la scène (best editing - humor, entertainment, performing arts). Tour Following Corteo's première in Montreal in 2005, it was seen by more than 5 million spectators. Corteo celebrated its 1000th show in January 2008 in San Diego; its 1500th show in June 2009 in Nagoya, Japan; its 2000th show in September 2010 in Kazan, Russia, and its 3500th show in March 2015 in Bogota, Colombia.Corteo began (like all touring Cirque du Soleil shows) with a North American tour (2005-2008), which was followed by a Japanese tour in 2009. The show did not go on to any other cities in Asia or Oceania, but instead proceeded to a European tour (2010-2013) and then a South American tour (2013-2015). The show's Big Top final performance took place in Quito, Ecuador on 13 December 2015. The show has been adapted to an arena format and premiered in New Orleans, Louisiana, kicking off a two-year tour across North America in March 2018. Reception Reviews of Corteo in the news media were mixed. In 2005, the Toronto Sun found the show "brilliant" but the Oakland Tribune concluded that it merely "settles for being very good". The New York Times gave a lukewarm review in May 2006, stating at best that it "will pass the time pleasantly for those who have seen and enjoyed previous Cirque extravaganzas". Although The