au ve ur , ▁the ▁dram atic ▁ 3 ▁act ▁work ▁" Tr iste ▁réal ité ", ▁was ▁performed ▁at ▁the ▁Ac adémie ▁de ▁St - S au ve ur . ▁The ▁scene ▁takes ▁place ▁in ▁Saint - S au ve ur ▁( elect oral ▁district ), ▁in ▁Quebec ▁City ▁and ▁is ▁interpreted ▁by ▁the ▁Cer cle ▁dram atique ▁Leg ault . ▁ ▁Jean - Marie : ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁occasion , ▁ex cer pts ▁of ▁the ▁opera ▁Jean - Marie , ▁composed ▁by ▁J .- U l ric ▁Vo yer , ▁were ▁also ▁presented . ▁The ▁libre tto ▁was ▁written ▁in ▁association ▁with ▁Alfred ▁R ous seau . ▁François ▁– ▁X avier ▁Mer cier , ▁the ▁ten or ▁who ▁directed ▁this ▁opera , ▁remarked ▁that ▁" ▁the ▁plot ▁is ▁good , ▁the ▁scenes ▁are ▁well ▁organ ised ▁and ▁the ▁music ▁is ▁of ▁an ▁original ity ▁and ▁a ▁surprising ▁truth . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁real ▁opera ▁which ▁I ▁do ▁not ▁hes itate , ▁he ▁wrote , ▁to ▁place ▁next ▁to ▁well ▁known ▁works . ▁▁ ▁Made mo is elle ▁de ▁L ana udi ère ▁: ▁this ▁com ic ▁opera ▁in ▁ 3 ▁acts ▁and ▁ 4 ▁scenes ▁was ▁composed ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁but ▁was ▁never ▁performed ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁un tim ely ▁death ▁of ▁the ▁composer . ▁What ▁surv ives ▁is ▁the ▁libre tto ▁written ▁by ▁Henri ▁De y gl un ▁and ▁the ▁orch estr ation ▁re vised ▁by ▁G .- E . ▁Le f eb vre . ▁A