Joachim Ulric Voyer

Joachim Ulric Voyer (5 July 1892 – 8 January 1935) was a Canadian opera composer. His L’Intendant Bigot, created in Montreal in 1929, was one of the first Canadian operas. Early life J.-Ulric Voyer was not a professional musician. He worked for 21 years as an advertising agent for J.-B. Renaud. He was artistic director of radio station CHRC. He studied at Wallace. He studied musical composition with M. Lefrançois, organist of St-Roch, and studied the piano with M. Hudson. In Montreal, he studied the organ and harmony with Léon Dessane and Auguste Descarries. L’Intendant Bigot L’Intendant Bigot was created under the patronage of the Honorable Athanase David, provincial secretary, by the Société canadienne d’opérette established by Honoré Vaillancourt, his managing director and M. Albert Roberval, art director, who managed this opera. The opera premiered February 5, 1929 at the Monument National de Montréal “in front of a record attendance”. Three additional sold-out performances were mounted at the Auditorium de Québec in the presence of celebrities including Sir Lomer Gouin, and Madam Louis- Alexandre Taschereau, wife of the Prime Minister. The opera was under the direction of Edmo