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Bernard Turgeon has come to identify himself completely with the Metis leader Louis Riel, whom he'll be portraying in a fall telecast of the opera by Canadian composer Harry Somers
Bernard Turgeon has come to identify himself completely with the Metis leader Louis Riel, whom he'll be portraying in a fall telecast of the opera by Canadian composer Harry Somers

Bernard Turgeon has come to identify himself completely with the Metis leader Louis Riel, whom he'll be portraying in a fall telecast of the opera by Canadian composer Harry Somers

Date6/21/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bernard Turgeon has come to identify himself completely with the Metis leader Louis Riel, whom he'll be portraying in a fall telecast of the opera by Canadian composer Harry Somers.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0086654F
All set for tomorrow night's opening of the Canadian Opera Company production of Louis Riel at the O'Keefe Centre, baritone Bernard Turgeon has thrown himself fiercely into the character
All set for tomorrow night's opening of the Canadian Opera Company production of Louis Riel at the O'Keefe Centre, baritone Bernard Turgeon has thrown himself fiercely into the character
9/25/1975
Bernard Turgeon has probably never looked nor sounded better than he did as Louis Riel at O'Keefe Centre Saturday, says Star music critic William Littler
Bernard Turgeon has probably never looked nor sounded better than he did as Louis Riel at O'Keefe Centre Saturday, says Star music critic William Littler
9/8/1975
Bernard Turgeon as Louis Riel
Bernard Turgeon as Louis Riel
9/16/1968
Can. Opera Co. Bernard Turyon as Louis Riel. Roxolana Roslak as Marguerite Riel
Can. Opera Co. Bernard Turyon as Louis Riel. Roxolana Roslak as Marguerite Riel
9/16/1968
Playing Louis Reil has been a dream of Bernard Turgeon's for years
Playing Louis Reil has been a dream of Bernard Turgeon's for years
9/7/1967
Hell will break loose if Canada's Metis are not given the same status as full-blood Indians, Joe Blyne, vice-president of the Alberta Metis Association, warns
Hell will break loose if Canada's Metis are not given the same status as full-blood Indians, Joe Blyne, vice-president of the Alberta Metis Association, warns
6/11/1975
Dr. Ray McCleary and Nansi Elizabeth Anderson. Taken on the day of nansi's christening in the fall of 1947 at the back of their house on Somers Avenue
Dr. Ray McCleary and Nansi Elizabeth Anderson. Taken on the day of nansi's christening in the fall of 1947 at the back of their house on Somers Avenue
1947
Metis Rosemarie Moffitt has submitted a report to the Ontario government on the deprivations of her people, non-status native Indians
Metis Rosemarie Moffitt has submitted a report to the Ontario government on the deprivations of her people, non-status native Indians
8/28/1974
Handhewn school - Community leader and school board chairman Don Patience, 47, a Metis, stands in front of the school Collins built with craftsmanship admired in Ontario
Handhewn school - Community leader and school board chairman Don Patience, 47, a Metis, stands in front of the school Collins built with craftsmanship admired in Ontario
8/3/1987
Metis leader Duke Redbird, 39: 'I realized one day that I needed academic credibility' Red power's Duke is an MA
Metis leader Duke Redbird, 39: 'I realized one day that I needed academic credibility' Red power's Duke is an MA
6/14/1978
Jim Sinclair, a field worker for the Saskatchewan Metis Society, stands in front of a Metis shack in Meadow Lake, where there is no running water and (...)
Jim Sinclair, a field worker for the Saskatchewan Metis Society, stands in front of a Metis shack in Meadow Lake, where there is no running water and (...)
2/24/1970
David Somers
David Somers
2/18/1998