Fortunio
#Fortunio
Salle Favart
from 12
to 22 December 2019
Dates
12 December 2019 8.00 pm
14 December 2019 8.00 pm
16 December 2019 8.00 pm
18 December 2019 audiodescription 8.00 pm
20 December 2019 8.00 pm
22 December 2019 audiodescription 3.00 pm
Information
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Comédie lyrique in four acts to a libretto by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers based on Le Chandelier by Alfred de Musset
Premiered at the Opéra Comique in 1907
The wife of an old notary yields to the advances of a dashing soldier. To divert the husband’s attention, they manipulate a young clerk, Fortunio. But Fortunio loves the lady of a passionate love.
Who knows what love is? Alfred de Musset constantly brought into play all the ways to live it, burn from it or assuage it, inspiring so many composers. His Le Chandelier had already appealed to Offenbach, as well as his Fantasio, because of its combination of humor and sincerity. During the Belle Époque, Messager was also drawn to this piece with the freedom he enjoyed through his reputation as a conductor. The freedom to produce a comic art form whose lightness is in harmony with its profundity.
In 1907 the premiere of Fortunio at the Opéra Comique was acclaimed by operetta aficionados and opera lovers alike. In 2009 this comédie lyrique inspired Denis Podalydès and Louis Langrée to devise a funny, elegant and magnificent production.
The Opéra Comique is glad to schedule it anew and end 2019 with a flourish thanks to outstanding performers for whom singing and acting originate in the same passion.
Music direction, Louis Langrée
Staging - Denis Podalydès
With Cyrille Dubois, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Franck Leguérinel, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Thomas Dear, Aliénor Feix, Luc Bertin-Hugault
Choir, les éléments
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Cast
Music direction Louis Langrée
Staging Denis Podalydès, Sociétaire de la Comédie-Française
Scenery Éric Ruf
Costumes Christian Lacroix
Lights Stéphanie Daniel
Fortunio Cyrille Dubois
Jacqueline Anne-Catherine Gillet
Maître André Franck Leguérinel
Clavaroche Jean-Sébastien Bou
Landry Philippe-Nicolas Martin
Lieutenant d’Azincourt NN
Lieutenant de Verbois Thomas Dear
Madelon Aliénor Feix
Maître Subtil Luc Bertin-Hugault
Choir Choeur les éléments
Orchestra Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Production Opéra Comique (Revival of the 2009 production)
Before the show
Meet the artists, Monday 25 November at 7 pm
Presentation of the production 45 minutes prior to the performance :
- Keys to the production, salle Bizet
- Sing Fortunio, Foyer Favart
Running time
2 hours and 45 minutes (intermission included)
Doors open Opéra165 min End of the event
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