L'inondation
#LInondation
Salle Favart
from 27 September
to 3 October 2019
Dates
27 September 2019 8.00 pm
29 September 2019 3.00 pm
1 October 2019 8.00 pm
3 October 2019 8.00 pm
Information
+33 (0)1 70 23 01 31
Opera in two acts based on the novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Commission from the Opéra Comique with the Ministère de la Culture's writting assistance.
As they cannot give birth to a child, a woman and her husband decide to adopt an orphan girl. The teenager gets an unexpected place in their home and in their hearts.
In a suburb of Saint Petersburg, the wife and husband hardly speak to each other and silence is becoming heavy. The world imagined by the wife to overcome the sadness of her emotional life will go wrong while in this end of winter the water of the river is rising.
At the invitation of the Opéra Comique, Joël Pommerat wrote an original opera libretto for the first time and chose a subject from a novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin published in 1929. The “stage writer” had to share the development of the speech and timing of the production with composer Francesco Filidei (this being the latter’s second opera). Their close collaboration, this composition for the stage, together with the instrumentalists and vocalists, gave birth to a new eloquence expressing the density of an inner life.
The score of sounds, images and silence is staged by Joël Pommerat and performed by intense and haunted vocalists/actors conducted by Emilio Pomarico.
The production is in French
Music direction, Emilio Pomarico
Staging, Joël Pommerat
With Chloé Briot, Boris Grappe, Norma Nahoun, Cypriane Gardin, Enguerrand de Hys, Yael Raanan-Vandor, Guilhem Terrail, Vincent Le Texier et les enfants de la Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra Comique
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Cast
Music direction Emilio Pomarico
Staging Joël Pommerat
Scenery and lights Eric Soyer
Costumes, make-up, perruques Isabelle Deffin
Video Renaud Rubiano
Musical assistant Leonhard Garms
Artistic collaboration Philippe Carbonneaux
Decoration assistant Marie Hervé
Vocal coach Thomas Palmer
The woman Chloé Briot
The man Boris Grappe
The girl Norma Nahoun
The girl Cypriane Gardin
The male neighbor Enguerrand de Hys
The female neighbor Yael Raanan-Vandor
The narrator, the police officer Guilhem Terrail
The doctor Vincent Le Texier
Children Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra Comique
Orchestra Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
New production Opéra Comique
Co-production Angers Nantes Opéra, Opéra de Rennes, Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg
Before the show
Meet the artists, Saturday 14 September at 6 pm
Presentation of the production 45 minutes prior to the performance :
- Keys to the production, salle Bizet
- Sing L'Inondation, Foyer Favart
Running time
2 hours and 15 minutes (without intermission)
Doors open Creation135 min End of the event
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