Le Postillon de Lonjumeau
#LePostillonDeLonjumeau
Salle Favart
from 30 March
to 9 April 2019
Dates
30 March 2019 8.00 pm
1 April 2019 8.00 pm
3 April 2019 8.00 pm
5 April 2019 audiodescription 8.00 pm
7 April 2019 audiodescription 3.00 pm
9 April 2019 8.00 pm
Information
+33 (0)1 70 23 01 31
All public
Opéra comique in three acts to a libretto by Adolphe de Leuven and Léon-Lévy Brunswick
Premiered at the Opéra Comique in 1836
On the day of his marriage with a young innkeeper from Lonjumeau, coachman Chapelou is spotted by the director of the Opéra who hires him as a soloist and takes him to Paris. But Madeleine wants to recover her husband.
Is it a story about social advancement under the Ancien Régime? Or a cheerful tribute by the industrial nineteenth century to the gallant eighteenth? Or else the adventure of a seducer caught out at his own game? It’s all that and much more. It’s the triumph of singing: Chapelou and his aria with its decisive high D, Madeleine with her stunning vocal metamorphoses.
Adolphe Adam’s mythical work is back at the Opéra Comique where it was first performed. It enduringly inflamed Europe but has not been shown in our house since 1894.
We needed Michael Spyres’s talent and humor to embody this conceited and attractive hero, Sébastien Rouland’s drive to display the score written by the master of Romantic ballet, and Michel Fau’s subtlety to do justice – after Ciboulette – to all the facets of this dazzling comedy.
Opéra in French, subtitles in French and in English
Music direction, Sébastien Rouland
Staging, Michel Fau
With, Michael Spyres, Florie Valiquette, Franck Leguérinel, Laurent Kubla, Michel Fau, Yannis Ezziadi
Choir, accentus / Opéra de Rouen Normandie
Orchestre, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Normandie
Cast
Music direction Sébastien Rouland
Staging Michel Fau
Scenery Emmanuel Charles
Costumes Christian Lacroix
Lights Joël Fabing
Chapelou / Saint-Phar Michael Spyres
Madeleine / Madame de Latour Florie Valiquette
Le marquis de Corcy Franck Leguérinel
Biju / Alcindor Laurent Kubla
Rose Michel Fau
Louis XV Yannis Ezziadi
Bourdon Julien Clément
Choir accentus
Orchestra Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Normandie
New production Opéra Comique
Co-production Opéra de Rouen Normandie
With the support of Monsieur G.F.
Before the show
Meet the artists on Tuesday 12 March at 7 pm
Presentation of the production 45 minutes prior to the performance :
- Keys to the production, salle Bizet
- Sing Le Postillon de Lonjumeau, Foyer Favart
Running time
2 hours and 45 minutes (intermission included)
Doors open Opera285 min End of the event
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