Fantasio
#Fantasio
Salle Favart
from 14
to 23 December 2020
Dates
14 December 2020 8.00 pm
16 December 2020 8.00 pm
18 December 2020 8.00 pm
20 December 2020 relax 3.00 pm
22 December 2020 8.00 pm
23 December 2020 8.00 pm
Information
+33 (0)1 70 23 01 31 / Estimated duration 2h45
All audiences
In 2017, Laurent Campellone and Thomas Jolly revived this recently recovered jewel. Marianne Crebassa embodied the title role, created in 1872, with panache. Performed at the Théâtre du Châtelet during the renovation of the Salle Favart, their frenzy Fantasio returns to its native theatre in 2020.
Presentation
The young Fantasio has lost interest in life. He dreams about changing identity. It just so happens that the court jester recently died, so why not step in? Nobody loved the deceased as much as the princess Elsbeth, but she is doomed to a marriage of convenience. The new court jester will prompt the princess to listen to her heart. How far will she surrender?
Offenbach met Musset at the Comédie- Française and owed him his initial success. The romantic dimension of this Fantasio revisited by the poet’s brother, totally inspired him. But in 1872, the defeat of Sedan was still fresh, and the public dismissed Offenbach’s attempt to compose more than operetta. Fantasio’s music score was recycled in The Tales of Hoffmann, and then was partly lost in the Salle Favart fire.
In 2017, Laurent Campellone and Thomas Jolly revived this recently recovered jewel. Marianne Crebassa embodied the title role, created in 1872, with panache. Performed at the Théâtre du Châtelet during the renovation of the Salle Favart, their frenzy Fantasio returns to its native theatre in 2020.
Comic opera in three acts, Libretto by Paul de Musset based on Alfred de Musset’s play. Created at the Opéra Comique in 1872.
Performing in French, French and English surtitles
Duration: 2h45, intermission
Musical direction, Laurent Campellone
Stage direction, Thomas Jolly
With Marianne Crebassa, Jodie Devos, Franck Leguérinel, Jean-Sébastien Bou, François Rougier, Anna Reinhold, Philippe Estèphe, Bruno Bayeux
Choir, Ensemble Aedes
Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Before the show
Cast
Musical direction Laurent Campellone
Stage direction Thomas Jolly
Artistique collaboration Alexandre Dain
Decor Thibaut Fack
Costumes Sylvette Dequest
Lights Antoine Travert et Philippe Berthomé
Musical direction assistant Stéphanie Marie-Degand
Staging and dramaturgy assistant Katja Krüger
Staging assistant for the choir Pier Lamandé
Costume creation assistante Magali Perrin Toinin
Vocal coach Martin Surot
Chief of choir Mathieu Romano
Fantasio Marianne Crebassa
La princesse Elsbeth Jodie Devos
Le roi de Bavière Franck Leguérinel
Le prince de Mantoue Jean-Sébastien Bou
Marinoni François Rougier
Flamel Anna Reinhold
Sparck Philippe Estèphe
Rutten, le tailleur, le garde Suisse Bruno Bayeux
Choir Ensemble Aedes
Orchestra Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Production Opéra Comique
Coproduction Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opéra de Rouen – Normandie, Opéra national de Montpellier, Théâtre national croate de Zagreb
Revival of the 2017 production.
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