Petite balade aux enfers

Lyrical puppet play based on Orpheus and Eurydice by Gluck

Salle Favart

from 17
to 20 September 2020

Dates

17 September 2020 2.00 pm

17 September 2020 8.00 pm

18 September 2020 8.00 pm

20 September 2020 10.00 am

20 September 2020 3.00 pm

All dates

Information

+33 (0)1 70 23 01 31 // Duration: 1h

Ages 6 and up

Price

25€ / 12€ (under 18), 6€ school groups

Book

6 years and older

Orpheus lost is wife Eurycide on their wedding day. Bravely, he goes and look for her in Hell, confronting monsters and furies and finally finding her in the world of gentle shadows. Will he be able to bring her back from the dead after promising the gods he wouldn’t set eyes on her?
Orpheus is the foundation myth of western opera history It depicts music and chant as forces which are stronger than death and more powerful than Hell. The visual artist Valérie Lesort adopts an enchanting and humorous approach to Gluck’s work, regarding the performers and the puppets. A delightful performance to introduce children to lyrical chant.

Stage direction, text and scenography - Valérie Lesort
Music direction, piano - Marine Thoreau la Salle
Creation, lights and scenography - Pascal Laajili
Puppets creation - Sami Adjali, Carole Allemand, Valérie Lesort, Christian Hecq
Painting - Sylvie Mitault
Stage assistant - Florimond Plantier

Orphée – Marie Lenormand
Eurydice – Judith Fa
Amour – Marie-Victoire Collin (Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra Comique)
Puppets - Sami Adjali, Christian Hecq –sociétaire de la Comédie Française, Florimond Plantier

Choir – Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra Comique
Coproduction Opéra Comique, Compagnie Point fixe