Les Éclairs
#DesEclairs
Salle Favart
from 2
to 8 November 2021
Dates
2 November 2021 8.00 pm
4 November 2021 8.00 pm
6 November 2021 8.00 pm
8 November 2021 8.00 pm
Information
01 70 23 01 31 / billetterie@opera-comique.com / 2h
All audiences
[WORLD CREATION
Les Éclairs delves into the fate of the engineer Nikola Tesla – aka Gregor Tesla. Upon arriving in New York in 1884, Gregor was filled with revolutionary visions of electricity applications. But he was more interested in scientific discoveries than in profit-making. Manufacturers plundered and perverted his inventions, driving him to seek refuge in lightning shows and the company of birds.
Opera in four acts. Libretto by Jean Echenoz, music by Philippe Hersant
Commissioned by the Opéra Comique – World creation
Novel-writing was a great source of renewal for the opera in the XIXth century. However, few authors tackled the lyric scene: it was the librettists’ job. At the invitation of the Opéra Comique, Jean Echenoz now addresses the challenge of adapting his 2010 novel. How will his characters materialise? With which words? Which voices, decor and music will bring Philippe Hersant’s third opera to life.
The Salle Favart was the first opera auditorium in Europe to be equipped with all-electric lighting. At the head of the Orchestre Philarmonique de Radio France and of the Aedès choir, Clément Hervieu-Léger and Ariane Matiakh unfurl the poetry of this scientific adventure, with young performers in love with creation.
This production is supported by Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, Principal Patron of the Opéra Comique and by EREN Group, Patron of the production.
Musical direction Ariane Matiakh
Stage direction Clément Hervieu-Léger
With Jean-Christophe Lanièce, André Heyboer, Elsa Benoit, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Jérôme Boutillier, François Rougier
Ensemble Aedes
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Around the show
Distribution
Musical direction Ariane Matiakh
Stage direction Clément Hervieu-Léger
Decors Aurélie Maestre
Costumes Caroline de Vivaise
Lights Bertrand Couderc
Sound Jean-Luc Ristord
Stage direction assistant Frédérique Plain
Decors assistant Clara Cohen
Costumes assistant Magdalena Calloc’h
Lights assistant Cécile Giovansili
Singing chief Christophe Manien
Gregor Jean-Christophe Lanièce
Edison André Heyboer
Betty Elsa Benoit
Ethel Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur
Parker Jérôme Boutillier
Norman François Rougier
Extras Stéphane Lara, Antoine Pinquier
Choir Ensemble Aedes
Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France
Production Opéra Comique
Coproduction Théâtre national croate - Zagreb, Opéra National Grec
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