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Dining With Jacques

Jacques Offenbach

September 29 to October 09, 2016

45, 33, 10 et 4,5 €
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The Opéra Comique invites itself to the Musée d'Orsay! Enter a Second Empire high society salon where appearance is paramount and guests elated by the sensuality of good food drop their masks and give free rein to their fantasies on Jacques Offenbach's music.

In 2016 the Opéra Comique and the Musée d'Orsay organize a joint programming on the theme of the "Spectaculaire Second Empire" exhibition in an endeavor to show their common roots. Inaugurated a few months apart in late 19th century, the Salle Favart and the Gare d'Orsay displayed the same combination of technical modernity and decorative refinement. Both were listed as historical monuments in the 1970s. The respective heritages of both buildings highlight the treasures of French Romantic century with its various artistic currents, its tensions between official art and modernity and unprecedented synergies between art forms.


Invited to present an event in the auditorium, the Opéra Comique and the Musée d'Orsay have devised an eclectic program that does justice to the theatrical wealth fostered by Napoleon III's regime. 


This event revolves around the Second Empire's favorite composer and leader Jacques Offenbach, especially as the rediscovery of his forgotten masterpiece Fantasio is scheduled for the opening of the 2017 Season at the Opéra Comique.

Les airs musicaux du spectacle sont issus de l’oeuvre de Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Madame Favart : ouverture, 1878
Les Bavards : A table, à table, 1862-1863
Tromb-Al-Cazar : Trio du jambon de Bayonne, 1856
Madame Favart : Quand du four on le retire, 1878
La Princesse de Trébizonde : Air du mal de dents, 1869
Orphée aux enfers : Duo de la mouche, 1858
La Belle Hélène : Je suis gai, soyons gais, 1864
Robinson Crusoé : Rondeau du pot-au-feu, 1867
Pomme d’api : Trio du grill, 1873
Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Scintille, diamant, 1881
La Chatte métamorphosée en femme : Duo « Ô la plus charmante des chattes », 1858
Le Roi Carotte : Farandole, 1872 ; Débris dont l’aspect nous transporte, 1872
Ba-Ta-Clan : Duo italien, 1855
Orphée aux enfers : Air d’Eurydice « La mort m’apparait souriante », 1858
Geneviève de Brabant : Allons Madame, il faut mourrir, 1859
Le Voyage dans la lune : Duo des pommes, 1875
La Périchole : Ah ! Quel dîner je viens de faire, 1868-1874
Croquefer : A votre santé, je bois, 1857

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Biographies (in French)

Direction musicale Julien Leroy • Mise en scène Gilles Rico • Chef de chant Marine Thoreau la Salle  • Vannina SantoniAntoinette DennefeldYann BeuronJean-Sébastien BouFranck Leguérinel • Les Frivolités Parisiennes 

Production Opéra Comique • Coproductions Musée d’OrsayThéâtre Impérial de Compiègne et Théâtre de Bastia

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Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 8:00pm

Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 8:00pm

Saturday, October 8, 2016 - 8:00pm

Sunday, October 9, 2016 - 4:00pm

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Cast

Music direction
Julien Leroy
Staging
Gilles Rico
Scenery
Bruno de Lavenère
Costumes
Violaine Thel
Lighting
Julien Brun
Singing coach
Marine Thoreau La Salle
Scenery assistant
Emilie Roy
Copiste
Thibault Perrine
soprano
Vannina Santoni
mezzo
Antoinette Dennefeld
ténor
Yann Beuron
baritone
Jean-Sébastien Bou
baritone
Franck Leguérinel
Orchestra
Les Frivolités Parisiennes

Production Opéra Comique

Coproductions Musée d’OrsayThéâtre Impérial de Compiègne and Théâtre de Bastia

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