108, 87, 65, 40, 15, 6 €

Fortunio

André Messager

December 10 to 20, 2009

108, 87, 65, 40, 15, 6 €
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COMÉDIE LYRIQUE in four acts, 1907. Libretto by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers based on Le Chandelier by Alfred de Musset. Presentation of the work 30 minutes prior to each performance

How to preserve one’s ideal to the test of life? This question, which haunted Alfred de Musset, pervades his drama in which it is answered with sincerity and humor. This is why his oeuvre is so modern today. Soft-hearted Fortunio, who is recruited by two lovers to divert a husband’s jealousy, will make youth prevail in the heart of his seductress. After the success of his stunning staging of Fantasio at the Comédie-Française, Denis Podalydès, together with Louis Langrée, carries on the exploration of a world in halftones.

Direction musicale, Louis Langrée
Mise en scène, Denis Podalydès Avec Joseph Kaiser, Virgine Pochon, Jean-Maire Frémeau, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Jean-François Lapointe, Philippe Talbot, Jean Teitgen, Sarah Jouffroy, Jérôme Varnier, Éric Martin-Bonnet, Clémentine Margaine

chœur de chambre les éléments
Orchestre de Paris

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Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 8:00pm
Saturday, December 12, 2009 - 8:00pm
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 8:00pm
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 8:00pm
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 8:00pm
Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 3:00pm
Salle Favart
108, 87, 65, 40, 15, 6 €

Introduction à l'œuvre par Agnès Terrier
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Cast

Musical direction
Louis Langrée
Stage direction
Denis Podalydès
de la Comédie Française
Scenery
Éric Ruf
from Comédie Française
Costumes
Christian Lacroix
Lighting
Stéphanie Daniel
lMusical assistant
Nicolas Kruger
Direction du chœur
Joël Suhubiette
Choral director
Nathalie Steinberg
Stage director’s artistic collaborator
Emmanuel Bourdieu
Stage director’s second artistic collaborator
Laurent Podalydès
Stagiaire à la mise en scène
Tami Troman
Set assistant
Domnique Schmitt
Coiffure/Maquillage
Laure Talazac
Fortunio
Joseph Kaiser
Jacqueline
Virgine Pochon
Maître André
Jean-Marie Frémeau
Clavaroche
Jean-Sébastien Bou
Landry
Jean-François Lapointe
Lieutenant d'Azincourt
Philippe Talbot
Lieutenant de Verbois
Jean Teitgen
Madelon
Sarah Jouffroy
Maître Subtil
Jérôme Varnier
Guillaume
Éric Martin-Bonnet
Gertrude
Clémentine Margaine

Children (en alternance) : Lila Bourdieu, Antoine Langrée, Céleste Langrée, Aliosha Ruf

Musicians : Mayot Kajikawa (piccolo), Adriana Ferreira (piccolo), Hélène Boulègue (piccolo), François Garnier (tambour), Frédéric Gauthier (tambour) chœur de chambre les éléments
 

Orchestre de Paris
 

Production, Opéra Comique

C-Production, Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française

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