La Grande affabulation
30 € / 15 € (under 18) Price

La Grande affabulation

Geoffroy Jourdain & Benjamin Lazar

May 10 to 16, 2025

30 € / 15 € (under 18) Price
Dès le 22.03.2024 : lancement des cartes de réduction ou abonnements | 23.04.2024 : ouverture des places à l'unité Les informations pratiques
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Sessions

Audio description (EN) - Some operas are available in audio description. "Image whisperers” are also available on demand. More info on this page
People with reduced mobility - 16 seats are dedicated to people with reduced mobility, on reservation at the box office or by phone. Access to the lift is located 5 rue Favart +33 1 70 23 01 44 | accessibilite@opera-comique.com
Visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing - Headsets and magnetic loops are available at the ticket inspection desk, on deposit of your ID. Material in Braille and large prints is available free of charge, on site.

Audio description (EN) - Some operas are available in audio description. "Image whisperers” are also available on demand. More info on this page
People with reduced mobility - 16 seats are dedicated to people with reduced mobility, on reservation at the box office or by phone. Access to the lift is located 5 rue Favart +33 1 70 23 01 44 | accessibilite@opera-comique.com
Visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing - Headsets and magnetic loops are available at the ticket inspection desk, on deposit of your ID. Material in Braille and large prints is available free of charge, on site.
Relax sessions - Relax sessions offer a inclusive caring environment for people whose disability (autism, multiple disabilities, mental or psychic disability, Alzheimer…) may give rise to atypical and unpredictable behaviour during the show. Relax sessions

People with reduced mobility - 16 seats are dedicated to people with reduced mobility, on reservation at the box office or by phone. Access to the lift is located 5 rue Favart +33 1 70 23 01 44 | accessibilite@opera-comique.com

Audio description (EN) - Some operas are available in audio description. "Image whisperers” are also available on demand. More info on this page
People with reduced mobility - 16 seats are dedicated to people with reduced mobility, on reservation at the box office or by phone. Access to the lift is located 5 rue Favart +33 1 70 23 01 44 | accessibilite@opera-comique.com
Visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing - Headsets and magnetic loops are available at the ticket inspection desk, on deposit of your ID. Material in Braille and large prints is available free of charge, on site.

People with reduced mobility - 16 seats are dedicated to people with reduced mobility, on reservation at the box office or by phone. Access to the lift is located 5 rue Favart +33 1 70 23 01 44 | accessibilite@opera-comique.com

A twenty-first century urban legend claims that one night, some children left their home without telling their parents, in a quest known to them alone. They had brought their own food, costumes, trestles and songs. During their stopovers, they would compel the musical stories of which they were becoming the heroes. La grande affabulation narrates the great musical confabulation of their maiden voyage.

« I became a fabulous opera. » - Arthur Rimbaud

A twenty-first century urban legend claims that one night, some children left their home without telling their parents, in a quest known to them alone. They had
brought their own food, costumes, trestles and songs. During their stopovers, they would compel the musical stories of which they were becoming the heroes. La grande affabulation narrates the great musical confabulation of their maiden voyage.

For the students of the Opéra-Comique’s Maîtrise Populaire, aged 12 to 23, Geoffroy Jourdain and Benjamin Lazar have created a colourful show combining the sprit of early opera « music fable » with that of parades and popular festivals. Our young singers could not wish for better mentors in the baroque repertoire which has brought forth so many forms of union between poetry and music as well as dance and song.

On this journey, they cross eras and glean from other modern and contemporary music genres accompanying their mysterious quest.

Artistic Design Geoffroy Jourdain & Benjamin Lazar.

Musical direction, Geoffroy Jourdain • Stage direction, Benjamin Lazar • Orchestra Les Cris de Paris • Choir Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra-Comique – Sarah Koné, artistic direction of the choir

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Estimated duration : 1h30, no intermission - Salle Favart
30 € / 15 € (under 18)

Show performed in French with French and English surtitles.

The doors of the opera-house open 45 minutes before the performance.

 

Audio description (EN)

Some operas are available in audio description. "Image whisperers” are also available on demand.
More info on this page

People with reduced mobility

16 seats are dedicated to people with reduced mobility, on reservation at the box office or by phone. Access to the lift is located 5 rue Favart
+33 1 70 23 01 44 | accessibilite@opera-comique.com

Visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing

Headsets and magnetic loops are available at the ticket inspection desk, on deposit of your ID. Material in Braille and large prints is available free of charge, on site.

Relax sessions

Relax sessions offer a inclusive caring environment for people whose disability (autism, multiple disabilities, mental or psychic disability, Alzheimer…) may give rise to atypical and unpredictable behaviour during the show.

Aged 10 and older

Les Pléiades

Around the show
Each lyrical production is accompanied by our Pléiades, which extend and enrich the content of the performances in accessible, offbeat, prospective or intimate formats.

Before the show

To discover

45 minutes before the performance : The keys to the show with the dramaturge of the Opéra Comique (in French).
Salle Bizet | Free

To relax

The intermission bar offers drinks and light refreshments as soon as the theatre doors open.

Accessibility

Audiodescription (In French) | Saturday 10 May at 8 pm, Sunday 11 May at 3 pm and Thursday 15 May at 2.30 pmThis opera is available in audio description. "Image whisperers” are also available on demand.

Relax session | Sunday 11 May at 3 pm
Relax sessions offer a inclusive caring environment for people whose disability may give rise to atypical and unpredictable behaviour during the show.

 

Cast

Musical direction
Geoffroy Jourdain
Stage direction
Benjamin Lazar
Artistic collaboration
Elizabeth Calleo
Decor et costumes
Adeline Caron
Lights
Christophe Naillet
Choreography
Gudrun Skamletz
Artist of the Académie de l'Opéra-Comique | Assistant musical director
Guillemette Daboval
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Choir
Maîtrise Populaire de l'Opéra-Comique
Sarah Koné, artistic direction
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Orchestra
Les Cris de Paris

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