Opera in two acts composed by Violeta Cruz. Libretto by Gilles Rico after the tale by George MacDonald. World premiere on 13 December 2017 at the Opéra de Lille
Once upon a time there was a princess, a long desired single child, cursed on birth by a witch to have absolute lightness: physical lightness that prevented her from touching the ground, mental lightness that made her laugh at everything. The king and the queen wondered what could be done with a daughter who could not grasp the gravity of things. Luckily, the princess was adventurous.
Written for children and those with a child’s soul, George MacDonald’s tales enchanted J.R.R. Tolkien and Lewis Carroll. The Light Princess calls to mind, with humor and poetry, the way children confront the gravity of the adult world and how parents learn to recognize the uniqueness of each child.
Violeta Cruz and Jos Houben devised a score and an entertainment that arise from the sonorous outbursts of life in which electronics meet chanson, concrete sounds and the sound palette of opera.
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Composition, Violeta Cruz • Music direction, Jean Deroyer • Staging, Jos Houben et Emily Wilson • With Jeanne Crousaud, Majdouline Zerari, Jean-Jacques L’Anthöen, Nicholas Merryweather, Kate Colebrook, Guy-Loup Boisneau • Orchestra, Ensemble Court-Circuit
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Cast
Commission and production:
Opéra Comique
Coproduction :
Opéra de Lille, Ircam-Centre Pompidou, Ensemble Court-Circuit
Editeur :
Babel Score
With the supporte of:
Fonds de Création Lyrique
Aide à l’écriture d’une œuvre musicale originale du Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
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