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La princesse légère

March 09 to 11, 2018

60, 50, 40, 30, 25, 20, 12, 6 €
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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.

As part of the Festival Folies de Jeunesse, the Opéra Comique offers you several surprises online. Come and check out this page!

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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1h25 (sans entracte) - Salle Favart
60, 50, 40, 30, 25, 20, 12, 6 € 

 

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

Aged 8 and older

Cast

Music direction
Jean Deroyer
Staging
Jos Houben
Staging
Emily Wilson
Scenery and costumes
Oria Puppo
Lights
Nicolas Simonin
IRCAM musical computing
Augustin Muller
Moves collaboration
Eric Necsi
Magician
Carmelo Cacciato
Scenery assistant
Roberta Chiarito
Costumes assistant
Clémentine Tonnelier
Chief of choir
Juliette Journaux
La Princesse, la Nourrice 1
Jeanne Crousaud
La Reine
Majdouline Zerari
Le Prince, le Narrateur
Jean-Jacques L'Anthoën
Le Roi
Nicholas Merryweather
Le Docteur Déjanthé, la Nourrice 2
Kate Colebrook
Le Docteur Malofoi, le Page, la Sorcière
Guy-Loup Boisneau
Orchestra
Ensemble Court-Circuit
Violon
Alexandra Greffin-Klein
Clarinette
Bogdan Sydorenko
Accordéon
Jean-Etienne Sotty

 

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

Coproduction

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Captation and partnership

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With the support of

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