Opéra comique with a libretto by Ivan Grinberg. Premiered on the Web on 21 February 2016
The Opéra Comique is preparing its reopening gala. But the star vocalist, Adèle, refuses to appear alongside tenor Léon. However, the director Saint-Germain asks young and ambitious Margot to stand in for her at a moment’s notice. But her blue squirrel is mysteriously assassinated.
A veritable operatic thriller, this opéra comique was created on the Web in 2016 during the Favart off season as the Opéra Comique was closed owing to renovation work. It now appears onstage in the place that inspired it, with its musical allusions, the occupations and spaces of the theater, its humor, its surprises and the enthusiasm of a young cast.
As funny as it is innovational, Le Mystère de l’écureuil bleu was designed by Marc-Olivier Dupin and Ivan Grinberg as an investigation for the youngest, an invitation to opera for grown-ups and a paper chase for Opéra Comique aficionados.
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Direction musicale, Marc-Olivier Dupin • Mise en scène, Ivan Grinberg • Avec Ronan Debois, Anna Reinhold, Armelle Khourdoïan, Jean-Jacques L'Anthoën, Patrick Kabongo, Marion Tassou, Stuart Seide • Les Frivolités Parisiennes
See all the cast1h15 (sans entracte) - Salle Favart
60, 50, 40, 30, 25, 20, 12, 6 €
Distribution
Orchestra:
Les frivolités parisiennes
Production:
Opéra Comique
In partnership with:
le Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne
Partnership
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