Pleine Nuit © Stefan Brion

Pleine Nuit

Christian Boltanski

February 13 to 28, 2016

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 A Poetic And Musical Wandering

A theater turned into a construction site, deprived of its public and metamorphosed by scaffoldings gives a fascinating image conducive to inspiration and fantasy. It takes just a few steps for Christian Boltanski, Franck Krawczyk and Jean Kalman to turn the construction site of the Opéra Comique into an experimental stage and create a poetic and musical wandering, placing the audience within the event rather than in front of it.

 

Favart being refurbished, scaffolds, protection panels, empty rooms and dismantled decors, a chaos of scrap metal and wood, night and darkness offering a play of light and music, and surprises too. A unique stroll through the Opéra Comique as you’ve never seen it before, a sensory experience in the maze of a theater metamorphosed by renovation work.

Biographies (in French)

Conception Christian Boltanski, Jean Kalman, Franck Krawczyk • Lighting Assistant Elsa Ejchenrand • Artistic Coordination Plein Jour • Conductor, Saxophone alto Martial Drapeau • Vocal Ensemble vocal Gaëlle Beau, Richard Bousquet, Olivier Déjean, Marion Sicre, Laure Ilef

François Ansart, Elric Boyrie, Delphine Fiocco Lavigne,  David Baillais, Yann Baillais,  Thomas Dupayage,  Arthur Barlerin, Isabelle Baroyer, Clément Bizoirre, David Molinos,  Ulysse Manaud, Frédéric Marillier,  David Kesmaecker, Claude Legrand,  Jérôme Bareille

• Production Opéra Comique • Acknowlegments to Degaine, Les métiers du bois, Tempeol, ERI

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Saturday 13 & 27 February from 6pm to 11pm
Sunday 14 & 28 February from 6pm to 11pm 

 

Registration for guided tours every 30 minutes. Punctuality required and a little waiting for unpredictable conditions to be allowed. Entrance at 5 Rue Favart.

Aged 8 and older

Cast

Conception
Christian Boltanski
Conception
Jean Kalman
Conception
Franck Krawczyk
Lighting Assistant
Elsa Ejchenrand
Chef d'Orchestre, Saxophone alto
Martial Drapeau
Soprano (soliste)
Leïla Benhamza
Cors d'harmonie
François Ansart
Cors d'harmonie
Elric Boyrie
Flûtes
Delphine Fiocco Lavigne
Percussions
Yann Baillais
Percussions
David Baillais
Saxhorns
Thomas Dupayage
Saxophones
Arthur Barlerin
Saxophones
Isabelle Baroyer
Saxophones
Clément Bizoirre
Saophones
David Molinos
Tuba
Ulysse Manaud
Tuba
Frédéric Marillier
Trombones
David Kesmaecker
Trombones
Claude Legrand
Trompettes
Jérôme Bareille

Artistic coordination Plein Jour

Vocal ensemble  Gaëlle Beau, Richard Bousquet, Olivier Déjean, Marion Sicre, Laure Ilef

Extras Marie Boquillon, Benoît Boucherifi, Aline Chaud, Mickaël Durard, Valérie Furet, Patricia Martins, Otis Ngoi, Martin Plas, Carlos Puga, Antoine Smadja, Yasmine Youcef

Production Opéra Comique

Acknowledgments to companies Degaine, Les métiers du bois, Tempeol, ERI

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Renovation work: Favart undergoes a total makeover

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