La période d'exploitation au Théâtre est terminée.
La Esmeralda
Jean-Louis Fernandez
Opera by Louise Bertin
Libretto Victor Hugo
Stage direction Jeanne Desoubeaux
Musical direction and arrangements Benjamin d’Anfray
With
Christophe Crapez Quasimodo, Arthur Daniel Clopin Trouillefou, Renaud Delaigue Frollo, Jeanne Mendoche Esmeralda, Martial Pauliat Phoebus
Ensemble Lélio
Benjamin d’Anfray romantic piano
Lucie Arnal cello
Roberta Cristini clarinet
Marta Ramirez Violin
Aline Riffault bassoon
And a recording of the Choir of the Opéra Grand Avignon
The story of Esmeralda is well known.
Less so the story of Louise Bertin, the composer, who – with her ally Victor Hugo – captured this figure. The fate of La Esmeralda is in fact emblematic of those works which could not be viewed without prejudice in their own and subsequent eras.
Esmeralda is the name of a gypsy girl from Notre-Dame de Paris who seems to have much in common with her sister-figure Carmen: free, foreign, beautiful, murdered. The Cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris is the second principal character in this story.
La Esmeralda places us at the crossroads of the Middle Ages where the fiction takes place, the 1830s when the opera was composed and our contemporary world that the composer and the author seem to describe. Our adaptation establishes a dialogue, a resonance between these different aesthetics, symbols, issues. Narrowed down to an ensemble of five musicians playing historical instruments, the musical arrangement participates in these interrogations, allowing us to perceive the uniqueness of Louise Bertin’s composition. On stage, scaffoldings of a construction-site mingle with stones of an old building. In a space that winds, swarms with people, just as Paris did at the time Notre Dame Cathedral was constructed, it is not hard to find places to hide or to show oneself. What better place than a theatre stage to talk of what should be seen, what should be hidden, of what is public, what is private?
Opéra by Louise Bertin
Libretto Victor Hugo
Stage direction Jeanne Desoubeaux
Musical direction and arrangements Benjamin d’Anfray
Set design Cécile Trémolières
Costumes Alex Constantino
Arrangements Benjamin d’Anfray
Light design Thomas Coux
Sound design François Lanièce
Stage manager Paul Amiel
Artistic collaboration Jérémie Arcache
Additional music Gabriel Legeleux
With
Christophe Crapez Quasimodo, Arthur Daniel Clopin Trouillefou, Renaud Delaigue Frollo, Jeanne Mendoche Esmeralda, Martial Pauliat Phoebus
Ensemble Lélio
Benjamin d’Anfray romantic piano
Lucie Arnal cello
Roberta Cristini clarinet
Marta Ramirez Violin
Aline Riffault bassoon
Production Centre International de Créations Théâtrales / Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
Coproduction Opéra de Saint-Etienne ; Opéra Grand Avignon ; Opéra de Tours ; Vichy Culture / Opéra de Vichy ; Théâtre de Cornouaille – Scène nationale de Quimper ; Centre d’art et de culture de Meudon ; Cercle des partenaires ; in progress…
Set construction Opéra de Saint-Etienne.
Costumes Opéra de Tours
Duration : 2h approximately
Tarifs
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Tarif plein Cat. 1 = 36€ Cat. 2 = 26€ Cat. 3 = 18€ |
Tarif réduit 1 * Cat. 1 = 30€ Cat. 2 = 24€ Cat. 3 = 15€ |
Tarif réduit 2 ** Cat. 1 = 15€ Cat. 2 = 10€ Cat. 3 = 10€ |
Tarif jeune *** Cat. 1 = 15€ Cat. 2 = 10€ Cat. 3 = 10€ |
Tarifs abonnés
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Tarif plein Cat. 1 = 28€ Cat. 2 = 22€ Cat. 3 = 14€ |
Tarif réduit 1 * Cat. 1 = 24€ Cat. 2 = 20€ Cat. 3 = 12€ |
Tarif réduit 2 ** Cat. 1 = 12€ Cat. 2 = 8€ Cat. 3 = 8€ |
Tarif jeune *** Cat. 1 = 12€ Cat. 2 = 8€ Cat. 3 = 8€ |
* Tarif réduit (1) : + de 65 ans, demandeur d’emploi, sur présentation d’un justificatif et tarif groupe (à partir de 10 personnes)
** Tarif réduit (2) : Tarif RSA et minima sociaux, sur présentation d’un justificatif
*** Tarif jeune : − 26 ans, élève d'école de théâtre, sur présentation d’un justificatif
Contact presse
MYRA / Rémi Fort et Lucie Martin
01 40 33 79 13 / myra@myra.fr / www.myra.fr
OPUS 64 / Valérie Samuel et Christophe Hellouin
01 40 26 77 94 / c.hellouin@opus64.com / www.opus64.com
Touring contact
Head of production-touring / Mara Patrie
01 46 07 32 58 / mara.patrie@bouffesdunord.com
Touring / Pierre Bousquet
01 70 64 22 40 / pierre.bousquet@bouffesdunord.comm