Name: Fantasio
Start: 2017-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Théâtre du Châtelet

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Organization

Mezzo-soprano

Marianne Crebassa

Fantasio

Baritone

Franck Leguérinel

King of Bavaria

Soprano

Marie-Eve Munger

Princess Elsbeth

Jean-Sébastien Bou

Prince of Mantua

Tenor

Loïc Félix

Marinoni

Alix Le Saux

Flamel

Bass-baritone

Philippe Estèphe

Spark

Enguerrand de Hys

Facio

Kévin Amiel

Bass

Flannan Obé

Hartmann

Conductor

Laurent Campellone

Stage director

Thomas Jolly

Costume designer

Sylvette Dequest

Set designer

Thibaut Fack

Lighting designer

Antoine Travert

Philippe Berthomé

Dramaturge

Katja Krüger

Assistant Stage Director

Singer

Bruno Bayeux

Rutten

Others

Choeur Aedes

Ensemble Aedes

Musiciens de l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Orchestra

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Opéra Comique

Paris

France

Théâtre du Châtelet

In 2017, the Opéra-Comique in Paris breathed new life into Offenbach’s masterpiece Fantasio at the Théâtre du Châtelet, 145 years after its premiere. For this momentous occasion, the illustrious Parisian house calls upon the young stage director Thomas Jolly and his artistic team, the conductor Laurent Campellone, and a cast of fantastic performers—with a marvelous and moving Marianne Crebassa in the title role.

The excellent libretto by Paul de Musset, based on the eponymous play by his brother, the famed poet Alfred, is perfectly set to music by Offenbach, the “Little Mozart of the Champs-Élysées”. It tells the story of Fantasio, a jaded romantic hero with a rebellious cynical streak, who dreams of some great and important event that might save him from languor and disenchantment. The melancholic beauty of the text inspired the composer to write a refined, elegant, and profound score, with a radiantly inventive orchestration and a remarkable dramaturgy—a unique, captivating, tender, and contemplative operatic work.

Opéra-Comique

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