Organization

Singer

Soprano

Violette Polchi

Le prince Caprice

Sheva Tehoval

La princesse Fantasia

Bass

Thibaut Desplantes

Le roi Cosmos

Tenor

Eric Vignau

Microscope

Mezzo-soprano

Marie Lenormand

La reine Popotte

Kaëlig Boché

Le prince Quipasseparla

Flamma

Pierre-Antoine Chaumien

Cactus

Baritone

Matthieu Lécroart

Le Roi Vlan

Stage director

Olivier Fredj

Choreographer

Anouk Viale

Music

Pierre Dumoussaud

Head of musical studies

Mathieu Pordoy

Artistic Direction

Jean Lecointre

Conductor

Costume designer

Malika Chauveau

Set designer

Jennifer Michel

Théâtres de Compiègne

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Choeur de l'Opéra de Limoges

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Chœur et orchestre de l’Opéra de Limoges

Le voyage dans la lune -  (A Trip to the Moon)

Compiègne

France

Théâtre Impérial

Le voyage dans la lune Offenbach

Public

Private

A Trip to the Moon

Approved

Opéra-féerie, en quatre actes,créé au Théâtre de la Gaîté en 1875Musique Jacques OffenbachLivret d'Albert Vanloo,Eugène Leterrieret Arnold Mortierd'après Jul...

Le Voyage dans la lune J  Offenbach - Théâtre Impérial

After the success of the novels of Jules Verne, Offenbach receives a triumph during the creation of his opera-fairy. He offers us irresistible music with this lunar comedy that is as hilarious as it is poetic.

King Vlan gives in to his son Prince Caprice's desire to go to the Moon. With the learned Microscope, they go to the unknown star aboard a shell launched by a cannon and then experience astonishing adventures... With Offenbach, comedy is mixed with satire: each inhabitant, whether from the Earth or the Moon, evolves in its system and intends to keep it that way. Bringing this book back to life also means showing how much this Voyage makes fun of our society. Le Voyage dans la Lune also saw the light of day when special effects theater was invented.

Relying on these fictitious effects today gives the fantastic a chance: Méliès is not far away, and with him the desire to experience the filming of  Voyage dans la Lune live from a film studio which manufactures illusions under our eyes, to better pay homage to the infinite power of the imagination. The soloists, dancer-acrobats, chorus and orchestra of the Opéra de Limoges bring life back to life, under the musical direction of Pierre Dumoussaud and staged by Olivier Fredj, to a journey that denounces vanity for better laugh about it.

English

A Trip to the Moon by Offenbach, From (2022/2022), Directed by Olivier Fredj,, Conductor Pierre Dumoussaud, Théâtre Impérial, Compiègne, France

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