Company

Singer

Baritone

Jean-Sébastien Bou

Bastien Follavoine

Soprano

Jodie Devos

Julie Follavoine

Tenor

Carlos Natale

Aristide Chouilloux

Denzil Delaere

Mezzo-soprano

Sophie Pondjiclis

Clémence Chouilloux

Bass

Jérôme Varnier

Horace Truchet

Spoken

Tibor Ockenfels

Toto

Paris

France

Théâtre du Châtelet

Lyon

Opéra de Lyon

Brussels

Belgium

Prospero mm productions

La Monnaie/De Munt

Bassem Akiki

Conductor

Stage director

Richard Brunel

Set designer

Etienne Pluss

Costume designer

Bruno de Lavenère

Lighting designer

Laurent Castaingt

Dramaturge

Catherine Ailloud-Nicolas

La Monnaie

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra

French

On purge bébé

Public

Private

Opera

Dutch

Approved

On purge bébé Boesmans

After Au monde and Pinocchio , the western hemisphere's most prolific opera composer wanted to write a slightly lighter opera. He found inspiration in Georges Feydeau, French author of numerous vaudevilles; with the director Richard Brunel, he made substantial cuts in the play On purge bébé (1910) to reduce it to the dimensions of an opera libretto. Monsieur, Madame and their tyrannical yet constipated son, Toto, have a crazy day during which chamber pots fly through the air. Porcelain isn't the only thing to shatter in this burlesque nightmare, petty-bourgeois appearances also happen… Good shit!

On purge bébé by Philippe Boesmans, From La Monnaie/De Munt (2022/2022), Directed by Richard Brunel,, Conductor Bassem Akiki

Credits (Cast & Crew)

La Monnaie/De Munt

Bassem Akiki

Richard Brunel

Cast

Jean-Sébastien Bou

Jodie Devos

Carlos Natale

Denzil Delaere

Sophie Pondjiclis

Jérôme Varnier

Tibor Ockenfels

Crew

Etienne Pluss

Bruno de Lavenère

Laurent Castaingt

Catherine Ailloud-Nicolas

Ensemble

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra

Co-Producer

Théâtre du Châtelet

Opéra de Lyon

Prospero mm productions

Program, About & Synopsis

Photos 13

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues 8