Operetta by Johann Strauss in three acts with a libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée.
Adapted from Le Réveillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 5 April 1874.
New French version by Pascal Paul-Harang.
The year 2014 will end at the Opéra Comique with Viennese operetta in all its glory – and in a production emphasizing what it owes to French culture: its spirit, launched in the capital of the Habsburgs by Offenbach in person; its sources, borrowed from the flourishing Parisian vaudeville.
In his summer house near Vienna, Prince Orlofsky orchestrates a masked ball through which Falke will take revenge on his friend Eisenstein, who has legal troubles. During the feast all the actors of society are taken away in a whirlwind of plots and lies – but does not one have to be somewhat of a forger to take advantage of existence?
Strauss’s masterpiece will be performed in French thanks to research on the sources by Marc Minkowski, Ivan Alexandre and Pascal Paul-Harang. More Viennese and wilder than ever, our Chauve-Souris will combine musical inspiration and the insolence of a very modern satire.
Presentation of the work by Agnès Terrier 40 minutes prior to each performance.
Performance duration: 3h with an intermission
France Musique will broadcast La Chauve-Souris live on the 3rd january 2015 - 7pm.
Musical direction, Marc Minkowski • Staging, Ivan Alexandre • With Stéphane Degout, Chiara Skerath, Sabine Devieilhe, Philippe Talbot, Florian Sempey, Franck Leguérinel, Kangmin Justin Kim, Christophe Mortagne, Jodie Devos, Atmen Kelif, Jacques Gomez, Delphine Beaulieu • Orchestra and choir, Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble
See all the castSunday, December 21, 2014 - 3:00pm
Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 8:00pm
Thursday, December 25, 2014 - 3:00pm
Sunday, December 28, 2014 - 3:00pm
Tuesday, December 30, 2014 - 8:00pm
Thursday, January 1, 2015 - 3:00pm
3:00 - Salle Favart
120, 95, 72, 41, 15, 6 €
Cast
Orchestra and choir, Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble
Production, Opéra Comique
Partner, Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble
Partnership
and Charlotte Liébert Hellman
