The Beauty and the Beast transposed in the Thousand and one nights’ Middle-East by one of the Opéra Comique’s most renown composers and directed by the opera house’s current director, Louis Langrée.
Michel Fau and Hubert Barrère’s magical and storytelling decors, filled with prodigious visual and musical effects, will thrill young and old.
Zémire et Azor, les extraits
Transcription
A lost Persian merchant takes refuge in a luxurious yet abandoned ominous castle. As soon as he picks a rose for his daughter Zémire, the infuriated and frightful lord of the estate, Azor, appears. The merchant will die if he doesn’t sacrifice one of his children.
Marmontel, Marie-Antoinette ’s favourite composer, adapted the Beauty and the Beast transposing it in the Thousand and One Nights’ Middle-East. Filled with prodigious visual and musical effects — storms, apparitions and metamorphoses — sometimes poetic, sometimes absurd, the creation follows Zémire’s rites of passage and celebrates the purity of her feelings: filial devotion and romantic love. Dedicated to the Comtesse du Barry and conceived before the royal court, it was met with great success, first at the Opéra Comique and then all over Europe.
The Opéra Comique’s director Louis Langrée pays tribute to one of the most famous composers of our repertoire as he leads the tandem Les Ambassadeurs - La Grande Écurie, who is renown for playing period instruments. Michel Fau and Hubert Barrère’s magical and storytelling decors will thrill young and old.
Comedy-ballet in four acts. Libretto by Jean-François Marmontel. Created in 1771 at the Château de Fontainebleau.
Musical direction, Louis Langrée (23rd, 25th, 26th, 28th et 29th june) | Théotime Langlois de Swarte (1st july) • Staging direction, Michel Fau • Decors and costumes Hubert Barrère • With Julie Roset, Philippe Talbot, Marc Mauillon, Sahy Ratia, Margot Genet, Séraphine Cotrez, Michel Fau • Alexandre Lacoste, Antoine Lafon, dancers • Orchestra Les Ambassadeurs - La Grande Ecurie
See all the cast2h15 (including intermission) - Salle Favart
150, 125, 100, 75, 50, 35, 15, 6€
Performing in French, French and English surtitles.
The doors of the opera-house open 45 minutes before the performance.
Around the show
Accessibility
Relax session | Sunday, the 25th june at 3:00 pm
RELAX sessions offer a inclusive caring environment for people whose disability may give rise to atypical and unpredictable behaviour during the show.
Audio description | Friday, the 23rd june at 8:00 pm and Sunday, the 25th june at 3:00 pm
This opera is available in audio description. "Image whisperers” are also available on demand.
Tactile introductions | Friday, the 23rd june at 8:00 pm and Sunday, the 25th june at 3:00 pm
Before the performance with audio description: an adapted and tactile presentation dedicated to visually impaired people.
On demand : +33(0)1 70 23 01 44 | accessibilite@opera-comique.com
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