Le bourgeois gentilhomme
65, 52, 43, 32, 25, 20, 12, 6€

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

Molière | Jean-Baptiste Lully

March 16 to 26, 2023

65, 52, 43, 32, 25, 20, 12, 6€
Marc Minkowski is replaced by Théotime Langlois de Swarte for Le Bourgeois gentilhomme. Read the press release (in french)
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Jérôme Deschamps, who conceived the whole performance, brings humanity and poetry to Jourdain’s gentle dreamer. The Musiciens du Louvre make this festive score gleam.

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Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, la bande annonce

Mr. Jourdain is studying arts and good manners, believing it’s never too late to learn and climb the social ladder. What a misfortune for him to be born bourgeois during the reign of Louis XIV! He is doomed to be deceived as he is made to believe his daughter is married to the Grand Turk’s heir.

Lead character of Molière and Lully’s last ‘Comédie-Ballet’, this commoner who dreams about becoming a nobleman aimed at putting a grin on Louis XIV’s face, at the expense of the courtesans and the Turks. Molière-Jourdain succeeded: “This is what true comedy is about, healthy and helpful jokes” thanked the monarch. The masterpiece is a model of balance prefiguring Lully's opera genre, as music, singing and dance embody the drama like never before.

Jérôme Deschamps, who signs the direction of the whole show, brings humanity and poetry to this bourgeois dreamer whose wonder we share. The Musiciens du Louvre make these festive score and dances gleam with epic generosity.

Comedy-ballet in five acts. Created at the Château de Chambord in 1670.

Musical direction Theotime Langois de Swarte • Staging direction, Jérôme Deschamps • With Flore Babled/Pauline Gardel, Jean-Claude Bolle Reddat, Sébastien Boudrot, Vincent Debost, Jérôme Deschamps, Pauline Deshons/Bénédicte Choisnet, Aurélien Gabrielli, Guillaume Laloux, Josiane Stoleru, Pauline Tricot/Lucrèce Carmignac, Sandrine Buendia / Natalie Pérez / Constance Malta-Bey, Nile Senatore, Lisandro Nesis, Jérôme Varnier / Nabil Suliman  Orchestra Les Musiciens du Louvre

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3h (including intermission) - Salle Favart
65, 52, 43, 32, 25, 20, 12, 6€
Performing in French, with English surtitles

The doors of the opera-house open 45 minutes before the performance.

Audio description (EN)

Some operas are available in audio description. "Image whisperers” are also available on demand.
More info on this page

People with reduced mobility

16 seats are dedicated to people with reduced mobility, on reservation at the box office or by phone. Access to the lift is located 5 rue Favart
+33 1 70 23 01 44 | accessibilite@opera-comique.com

Relax sessions

Relax sessions offer a inclusive caring environment for people whose disability (autism, multiple disabilities, mental or psychic disability, Alzheimer…) may give rise to atypical and unpredictable behaviour during the show.

Aged 10 and older

Around the show

To discover

45 minutes before the performance : The keys to the show with the dramaturge of the Opéra Comique.

Salle Bizet | Free

To sing

45 minutes before the performance : Sing some thunes oh the show with a choir director.

Foyer Favart | Free

To relax

The intermission bar offers drinks and light refreshments as soon as the theatre doors open.

Accessibility

Relax session | Sunday, the 26th march 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 | Saturday, the 18th march at 8:00 pm and Sunday, the 19th march at 3:00 pm
This opera is available in audio description. "Image whisperers” are also available on demand.

Cast

Musical direction
Marc Minkowski
Replaced
Musical direction
Théotime Langlois de Swarte
Staging direction
Jérôme Deschamps
Decors
Félix Deschamps
Costumes
Vanessa Sannino
Choregraphy
Natalie Van Parys
Lights
François Menou
Staging assistant
Sophie Bricaire
Staging assistant
Mohamed El Mazzouji
Perruques
Cécile Kretschmar
Accessories
Sylvie Châtillon
Decors assistant
Isabelle Neveux
Costumes assistant
Karelle Durand
Chief of the costumes design studio
Lucie Lecarpentier
Technical direction
Eric Proust
Vocal coach
Lisandro Nesis
Vocal coach
Ayumi Nakagawa
Lucile
Flore Babled
Lucile
Pauline Gardel
Le Maître de Philosophie
Jean-Claude Bolle Reddat
Le Maître de musique, le Tailleur
Sébastien Boudrot
Covielle, le Maître d’armes
Vincent Debost
Monsieur Jourdain
Jérôme Deschamps
Dorimène
Pauline Deshons
Dorimène
Bénédicte Choisnet
Cléonte
Aurélien Gabrielli
Dorante, le Maître de danse
Guillaume Laloux
Madame Jourdain
Josiane Stoleru
Nicole
Pauline Tricot
Nicole
Lucrèce Carmignac
Singer
Sandrine Buendia
Soprano
Singer
Natalie Pérez
Singer
Constance Malta-Bey
Singer
Nile Senatore
Haute-contre
Singer
Lisandro Nesis
Ténor
Singer
Jérôme Varnier
Basse
Singer
Nabil Suliman
Dancer
Anna Chirescu
Dancer
Léna Pinon Lang
Dancer
Maya Kawatake Pinon
Dancer
Quentin Ferrari
Dancer
Artur Zakirov
Orchestre
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Orchestre
L’Académie des Musiciens du Louvre
*
Production
Compagnie Jérôme Deschamps
Coproduction
Printemps des Comédiens - Montpellier
Coproduction
Opéra-Comique
Coproduction
Opéra National de Bordeaux
Coproduction
Opéra Royal – Château de Versailles Spectacles
Coproduction
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Coproduction
Célestins - Théâtre de Lyon
Coproduction
Théâtre de Caen
Coproduction
Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, scène nationale
* in partnership with the Jeune Orchestre de l’Abbaye and the CRR de Paris

The Compagnie Jérôme Deschamps is supported by the French Ministry of Culture.
The Musiciens du Louvre receive financial support from the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the French Ministry of Culture (DRAC Auvergne -Rhône - Alpes).
This show is supported by the Région Ile-de-France and the SPEDIPAM.

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