Ravel light : L’Enfant et les sortilèges clermontois

By Roland Duclos, 23 March 2019

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“Une touchante réussite entre Lewis Carroll et la Comtesse de Ségur”

Reviewed at Opéra-Théâtre de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand on 22 March 2019

Ravel, L'Enfant et les sortilèges

Jeune Opéra de France

Bénédicte Budan, Director

Luca Antonucci, Costume Designer

Clémence Olivier, The Child

Isabelle Philippe, Princess, Fire, Nightingale

Elena Rakova, Mother, Dragonfly, Shepherd

Élise Bédènes, China Cup, Cat (female), Squirrel

Elisa Doughty, Shepherdess, Bat

Vincent Billier, Chair, Tree

Anthony Lo Papa, Wedgwood teapot, Tree frog

Benoît Gadel, Clock, Cat (male)

Renaud Charles, Flute

Alice Picaud, Cello

Edwige Herchenroder, Piano

Nicolas Meyer, Piano

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Roland Duclos

Longtemps journaliste dans le Groupe La Montagne Centre-France et plus spécialement attaché au domaine culturel dans toute sa diversité. Avec une forte propension vers la musique classique. Avec la conviction héritée de Bourdieu que tous les arts ne font qu'un pour l'émancipation de l'individu, l'épanouissement de son sens critique et la liberté d'expression sans restriction aucune.