L'émouvante Inondation de Filidei et Pommerat à l'Opéra Comique

By Raphaëlle Blin, 28 September 2019

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“Si cette production est tant émouvante, c’est grâce à la symbiose de l’équipe artistique”

Reviewed at Opéra Comique, Paris on 27 September 2019

Filidei, L'Inondation

Opéra-Comique

Emilio Pomàrico, Conductor

Joël Pommerat, Director

Éric Soyer, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Chloé Briot, The woman

Boris Grappe, The man

Norma Nahoun, The girl

Cypriane Gardin, The girl

Enguerrand de Hys, The male neighbour

Yael Raanan Vandor, The female neighbour

Guilhem Terrail, The narrator, The police officer

Vincent Le Texier, The doctor

Maîtrise Populaire de l'Opéra-Comique

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

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Raphaëlle Blin

Elève en musicologie au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, Raphaëlle s’est d’abord formée à l’Ecole Normale Supérieure en histoire et à l’Ecole du Louvre en histoire de l’art. Mélomane depuis son plus jeune âge, elle poursuit actuellement ses études en violoncelle et en piano au conservatoire.