À l’Opéra Comique, La Petite Boutique des horreurs vend du rêve

La Petite Boutique des horreurs à l'Opéra Comique

Marc Mauillon (Seymour)

Damien Bigourdan (Orin Scrivello)

Judith Fa (Audrey) et Marc Mauillon (Seymour)

By Tristan Labouret, 12 December 2022

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“une fois de retour chez soi, on en viendrait à se méfier de ses plantes vertes”

Reviewed at Opéra Comique, Paris on 10 December 2022

Menken, Little Shop of Horrors

Opéra-Comique

Maxime Pascal, Conductor

Valérie Lesort, Director

Audrey Vuong, Set Designer

Vanessa Sannino, Costume Designer

Pascal Laajili, Lighting Designer

Le Balcon

Christian Hecq, Director

Judith Fa, Audrey

Damien Bigourdan, Dr. Orin Scrivello

Lionel Peintre, Mr. Mushnik

Marc Mauillon, Seymour

Sofia Mountassir, Vocals

Laura Nanou, Vocals

Anissa Brahmi, Vocals

Daniel Njo Lobé, Vocals

Implacable Werther at Opéra-Comique from Pichon and Huffman

Romain Daroles, 19th January

Tight orchestral playing, minimalist stage design: the conductor and director are perfectly in tune with each other, transforming Massenet's work into an intimate and timeless drama.

****1

Opéra-Comique's Carmen brings high musical qualities to Edinburgh

Roy Westbrook, 8th August

Andreas Homoki's meta-staging in Paris' Opéra-Comique cannot detract from strong musical performances at the Edinburgh Festival, led by Gaëlle Arquez as a near-perfect Carmen.

****1

Deliciously not Disney: Zémire et Azor at Opéra Comique

David Karlin, 29th June

Grétry's mash-up of Beauty and the Beast and The Arabian Nights provides an evening of proper enchantment in Paris.

****1

Unhappy ever after: Gluck's Armide returns to Paris

David Karlin, 11th November

Excellent performances and stage direction make a good case for an opera that's on the slow side dramatically.

****1

Titon et l'Aurore: flying sheep at the Opéra Comique

Philippe Ramin, 21st January

In Basil Twist's staging of Titon et l'Aurore, William Christie shows the breadth of his talent in 18th century French repertoire, conducting an cast which excels in both main and supporting roles.

*****

Operatic magic: Ercole Amante at the Opéra Comique

Jean-Marc Piriou, 6th November

Voices, orchestra staging: everything in this Ercole Amante is light and magic, to the great delight of the Salle Favart audience.

*****

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.