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Le Rossignol et Les Mamelles, un couple mal assorti par Olivier Py au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Le Rossignol au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
© Vincent Pontet
Le Rossignol au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
© Vincent Pontet
Les Mamelles de Tirésias au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
© Vincent Pontet
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“une série de numéros et de gags plus trépidants les uns que les autres”
Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 10 March 2023
Stravinsky, Le Rossignol (The Nightingale)
Poulenc, Les Mamelles de Tirésias (The Breasts of Tiresias)
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
François-Xavier Roth, Conductor
Olivier Py, Director
Pierre-André Weitz, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Bertrand Killy, Lighting Designer
Les Siècles
Ensemble Aedes
Sabine Devieilhe, Nightingale, Thérèse
Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Cook, An elegant lady
Lucile Richardot, Death, Newspaper seller
Cyrille Dubois, Fisherman, A reporter from Paris, Monsieur Lacouf
Laurent Naouri, Chamberlain, Theatre director
Victor Sicard, Bonze, A gendarme
Jean-Sébastien Bou, Emperor, The husband
Rodolphe Briand, A woman, The son
Francesco Salvadori, Monsieur Presto
Mathieu Romano, Choirmaster / chorus director
Christof Loy’s understated Werther at the TCE
****1
Carry on up the Nile: Handel's Berenice by the Seine
****1
Operetta with teeth: Offenbach’s La Périchole at the TCE
****1
Devieilhe's Cleopatra reigns in Michieletto's muddled Egyptology show
***11
A female voice florilegium: Vivaldi's Juditha triumphans in Paris
****1
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées: Catone in Utica
****1
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